Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 535)

3 Double-click the replacement source clip to open it in the Viewer, then move the Viewer
playhead to the frame you want to match in the Timeline. Do not set any edit points for
the clip in the Viewer.
For example, if both the sequence and source clip are shots of a person jumping, you
could move the Viewer playhead to the first frame where the person’s feet leave the
ground. This frame will be placed at the location of the playhead in the Timeline.
4 Do one of the following:
• Drag the clip from the Viewer to the Replace section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas.
• Click the Replace button in the Canvas.
• Press F11.
Replace button
Replace section of
the Edit Overlay in
the Canvas
Important: Make sure that the clip in the Viewer contains enough media on either side
of the playhead to fill the duration of the clip you want to replace in the Timeline. If it
doesn’t, you’ll see an “Insufficient content for edit” message.
Another common use of the replace edit is to line up a frame in a clip that’s already in
your edited sequence with an audio cue in an adjacent clip. For example, if you have a
video clip of a man dancing and an audio clip of music in another track, you can use a
replace edit to place a different portion of the same video clip into your sequence at the
same location, aligning a frame showing a particular movement of his foot with a particular
beat of the music.
To use a replace edit to resync a video clip to an audio clip in another track
1 In the Timeline, choose Mark > Clear In and Out (or press Option-X) to delete any sequence
In and Out points.
535 Chapter 36 Three-Point Editing