Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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 2 To adjust the edit point, do any of the following:
 •Move the edit line in the center of the Precision Editor by dragging its handle left or right.
Drag the edit line 
handle left or right.
Moving the entire edit line performs a roll edit.
 •Drag the end point of the outgoing clip or the start point of the incoming clip. This performs a 
ripple edit.
Note:  You can drag the edit line or individual edit points to the extent that there are media 
handles available....

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 •Skim over and click the outgoing clip or the incoming clip at any point. 
Click either clip at any point.
The clip’s edit point is adjusted to the frame you click. This is the equivalent of a ripple edit.
The clip’s edit point moves to the frame you click.
You can also enter a timecode value to adjust the edit point numerically. If you select either 
the end point of the outgoing clip or the start point of the incoming clip, a ripple edit is 
performed. Otherwise, a...

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Create split edits
Final Cut Pro allows you to set separate video and audio start and end points in an individual 
clip. These edits, known as split edits, can be used in many different situations—in dialogue 
scenes, when cutting to illustrative B-roll footage during an interview, or when transitioning from 
one scene to another.
 You can use a split edit to introduce the sound of a new shot or scene before cutting to the 
video of that shot or scene. Conversely, you...

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 3 Drag the start point (left edge) of the video portion of the clip to the right, effectively trimming it 
with a ripple edit. 
The example below shows the video start point of the close-up of the man being dragged to 
the right.
This creates a J-shaped split edit, with the start point of the audio overlapping the preceding clip.
 4 To complete the split edit, show separate audio for the preceding clip, and do one of the 
following:
 •Drag the preceding clip’s end...

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 •Double-click the clip’s audio waveform.
When you play back this section of the Timeline, you hear the man begin to speak before the 
video cuts to the close-up of him. In this way, you can use split edits to create seamless edits 
from one shot to the next.
Create a split edit using keyboard shortcuts
You can create split edits quickly using keyboard shortcuts. In this example, the audio from the 
close-up of the man is extended over the close-up of the woman to...

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 4 Do one of the following:
 •To select both sides of the audio edit point: Press Shift-Backslash (\).
 •To select both sides of the video edit point: Press Backslash (\).
Selected audio edit point
 5 To roll the audio edit point or the video edit point, do any of the following:
 •To nudge the edit point left or right: Press Comma (,) or Period (.), respectively.
 •To nudge the edit point 10 frames left or right: Press Shift-Comma (,) or Shift-Period (.),...

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Make three-point edits
Three-point editing overview
Three-point editing allows you to use start and end points in the Browser and the Timeline to 
specify the duration of a clip and where it should be placed in the Timeline. Three-point editing 
gets its name from the fact that only three edit points are necessary to determine the portion 
of the source clip to use and where to place that clip in the Timeline. Final Cut Pro infers the 
fourth edit point automatically....

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There are a few key things to keep in mind when making three-point edits.
Edit points set Results
 •Source selection start and end 
points in the Browser
 •Destination start point in the 
TimelineThe start point of the source selection in the Browser is aligned with the 
destination start point in the Timeline, and the duration of the edit is 
determined by the source selection start and end points in the Browser.
 •Source selection start point in 
the Browser...

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 2 In the Timeline, position the skimmer (or the playhead, if the skimmer is not present) at the 
location in your project where you want the clip to start (the destination start point). 
Position the skimmer at the 
location in the project where  you want the clip to start.
 3 To add the source selection to the project using an overwrite edit, press D.
The new clip starts where 
the skimmer was positioned.
The portion of your source selection between the start and end...

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 2 In the Timeline, position the skimmer (or the playhead, if the skimmer is not present) at the 
location in your project where you want the clip to end. 
Position the skimmer at 
the location where you  want the clip to end.
 3 Do any of the following:
 •To backtime the selection using a connect edit: Press Shift-Q.
 •To backtime the selection using an overwrite edit: Press Shift-D.
Your source selection is edited into the project so that the end point of the media...