Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 494)

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Tip: You can also perform an overwrite with transition edit with multiple clips. Each
clip will use the default transition into the next one until all the clips you selected are
laid out in a row.
To perform an overwrite with transition edit:
m Specify the necessary edit points and destination tracks, then do one of the following:
 Drag the clip from the Viewer to the Overwrite with Transition section of the Edit
Overlay in the Canvas.
 Click the Overwrite with Transition button in the Canvas.
 Press Shift-F10.
The clip overwrites other items on the destination tracks for the duration of the edit,
and uses the default transition.
Overwrite with
Transition button
Overwrite with Transition
section of the Edit
Overlay in the Canvas
Before an overwrite
with transition edit
After an overwrite
with transition edit
New clip with transition
overwrites existing clips