Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 97)

Chapter 7 Canvas Basics 97
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Variations of overwrite and insert, called overwrite with transition and insert with
transition, add the default transition when you perform the edit. This allows you to
perform transitions such as dissolves in a single move. These edits are covered in much
more detail in Chapter 26, “
Three-Point Editing ,” on page 361.
The Edit Overlay appears only when you drag clips from the Browser or Viewer to the
image area of the Canvas. The Edit Overlay appears translucently over the image
currently in the Canvas.
There are seven sections in the Edit Overlay. If you simply drag your clip to the image
display area to the left of the Edit Overlay, an overwrite edit is performed. To perform any
of the other edits, drag your clip to the overlay area for the edit you wish to perform.
You’ll know that the clip you’re dragging is over a specific overlay when a colored
outline appears around the border of the overlay.
Transport Controls
Transport (or playback) controls let you play sequences in the Canvas, as well as move
the playhead in the Timeline. These controls play clips and sequences at 100 percent
(or 1x) speed. There are keyboard shortcuts for each control.
 Play (Space bar): Plays your sequence from the current location of the playhead.
Clicking it again stops playback.
 Play In to Out (Shift-\): Moves the playhead to the current In point of a sequence and
plays forward from that point to the Out point.
Drag a clip to
the image display area
of the Canvas.
The Edit Overlay appears
with its seven sections.
Go to Next Edit
Play Around
Current Frame Play In to Out
Play
Go to Previous Edit