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User Guide

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Select the boxed number above the center jog disk, type a negative number to trim both clips left or type a positive
number to trim both clips right, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).

Click the button that corresponds with the number of frames you want to edit. The –1 and –5 buttons trim both
clips left; +1 and +5 trim both clips right.

Note: The large trim offset number is 5 frames by default, but you can set it to any number by specifying a number in
the trim preferences. Choose Edit > Preferences > Trim (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Trim (Mac OS).

Perform a ripple edit using the Ripple Edit tool

1

Select the Ripple Edit tool

.

2

In the Timeline panel, position the pointer over the In or Out point of the clip you want to change until the

Ripple-in icon

or the Ripple-out icon

appears, and drag left or right. Subsequent clips in the track shift in

time to compensate for the edit, but their durations remain unchanged. Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac
OS) to affect only the video or audio portion of a linked clip.

Timeline panel during (above) and after (below) a ripple edit

When using the Selection tool, you can toggle from the Trim-in or Trim-out icon to a Ripple edit icon by pressing
the Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) key. Release Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to revert to the

Selection tool.

Perform a ripple edit using the Trim Monitor

1

Display the edit point in the Trim Monitor.

2

Do any of the following:

Position the pointer in the left or right image so that it becomes the Trim-out icon

or

Trim-in

icon

respec-

tively, and drag left or right to ripple-edit the corresponding clip.

Drag the timecode display under the left or right image to trim the corresponding clip.

Drag the left or right jog disk to trim the corresponding clip.

Drag the Outgoing Out Point icon

in the left view’s time ruler, or drag the Incoming In Point icon

in

the

right

view’s time ruler.

Drag the Out Shift or In Shift timecode number left or right to ripple-edit the corresponding clip.

Click the left clip’s timecode display (for the left clip’s Out point) or the right clip’s timecode display (for the right
clip’s In point), type a valid timecode number to trim the corresponding clip to that frame, and press Enter
(Windows) or Return (Mac OS).

April 1, 2008