Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Chapter 10
Three-Point Editing
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 A replace edit places the source clip into your sequence so that the frame at the
position of the playhead in the Viewer is located at the Canvas/Timeline playhead
position. Therefore, it’s important that you have enough media in your source clip to
the left and right of the playhead in the Viewer to accommodate the space you’ll be
filling in the Timeline. If you don’t, you’ll see an “Insufficient content for edit” message.
 If you perform a replace edit by dragging a clip directly from the Browser,
Final Cut Pro uses the location of the Viewer playhead from the last time that clip
was open in the Viewer. If the clip is newly imported and has never been opened in
the Viewer, Final Cut Pro uses that clip’s starting frame, since that is the default
starting position for a clip.
 You can only perform a replace edit with one clip at a time. If you select multiple
clips, only the first one will be used.
The most basic use of the replace edit is to quickly and easily replace a clip in your
edited sequence with a source clip synchronized around a similar action.
To replace an entire clip in the Timeline with a clip synchronized to a point in
the sequence:
1
In the Timeline, move the playhead to a frame you want to match with a source clip.
For example, if both the sequence and source clip are shots of a person jumping, you
could move the Canvas/Timeline playhead to the first frame where the person’s feet
leave the ground.
2
Make sure that the correct Source and Destination controls are connected in the
Timeline for the clip you want to replace.
3
Double-click the replacement source clip to open it in the Viewer, then move the
Viewer playhead to the frame you want to match in the Timeline. Do not set any edit
points for the clip in the Viewer.
For example, if both the sequence and source clip are shots of a person jumping, you
could move the Viewer playhead to the first frame where the person’s feet leave the
ground. This frame will be placed at the location of the playhead in the Timeline.