Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
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A fit to fill edit changes the speed of a clip in the Viewer so that its duration matches the
duration between the sequence In and Out points. Because a fit to fill edit changes the
speed of the edited clip, you may have to render it before it will play back. Also, any audio
items associated with this clip will change pitch, moving either higher or lower.
Fit to fill is the only edit type in Final Cut Pro that requires four edit points, instead of
three. You need to set In and Out points for your clip in the Viewer, as well as In and Out
points in the Canvas or Timeline, for the destination in your edited sequence. For more
information, see
For example, suppose you want to replace a 5-second shot of a lizard with a 2-second
shot of a desert landscape. In this case, you can use the fit to fill edit to make the landscape
shot fit.
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You can also use the fit to fill edit with multiple clips. When you do so, each successive
clip selected in the Browser replaces each successive clip in your sequence using a fit to
fill edit, starting with the clip at the current position of the Timeline playhead. If you’ve
selected more clips in the Browser than you have in your sequence, you’ll see an
“Insufficient content for edit” error message.
Note: When you use the fit to fill edit, the speed setting applied to the edited clip changes
so that the clip fits the newly specified duration. These speed settings can be modified
or removed at any time.
To perform a fit to fill edit
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Do one of the following:
• In the Canvas or Timeline, set sequence In and Out points to define the part of your
sequence you want to fill.
• Position the playhead over a clip you want to replace using a fit to fill edit. If no In and
Out points are set in the sequence, Final Cut Pro uses the clip boundaries as sequence
In and Out points.
2
Make sure that the correct destination tracks are set in the Timeline.
3
Open a clip in the Viewer.
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Changing Clip Speed