Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 516)

As you drag your clip into the Timeline, a two-up display appears in the Canvas to show
you the sequence In and Out points for the edit you’re performing. What appears in this
display depends on the kind of edit.
• If you’re performing an overwrite edit: The two-up display shows the frame before the
clip being edited in (on the left) and the frame immediately after it (on the right). Clip
names appear at the top of the display, and each frame’s source timecode number
appears at the bottom.
The last sequence
frame before your
incoming clip The first sequence
frame after your
incoming clip
• If you’re performing an insert edit: The two-up display shows two adjacent frames,
because the source clip you are inserting splits the underlying clip at the point where
you insert it.
• If you’re editing a clip into an empty area of the Timeline: Both of the frames in the two-up
display are black, no matter what kind of edit you’re performing.
Note: If the Caps Lock key is engaged, the two-up display is disabled.
To do an insert edit
µ
Drag the clip to the upper third of a track in the Timeline.
Drag a clip to the upper
third of a track to do
an insert edit.
516 Chapter 35 Drag-to-Timeline Editing