Selecting single edit points – Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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If you double-click an edit point using the Selection tool, the Trim Edit window appears,
showing the clips on either side of the edit point.
Edit Selection Tool
Instead of selecting individual edit points by clicking them with the Selection tool, you can
select multiple edit points (on multiple tracks) at once by using the Edit Selection tool,
designed specifically for selecting edit points. The Trim Edit window appears as soon as
you select edit points with this tool, showing the clips on either side of the edit point. You
can select the Edit Selection tool by clicking it in the Tool palette or pressing the G key.
Press a key when you click the Edit Selection tool to add these functions:
 Command key: Allows you to add and subtract edits from the current selection.
 Option key: Temporarily turns linked selection on if it is currently off, or off if it is
currently on.
 Shift key: Temporarily turns the Edit Selection tool into the Ripple tool, until you
release the Shift key.
Selecting Single Edit Points
A single edit point refers to a single clip item’s In point or Out point, or two adjacent
clip items’ Out and In points, respectively.
To select a single edit point in the Timeline, do one of the following:
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Select the Selection tool in the Tool palette, then click an edit point to select it in
the Timeline.
Note: You can double-click the edit point to open the edit in the Trim Edit window. See
Chapter 20, “
Trimming Clips Using the Trim Edit Window
,” on page 361 for information
about using the Trim Edit window.
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Press V to select the nearest edit point.
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If an edit point is already selected, you can do the following:
 Press ‘ (single quote) or the Up Arrow key to move the playhead in the Canvas and
Timeline to the next edit point, which is automatically selected.
 Press ; (semicolon) or the Down Arrow key to move the playhead in the Canvas and
Timeline to the previous edit point, which is automatically selected.
Edit Selection tool