Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 686)

Chapter 19 Learning About Trimming Clips 351
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Trimming Clip In and Out Points
In this section, you’ll learn how to trim edit points. Make sure you have the right tool
selected for the trimming you want to do or you may not get the results you expected.
Note: The cursor usually shows which tool is selected, but you can also see which tool
is highlighted in the Tool palette.
Trimming With the Selection Tool
You can use the Selection tool to change the In or Out point of a single sequence clip,
leaving a gap. Because a gap is left, the total duration of your edited sequence is not
changed. This is important because it means this kind of trim edit doesn’t ripple clip
items out of sync with each other.
Note: If you want to extend a clip’s In or Out point so that it overwrites an adjacent clip,
you can’t do this with the Selection tool. Instead, you can use the Roll tool, or select the
clip and drag it with the Selection or Slide tool.
Performing edits using the Selection tool is useful for filling in gaps between two clips
and for creating gaps in preparation for another editorial operation. When you trim an
edit point with the Selection tool, the Selection tool appears as a trimming tool.
To trim a clip’s edit point in the Timeline using the Selection tool:
1 Select the Selection tool in the Tool palette (or press the A key).
2 Move the pointer to the In or Out point of a clip in the Timeline.
The pointer changes to a Resize pointer.
A B C
A B C
Before edit
After edit
Gap
Before