Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 27)

Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your Editing Environment 27
Edit Overlay
The Edit Overlay appears when you drag clips from the Browser or Viewer to the image area
of the Canvas. The Overlay appears translucently over the image currently in the Canvas.
There are seven sections in the Edit Overlay, one for each of the seven types of edits
that Final Cut Express HD can perform. If you simply drag your clip to the viewing area
to the left of the Edit Overlay, you’ll do an overwrite edit. To perform any of the other
edits, drag your clip to the overlay area for the edit you want 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.
The Edit Overlay appears
with its seven sections.
Drag a clip to the image
area of the Canvas.