Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Part III
Fine-Tuning Your Edit
Playback Controls for Individual Clips
These controls allow you to move the playhead on either side of the edit point without
modifying the edit point itself. The outgoing and incoming clips have separate
playback controls, which can also be controlled by the J, K, and L keys. The playback
controls are for viewing only; they don’t change the position of an edit point.
 Previous Frame and Next Frame: Use these controls to jog the clip backward or
forward, one frame at a time.
 Play: Use this control to play the clip at normal speed.
Important:
The Space bar plays around the selected edit point in the Timeline; it does
not control playback in either side of the Trim Edit window. For more information, see
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Playing Incoming and Outgoing Clips in the Trim Edit Window
Trim Buttons
 Trim Forward and Trim Backward: Click these buttons to add or subtract frames from
the duration between the In and Out points.
You can set the –5 and +5 buttons to trim a different number of frames by changing
the Multi-Frame Trim Size setting in the Editing tab of the User Preferences window.
The number of frames to trim can be set from 1 to 99. For more information, see
Volume IV, Chapter 22, “Choosing Settings and Preferences.”
 Dynamic Trimming: Select this checkbox to toggle dynamic trimming on and off,
without having to go to the User Preferences window. For more information, see
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Next Frame
Previous Frame
Play
Dynamic Trimming
checkbox
Trim Backward buttons
Trim Forward buttons