Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Chapter 20
Trimming Clips Using the Trim Edit Window
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Trim the edit point by doing any of the following:
 Click the trim buttons or use their keyboard equivalents to trim to the left or right
using the displayed frame increments.
 Press [ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket) to trim backward or forward one frame.
 Press Shift-[ or Shift-] to trim backward or forward five frames. The number of
frames to trim can be customized with the Multi-Frame Trim Size setting in the
Editing tab of User Preferences. (For more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 22,
“Choosing Settings and Preferences.”)
 Type + (plus) or – (minus) and the number of frames to add or subtract, then
press Return.
 Drag an edit marker in the scrubber bar to a new point in the outgoing or incoming clip.
 Use the jog and shuttle controls to move the playhead within the outgoing or the
incoming clip. Then set a new Out point for the outgoing clip by pressing O or a new
In point for the incoming clip by pressing I.
 Use the playback controls to play the clip. Set a new Out point for the outgoing clip
or a new In point for the incoming clip.
 Use the J, K, and L keys to shuttle the playhead on either side of the edit point (you
choose which side by positioning the pointer there). As you move the pointer between
the left and right sides of the Trim Edit window, the left and right Play buttons become
highlighted. Don’t click, or you’ll change the selected trim operation.
Press L to move forward, press J to reverse playback, and press K to stop. Press J or L
repeatedly to speed up and slow down playback. Press K and either L or J together to
perform slow-motion playback.
If the Dynamic Trimming checkbox is selected, the selected edit point moves to the
new position of the playhead whenever you stop playback.
For all the above trimming methods, the In Shift and Out Shift fields show the total
number of frames that have been modified. The sequence and playhead in the
Timeline automatically update to reflect your changes.
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Review your edit.
See “
Reviewing and Playing Back Your Edits in the Trim Edit Window
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To trim another edit point in the same track, use the Go to Previous Edit and Go to Next
Edit buttons to move to another edit point and display it in the Trim Edit window.
You can also select one or more edit points in the Timeline, and then go back to the
Trim Edit window to perform additional trim operations.
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When you are finished trimming, do one of the following:
 Move the playhead away from the edit point in the Canvas or Timeline.
 Click in the Timeline to deselect all edit points.
 Close the Trim Edit window.