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Performing a slip edit using the slip tool – Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual

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Part III

Fine-Tuning Your Edit

Performing a Slip Edit Using the Slip Tool

You can perform slip edits in the Viewer or the Timeline.

To perform a slip edit in the Viewer using the Slip tool:

1

Double-click a sequence clip to open it in the Viewer.

2

Select the Slip tool in the Tool palette (or press the S key).

3

Drag either the In or Out point along the Viewer’s scrubber bar.

4

Release the mouse button when the clip is positioned at a range of frames that you like.

The In and Out points move together, maintaining the clip’s duration.

5

Click the Play In to Out button (or press Shift-\) to review the new section between
your sequence clip’s In and Out points.

The clip is automatically updated in the Timeline. The duration of the clip and the
sequence remain the same, and the surrounding clips are not affected.

The duration of the

sequence clip does not

change.

The sequence clip’s In and
Out points move together.