Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 535)

200 Part II Rough Editing
Performing Shuffle Edits
A shuffle edit (sometimes referred to as a swap edit) allows you to move a clip item to a
different position in a track without leaving a gap. When you perform a shuffle edit,
you insert a clip item from one position in your sequence to another, and all clip items
before or after the clip insertion point are rippled so that the gap left by the moved clip
is filled. Shuffle edits do not affect the length of the clips or the overall duration of your
sequence, and clips on other tracks are not affected.
Shuffle edits may only be performed with one clip item at a time, and they can’t be
performed on clip items with transitions applied.
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Tip: You may want to turn snapping on to make it easier to align the clips you are
moving (see “
Snapping to Points in the Timeline ” on page 195).
To shuffle a clip item from one position to another:
1 Select a clip item you want to move in the Timeline with the Selection tool.
2 Drag the selected clip item to the beginning of the clip item you want to insert the
dragged clip item in front of.
If you have trouble aligning it with the edit point, press the N key to turn snapping on.
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Before edit
After edit
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