Chapter 6. Two-Sided Trimming

Lesson Files

FCP4 Book Files > Lessons > Lesson 6 Project

Media

Sahara folder; Titanic folder, Music folder

Time

This lesson takes approximately 75 minutes to complete.

Goals

Trim two edit points at the same time

 

Slip In and Out points

 

Roll edit points

 

Slide clip placement

 

Extend edit points

 

Work with the Trim Edit window

As you have just learned, trimming a single In point or Out point changes the length of a clip and may therefore change the length of a sequence. But there are several ways to adjust clips in the Timeline without changing clip or sequence length. Once your sequence duration is set, there are tools that allow you to finesse the actual content of each clip by adjusting two edit points at the same time, each ...

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