Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 650)

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Performing Slip, Slide, Ripple,
and Roll Edits
Once your rough edit is complete, you will want to fine-tune
your edit. The advanced editing tools in Final Cut Pro allow
you to make fine adjustments to clips in your sequence.
This chapter covers the following:
 About Trimming with Slip, Slide, Ripple, and Roll Tools (p. 317)
 Sliding Clips in the Timeline (p. 318)
 Slipping Clips in the Timeline (p. 321)
 Using the Ripple Tool to Trim an Edit Without Leaving a Gap (p. 325)
 Using the Roll Tool to Change Where a Cut Occurs (p. 334)
About Trimming with Slip, Slide, Ripple, and Roll Tools
The Slip, Slide, Ripple, and Roll tools are specialized tools that you can use to make fine
adjustments to the In and Out points of clips in your sequence. Fine-tuning your edits
with these tools is also referred to as trimming. For more information about trimming
tools not covered in this chapter, see Chapter 19, “
Learning About Trimming Clips ,” on
page 341 and Chapter 20, “ Trimming Clips Using the Trim Edit Window ,” on page 357.