Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 570)

To shuffle a clip item from one position to another
1 Select a clip item you want to move in the Timeline with the Selection tool.
Select the clip item
to move.
2 Drag the selected clip item to the beginning of the clip item you want to insert the
dragged clip item in front of.
If you have trouble aligning it with the edit point, press the N key to turn snapping on.
3 While continuing to hold down the mouse button, press the Option key.
The pointer turns into the Shuffle Edit pointer. The direction of the small arrow in the
Shuffle Edit pointer indicates which direction clip items will be rippled around the insertion
point of the moved item.
• If the small arrow points right: All clip items to the right of the insertion point are rippled
to the right, filling the gap where the moved clip item was previously located.
The pointer changes to
the Shuffle Edit pointer.
In this case, the small
arrow points to the
right, so all clip items
to the right of the
insertion point are
rippled to the right.
• If the small arrow points left: All clip items to the left of the insertion point are rippled
to the left, filling the gap where the moved clip item was previously located.
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