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Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started User Manual

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Chapter 6

Fine-Tuning Your Edit

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Do one of the following:

Choose Sequence > Ripple Delete.

Press Shift-Delete.

Press the Forward Delete key.

Control-click the item or region you want to delete, then choose Ripple Delete from
the shortcut menu.

Note: Control-clicking only works when you’ve selected items with the mouse. It
doesn’t work on a region defined by In and Out points.

Press Shift-X to remove the selected clips from your sequence to the Clipboard.

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Save your project.

For more information about ripple deletes, see Final Cut Express Help, Chapter 19,
“Advanced Editing and Trimming Techniques.”

This clip moves back

to fill the gap.

These clips are unaffected.