Controls that affect trim edits, P. 347) – Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual

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Chapter 19

Learning About Trimming Clips

347

III

Controls That Affect Trim Edits

Before you perform a trimming operation, make sure to check that the following
controls are set properly for the operation you need to perform.

Linked Selection
Clip items that refer to the same media file are linked together when you edit them
into the Timeline. You can also link unrelated clip items together so you can operate on
them simultaneously, keeping them in sync.

For your convenience, you can keep linked selection turned on and temporarily disable
it as necessary. You can temporarily disable linked selection by holding down the
Option key while selecting or trimming a clip item in the Timeline. This allows you to
adjust one clip item at a time, even if it is linked to others. This is a good way to create
split edits, where the audio In or Out point is different from that of the video.

Snapping
If snapping is on, when you drag an edit point in the Timeline or Viewer, it snaps to In
or Out points, markers, keyframes, the playhead, and edits on other tracks. This can
help you quickly line up edits with other items in the sequence. You can turn snapping
on and off at any time, even in the middle of dragging edits and clips. You turn
snapping on and off by choosing View > Snapping, pressing the N key, or clicking the
Snapping button in the Timeline. For more information, see “

Snapping to Points in the

Timeline

” on page 195.

Locked Tracks
Trim operations with the Ripple tool will only affect clip items on unlocked tracks. If
there are clip items on certain tracks you don’t want to change inadvertently while
trimming, you can lock these tracks in your sequence to prevent unwanted changes.

Linked items on locked tracks aren’t affected when you move other linked clip items. For
example, if you select a video item to trim that’s linked to an audio item in a locked track,
moving the video item does not move the audio item, so they become out of sync.

Click here to turn linked
selection on and off.

Click here to turn
snapping on and off.

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