Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 671)

336 Part III Fine-Tuning Your Edit
Doing Ripple Edits on Multiple Tracks at Once
You can perform a ripple edit to edit points in multiple tracks to modify several video
and audio items simultaneously.
To perform a ripple edit on multiple tracks simultaneously:
1 Do one of the following:
 Press the Command key while clicking to select multiple edit points.
 Select the Edit Selection tool in the Tool palette, then drag a box around multiple
edit points.
2 Drag one of the edit points using the Ripple tool to perform a ripple edit across all
tracks with selected edit points.
You can also enter timecode values to edit numerically.
Asymmetrical Trimming With the Ripple Tool
Asymmetrical trimming allows you to simultaneously ripple edit points on clip items in
different tracks in opposite directions. For example, suppose you want to extend the
Out point of a video clip item by 2 seconds. If you do this by extending only the video
clip item, a 2-second gap is created on other tracks. If you select the In point of clip
items on other tracks and use asymmetrical trimming, you can simultaneously extend
the In points of the clip items, making them start 2 seconds earlier. The result is that the
video clip item is 2 seconds longer, and the audio clip items fill in the gap because they
are 2 seconds longer.
Asymmetrical trimming is a convenient way to create a split edit between two adjacent
sequence clips, but you can also use this feature with audio-only and video-only clip items.
Asymmetrical trimming can be done either in the Timeline or in the Trim Edit window.
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Tip: If you are doing a lot of asymmetrical trimming, you may find it helpful to turn off
linked selection by pressing Shift-L or clicking the Linked Selection button in the
upper-right corner of the Timeline. For more information about linked selection, see
Chapter 14, “
Linking and Editing Video and Audio in Sync ,” on page 219.
To create a split edit using asymmetrical editing:
1 Select the Ripple tool.
2 Hold down the Option key, then click the Out point of a video clip to select it.
Holding down the Option key while selecting an edit point selects only that point,
ignoring any other items linked to that clip.