Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 780)

• Outgoing and incoming clip handles: A transition that appears as two overlapping clips
on the same track in the Timeline is represented differently in the Transition Editor.
The outgoing clip and its Out point appear on the top track, the incoming clip and its
In point appear on the bottom track, and the transition itself appears on a track between
the two.
Outgoing clip
Incoming clip
Both the Out point of the outgoing clip and the In point of the incoming clip are handles
that you can drag to perform ripple edits, modifying the edit points of these clips in
your sequence in the Timeline. (A ripple edit adjusts the length of a clip by changing
the In or Out point of the clip. Ripple edits do not cause gaps in your edited sequence.
For more information, see
“Adjusting the Length of a Clip in a Transition with a Ripple
Edit.” )
• Transition bar with start, stop, and edit handles: The transition appears as a bar with start
and end points that you can drag. Depending on the alignment of your transition, the
edit point appears to the right, in the center, or to the left of this bar.
Edit point in the center
of the transition bar
Transition bar with the
start point being moved
Dragging the transition bar from the middle results in a roll edit, which moves the edit
point between two clips in a sequence. Dragging either of the transition edges shortens
or extends the transition.
Note: A roll edit adjusts the location of an edit point shared by two clips; the Out point
of the first clip and the In point of the second clip are moved simultaneously, or rolled.
This changes the location of the edit point in the sequence, as well as the duration of
each clip. For more information, see
“Using the Roll Tool to Change Where a Cut Occurs.”
780 Chapter 48 Refining Transitions Using the Transition Editor