Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 743)

408 Part III Fine-Tuning Your Edit
Doing a Roll Edit to Change the Location of a Transition
If you move the pointer over the middle of a transition in the Transition Editor, it
changes to the Roll tool. You can then move the edit point along with the transition to
the left or to the right, as long as there is available overlap between the outgoing and
incoming clips.
To do a roll edit, changing the location of a transition:
1 Open the transition in the Transition Editor.
2 Place the pointer anywhere on the transition.
3 When the pointer changes to the Roll tool, drag the edit point and the transition to the
new location.
Doing a Ripple Edit to Adjust the Length of a Clip in a Transition
Even when a transition is applied between two clips, you can change the duration of
the outgoing or incoming clip using the Ripple tool. Ripple edits do not cause gaps in
your edited sequence.
 Rippling the Out point of the outgoing clip: This moves the transition and the edit
point at the same time so that the outgoing clip is shortened or extended. The rest
of your edited sequence moves forward or back to accommodate this change.
 Rippling the In point of the incoming clip: This has no effect on the location of the edit
point or the transition, but shortens or lengthens the incoming clip. All subsequent
clips are moved to the left or right so that there is no resulting gap.
Using the Roll tool, drag the
edit point to a new position.
Check the two-up display in the
Canvas to help you determine
where to place the transition.