Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 665)

330 Part III Fine-Tuning Your Edit
Performing Ripple Edits
A ripple edit changes the duration of a clip item by shortening or extending its In or Out
point. In addition, all clip items beyond the edit point are moved by the same amount.
Note: You can select an edit point in the Timeline when you are using the Ripple tool.
You can also open a sequence clip in the Viewer when the Ripple tool is selected by
double-clicking the clip in the Timeline.
Performing a Ripple Edit in the Timeline
When you use the Ripple tool to adjust the duration of a clip in the Timeline, always
pay attention to where Final Cut Pro previews the location of the new clip Out point.
Even when you are adjusting a clip’s In point with the Ripple tool, the location of the
clip’s Out point is what you should pay attention to.
Which Clip Items Move in the Timeline After a Ripple Edit?
Clip items with In points later in the Timeline than the edit point(s) you are adjusting
will move, or ripple, after you perform a ripple edit. All other clip items remain in the
same position in the Timeline.
Take special care when performing ripple edits with complex edit point selections on
multiple tracks. To make sure you understand how an edit affects the clip items in your
sequence, you can undo (Command-Z) and redo (Shift-Command-Z) your edit several
times to compare the sequence before and after the ripple edit was performed.
Ripple edits are done
using the Ripple tool.