Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 493)

158 Part II Rough Editing
The clip overwrites all items on the destination tracks from the playhead position
through the duration of your edit. No items are moved.
Performing an Overwrite With Transition Edit
The overwrite with transition edit is a quick way to do an overwrite edit that includes a
transition between your new source clip and the clip before it in your edited sequence.
When you first install Final Cut Pro, the default transition is a 1-second dissolve. For
more information on how to choose a new default transition, see “
Changing the
Default Transition ” on page 390.
An overwrite with transition edit is exactly the same as an ordinary overwrite edit, but
it places the default transition into your sequence, centered on the edit point.
Important: When you perform an overwrite with transition edit, make sure that there is
enough media at the beginning of the new clip and at the end of the previously edited
clip to create the transition. Each source clip must have enough unused frames outside
the defined edit points to equal half the duration of the default transition.
Before an
overwrite edit
After an
overwrite edit
New clip overwrites
existing clips.
A B C
C A
D Before edit
After edit D