Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 673)

338 Part III Fine-Tuning Your Edit
Note: In this example, Command-clicking the In point of a stereo pair of audio clip
items results in adding both audio items to the selection. You can also Option-
Command-click a single audio item to add it to the selection individually, without
including other audio items linked to it. This can be especially useful for clips in which
many audio items are linked to a single video item in the Timeline.
Using the Roll Tool to Change Where a Cut Occurs
A roll edit adjusts the Out point and In point of two adjacent clips simultaneously. If
you like where two clips are placed in the Timeline, but you want to change when
the cut point happens, you can use the Roll tool. No clips move in the Timeline as a
result; only the edit point between the two clips moves. This is a two-sided edit,
meaning that two clips’ edit points are affected simultaneously; the first clip’s Out
point and the next clip’s In point are both adjusted by a roll edit. However, no other
clips in the sequence are affected.
Note: When you perform a roll edit, the overall duration of the sequence stays the
same, but both clips change duration. One gets longer while the other gets shorter to
compensate. This means that you don’t have to worry about causing sync problems
between linked clip items on different tracks.
Tips for Edits Made With the Ripple Tool
 If you lengthen a clip item, clip items on the same track move forward in time. Clip
items on other unlocked tracks that begin after the original location of the edit
point you are adjusting also move forward in time.
 If you shorten a clip item, clip items on the same track move backward in time, as
do clip items after the initial location of the edit you are adjusting on other
unlocked tracks.
 If you can’t ripple due to a “Collision” message, it is because clip items on other
tracks can’t move back in time without bumping into other clip items.
 All tracks are affected when you use the Ripple tool. If you don’t want other tracks
in the sequence to be affected by the Ripple tool, lock those tracks (see “ Locking
Tracks to Prevent Edits or Changes ” on page 132).
 You can temporarily turn the Ripple tool into the Roll tool by pressing the Shift key.
Release the Shift key to return to the Ripple tool.
 While dragging, press the Command key to “gear down” and make a more precise edit.