Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 180)

2 Move the pointer to the Timeline ruler, and when the split overlay appears (a vertical
white line intersecting the shots in the Timeline), drag it to the frame of the shot where
you want to add an edit point.
3 Click to add an edit point.
The Timeline updates to reflect the edit you’ve made, with a new edit point appearing
at the frame you clicked.
Splice Tool
Whenever you cut a shot with the Split tool, the original shot is split into two shots
separated by a through edit. There is no visual indication of through edits in the Color
Timeline, but any edit point that splits an otherwise contiguous range of frames is
considered to be a through edit, which can be joined back together with the Splice tool.
Joining two shots separated by a through edit merges them back into a single shot. You
cannot join two shots that aren’t separated by a through edit; if you try you’ll simply get
a warning message.
Important: When you splice two shots that have different grades and corrections, the
grades and corrections of the shot to the left overwrite those of the shot to the right.
To splice two shots into one
1 Do one of the following to choose the Splice tool:
• Choose Timeline > Splice Tool.
• Press Control-Z.
2 Move the pointer to the Timeline ruler, and when the splice overlay appears (a vertical
white line intersecting the shots in the Timeline), drag it to the edit point you want to
splice.
3 Click to splice that edit point.
The Timeline updates to reflect the edit you’ve made, and the two shots that were
previously separated by a through edit are spliced into one.
Create an Edit Command
The Create an Edit command in the Timeline menu (Control-V) is similar to the Split tool.
It cuts a single shot in the Timeline into two at the current position of the playhead. Using
this command eliminates the need to choose a tool.
To create an edit point
1 Move the playhead to the frame where you want to add an edit point.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Timeline > Create an Edit.
• Press Control-V.
180 Chapter 7 Timeline Playback, Navigation, and Editing