Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 513)

Chapter 34 Learning About Trimming Clips 513
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m Select the Edit Selection tool in the Tool palette (or press Command-G), then drag to
select edit points on one or more tracks.
As you drag in the Timeline, this tool selects one edit per track. The edits don’t have to
be aligned in time. When you release the mouse button, the Trim Edit window appears.
m Select the Ripple or Roll tool in the Tool palette, then click the edge of the clip.
Command-click to select multiple edit points. (See Chapter 33, “
Performing Slip, Slide,
Ripple, and Roll Edits ,” on page 483 for information about the Ripple and Roll tools.)
Trimming Clip In and Out Points
In this section, you’ll learn how to trim edit points. Make sure you have the right tool
selected for the trimming you want to do or you may not get the results you expected.
Note: The cursor usually shows which tool is selected, but you can also see which tool
is highlighted in the Tool palette.
Trimming with the Selection Tool
You can use the Selection tool to change the In or Out point of a single sequence clip,
leaving a gap. Because a gap is left, the total duration of your edited sequence is not
changed. This is important because it means this kind of trim edit doesn’t ripple clip
items out of sync with each other.
Note: If you want to extend a clip’s In or Out point so that it overwrites an adjacent clip,
you can’t do this with the Selection tool. Instead, you can use the Roll tool, or select the
clip and drag it with the Selection or Slide tool.
One edit per track is
selected.
A B C
A B C
Before edit
After edit
Gap