Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 609)

When you set video edit points that are different from the audio edit points, as you do
for a split edit, the upper half of each triangle marks a video In or Out point, and the lower
half marks the separate audio edit point, like this:
Video In
point Video Out
point Area of video
included in edit
Audio Out
point Audio In
point
Area of audio
included in edit
As with other types of edits, the Viewer scrubber bar shows edit points in your clip, while
the Canvas scrubber bar shows edit points in your sequence. The light area between each
set of edit points in the Viewer indicates which parts of the audio and video clip items in
your source clip will be cut into your sequence. The light area between each set of edit
points in the Canvas indicates where the audio and video clip items will appear in your
sequence.
Setting Up Split Edit Points in the Viewer
There are several ways you can create a split edit:
• Set separate video and audio edit points for the clip in the Viewer before you edit the
clip into the Timeline.
• Edit your clips into the Timeline with standard In and Out points, and then trim the
video or audio clip items independently by turning off linked selection. The Roll tool
is the most common tool for adjusting an edit point in the Timeline. For more
information, see
“Learning About Trimming Clips.”
It is more common to edit clips into a sequence and then create split edits in the Timeline,
but there may be times when you want to set split edit points in the Viewer as well.
To set up a split edit in the Viewer
1 Double-click a clip in the Browser to open it in the Viewer.
2 Move the playhead to the location in your clip where you want to set the video In or Out
point (separate from the audio).
3 To set a video In or Out point, do one of the following:
• Choose Mark > Mark Split, then choose either Video In or Video Out from the submenu.
• Control-click in the scrubber bar, choose Mark Split from the shortcut menu, then
choose either Video In or Video Out from the submenu.
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