Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 691)

This chapter covers the following:
• About Trimming with Slip, Slide, Ripple, and Roll Tools (p. 691)
• Sliding Clips in the Timeline (p. 692)
• Slipping Clips in the Timeline (p. 695)
• Using the Ripple Tool to Trim an Edit Without Leaving a Gap (p. 699)
• Using the Roll Tool to Change Where a Cut Occurs (p. 709)
Once your rough edit is complete, you will want to fine-tune your edit. The advanced
editing tools in Final Cut Pro allow you to make fine adjustments to clips in your sequence.
About Trimming with Slip, Slide, Ripple, and Roll Tools
The Slip, Slide, Ripple, and Roll tools are specialized tools that you can use to make fine
adjustments to the In and Out points of clips in your sequence. Fine-tuning your edits
with these tools is also referred to as trimming. For more information about trimming
tools not covered in this chapter, see
“Learning About Trimming Clips” and “Trimming
Clips Using the Trim Edit Window.”
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