Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 788)

Adjusting the Length of a Clip in a Transition with a Ripple Edit
Even when a transition is applied between two clips, you can change the duration of the
outgoing or incoming clip using the Ripple tool. Ripple edits do not cause gaps in your
edited sequence.
• Rippling the Out point of the outgoing clip: This moves the transition and the edit point
at the same time so that the outgoing clip is shortened or extended. The rest of your
edited sequence moves forward or backward to accommodate this change.
• Rippling the In point of the incoming clip: This has no effect on the location of the edit
point or the transition, but shortens or lengthens the incoming clip. All subsequent
clips are moved to the left or right so that there is no resulting gap.
When you trim the outgoing or incoming clip with the Ripple tool, the Canvas shows the
current frame of the edit point you’re dragging, along with the clip’s name and the current
timecode value of the clip, in a single-frame display. A tooltip is displayed at the location
of the pointer in the Transition Editor to show the offset between the new edit point
you’re selecting and the original edit point.
To do a ripple edit, adjusting the length of the transition
1 Open the transition in the Transition Editor.
2 Place the pointer at the Out point of the outgoing clip or at the In point of the incoming
clip.
When you do a ripple
edit, a tooltip shows the
offset between the new
and old edit points.
In the Canvas, the frame
of the new edit point
is shown.
3 When the pointer changes to the Ripple tool, drag the edit point to another frame in
your clip.
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