Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 719)

Selection Tool
You can select individual edit points by clicking them with the Selection tool. Select the
Selection tool by clicking it in the Tool palette or pressing the A key.
Selection tool
When you use the Selection tool
to adjust a clip’s edit point, the
icon changes to indicate it can
be used for trimming.
If you double-click an edit point using the Selection tool, the Trim Edit window appears,
showing the clips on either side of the edit point.
Edit Selection Tool
Instead of selecting individual edit points by clicking them with the Selection tool, you
can select multiple edit points (on multiple tracks) at once by using the Edit Selection
tool, designed specifically for selecting edit points. The Trim Edit window appears as soon
as you select edit points with this tool, showing the clips on either side of the edit point.
You can select the Edit Selection tool by clicking it in the Tool palette or pressing the G
key.
Edit Selection tool
Press a key when you click the Edit Selection tool to add these functions:
• Command key: Allows you to add and subtract edits from the current selection.
• Option key: Temporarily turns linked selection on if it is currently off, or off if it is currently
on.
• Shift key: Temporarily turns the Edit Selection tool into the Ripple tool, until you release
the Shift key.
Selecting Single Edit Points
A single edit point refers to a single clip item’s In point or Out point, or two adjacent clip
items’ Out and In points, respectively.
719 Chapter 45 Learning About Trimming Clips