Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 360)

360 Part VI Rough Editing
Selecting Clips
Selecting individual clips is as straightforward as clicking, as long you are clicking with
the right tool. Also included here are the tricks you need to know for selecting multiple
contiguous and noncontiguous clips quickly.
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Tip: When clip items are linked, but you need to select just an individual clip item, you
can temporarily prevent linked items from being selected together by pressing the
Option key while selecting. (The link status returns to the enabled state when you
release the Option key.)
Selecting an Individual Clip
This is the simplest kind of selection you can make in the Timeline.
To select an individual clip:
1 Do one of the following:
 Click the Selection tool in the Tool palette.
 Press A.
2 In the Timeline, click anywhere in a clip.
If the Canvas is set to display overlays, a cyan blue border appears around the video
image to indicate that the clip beneath the playhead is selected. (To set the Canvas to
display overlays, choose View > Show Overlays, so there is a checkmark next to it.)