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Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual

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Chapter 28

Arranging Clips in the Timeline

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Note: Don’t click in the Current Timecode field before you do this, or you’ll move the
playhead instead.

3

Press Return.

The clip moves to the new location if there aren’t any other clip items in the way. If
there are, you’ll see a “Clip Collision” message indicating which track had a clip that
interfered with your edit.

For more information about editing numerically using timecode, see Chapter 33,

Performing Slip, Slide, Ripple, and Roll Edits

,” on page 483 and Chapter 35, “

Trimming

Clips Using the Trim Edit Window

,” on page 523.

The number
of frames moved

Clip items to be moved

Clip Collision message