Chapter 4. Advanced Trimming Techniques

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Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Goals

Familiarize yourself with the Trim Edit window

Learn different ways of trimming edits

Use dynamic trimming

Trim clips across multiple tracks

Perform asymmetrical trims to maintain sync

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By now, you probably appreciate how powerful and essential Final Cut Pro’s trimming tools are. Trimming is one of the most intensive aspects of the editing process, but with mastery of the tools it can be easy, and even fun. Still, no matter how you splice it, you’re going to be trimming for quite a long time on each project. Although simple tasks like those in the last lesson ...

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