Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Chapter 10
Three-Point Editing
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If you perform several superimpose edits in the same location, each new source clip is
edited into the video track directly above the current destination track, and all other
previously superimposed video clips are moved up one track to make room. If your
superimposed clip contains audio, the source audio is placed on new audio tracks
immediately below any occupied audio destination tracks already in your sequence.
Likewise, if you perform a superimpose edit with several source clips at once, all of
those clips are stacked on top of one another. The first clip in your selected group is on
top, with each successive clip appearing underneath.
To perform a superimpose edit:
1
Do one of the following:
 Position the Timeline playhead over a clip above which you want to superimpose
your source clip. The beginning and end of this clip are used as edit points for your
source clip.
 Set sequence In and Out points.
2
Set an In point in the Viewer to define the starting point of the source clip you want to
edit into your sequence.
3
Do one of the following:
 Drag the clip from the Viewer to the Superimpose section of the Edit Overlay in the
Canvas.
 Click the Superimpose button in the Canvas.
 Press F12.
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Before edit
After edit
Superimpose section
of the Edit Overlay
in the Canvas
Superimpose button