Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 683)

348 Part III Fine-Tuning Your Edit
For more information, see “ Locking Tracks to Prevent Edits or Changes ” on page 132.
For information about synchronizing clip items, see Chapter 14, “ Linking and Editing
Video and Audio in Sync ,” on page 219 and “ Tips for Edits Made With the Ripple Tool ”
on page 338.
Using the Command Key to “Gear Down”
The Command key is useful if you want to make very small changes to edit points or
clips in your sequence. When you drag clips or edit points to perform trimming
operations, the ratio between the motion of your mouse and the motion of the item
you’re changing is determined by the zoom level of the Viewer, Canvas, or Timeline. If
you have trouble trimming to a specific frame because you’re zoomed out too far, you
can force this motion to be a more precise 1-to-1 ratio (regardless of your zoom level)
by pressing the Command key after you start dragging.
For example, holding down the Command key after you start dragging an edit point
with the Roll tool makes the edit point move much more slowly as you drag.
Selecting Edits and Clips to Trim
Regardless of where you actually trim your clips, you almost always select the edit
points in the Timeline. Selecting an edit point is a lot like selecting an entire clip, except
that you are only selecting a clip’s In point or Out point, or the Out point and In point
of two adjacent clips. If linked selection is turned on, any edit points or clips that are
linked to the one you select are selected as well.
Tools for Selecting Edit Points
There are two tools in the Tool palette that can be used to select edit points in the
Timeline—the Selection tool and the Edit Selection tool.
Selection Tool
You can select individual edit points by clicking them with the Selection tool. Select the
Selection tool by clicking it in the Tool palette or pressing the A key.
Selection tool
When you use the Selection tool
to adjust a clip’s edit point, the
icon changes to indicate it can be
used for trimming.