Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 71)

Chapter 4 Basic Editing 71
Insert Edits
An insert edit places the source clip into your sequence so that all items after the
insertion point in your sequence are moved forward in the Timeline, to make room for
the clip being added. No clips are removed from your sequence.
You can perform an insert edit with one or more clips. If you perform an insert edit in the
middle of another clip, that clip is cut at the insertion point and the second half pushed,
along with the rest of the footage in the Timeline, to the end of the newly inserted clip. For
more information on insert edits, see Final Cut Express Help, Chapter 15, “Basic Editing.”
Insert edit
To do an insert edit:
1 Specify the necessary In and Out points and destination tracks.
2 Drag the clip from the Canvas to the Insert section of the Edit Overlay (or press F9).
A B C D
A B C D
Before edit
After edit
Insert section of
the Edit Overlay
in the Canvas