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Editing events 
Copying events 
You can copy events, or portions of events, to the clipboard and paste them into your 
project. You may copy a single event or multiple events. Copying preserves the original 
event information, edits, and other modifications. 
1.	Select the events to be copied. For more information, see Selecting multiple events on 
page 32. 
2.	Select a time range, if applicable. 
3.	Click the Copy button ( ). 
Copying selected events 
When copied, selected events are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time 
information is also placed on the clipboard. 
Events before copy Clipboard contents Events after copy 
The original events 
are not affected and 
do not change. 
Copying a time selection 
Events within the time selection and across all tracks are reproduced and placed on the 
clipboard. Time information is also placed on the clipboard. 
Events before copy Clipboard contents Events after copy 
The original events 
are not affected and 
do not change. 
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Copying a time selection and events 
Events and portions of selected events within the time selection are reproduced and 
placed on the clipboard. Time information is also placed on the clipboard. 
Events before copy Clipboard contents Events after copy 
The original events 
are not affected and 
do not change. 
Cutting events 
Cutting events removes them from their respective tracks, but places the cut 
information (events and time) on the clipboard. Once on the clipboard, you may paste 
the information into your project. 
Tip: You can apply a ripple edit after cutting. For more information, see Crossfading 
events on page 43. 
1. Select events or a time range. For more information, see Making selections on page 
32. 
2. Click the Cut button ( ). 
Cutting selected events 
When cut, selected events are removed from the timeline and placed on the clipboard. 
Time information is also placed on the clipboard. 
Events before cut Clipboard contents Events after cut	Events after cut in 
post-edit ripple 
mode 
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Cutting a time selection 
Events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time 
information is also placed on the clipboard. When cutting a time selection, ripple edit 
mode affects the position of material on all tracks or affected tracks after the cut. 
Events before cut Clipboard contents Events after cut	Events after cut in 
post-edit ripple 
mode 
Cutting a time selection and events 
Events and portions of selected events within the time selection are reproduced and 
placed on the clipboard. Time information is also placed on the clipboard. When 
cutting a combination of time selection and event selection, post-edit ripple mode 
affects the position of material on all tracks or the tracks of selected events after the cut. 
Events before cut Clipboard contents Events after cut	Events after cut in 
post-edit ripple mode 
Pasting events 
Once information is copied to the clipboard, you may choose a variety of ways to paste 
the clipboard items. Items are always pasted from the cursor’s position along the 
timeline. 
When post-edit ripple mode is enabled, material is pushed down the track to make 
room for pasted material. The exact behavior of the ripple depends on what is being 
pasted, and the type of ripple edit you chose to perform. If one or more events are 
pasted, only those tracks where pasted material appears are ripple edited. 
Tip: You can apply a ripple edit after pasting. For more information, see Crossfading 
events on page 43. 
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1.	Move the cursor to the desired location on the timeline. 
2.	Click either the track number or within the track where you want to paste the 
event. This track is the focus track; there can be only one focus track at a time. 
Note: If you are pasting multiple events from different tracks, new tracks are 
automatically created as needed. 
3.	Click the Paste button ( ). 
Clipboard events are pasted at the cursor position on the track. Existing track 
events can be overlapped with newly pasted information. 
Using paste repeat 
Use paste repeat to specify how many times clipboard events are pasted at the cursor 
position on the selected track and to specify the space between pasted events. 
1.	Copy a selection to the clipboard. 
2.	From the Edit menu, choose Paste 
Repeat. The Paste Repeat dialog 
appears. 
3.	Specify the number of times to paste the 
clipboard contents and the space 
between successive copies. 
4.	Click OK. 
Using paste insert 
When using paste insert, clipboard events are placed at the cursor position on the 
selected track and existing events on all tracks are moved further down the timeline by 
the total length of pasted information. This action differs from post-edit ripple mode 
because pasting in post-edit ripple mode affects only the tracks in which material is 
pasted, while paste insert affects all tracks in the project. 
1.	Copy a selection to the clipboard. 
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2. From the Edit menu, choose Paste Insert.

Clipboard contents Events before paste insert Events after paste insert

Events on all tracks (not just tracks with 
pasted material) are pushed down the 
timeline. 
Punching-in and crossfading events 
You can insert events into the middle of (on top of) existing events without altering the 
timing of the project. When the inserted event ends, the original event continues 
playing as if it had never stopped. 
You can choose the duration of crossfades for punched-in audio events. 
1. From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears. 
2. Click the Editing tab. 
3. Select Quick fade length of audio events. Specify a duration for each transition. 
Events that have previously been inserted or punched-in are not affected by this 
change. The concept of punching in and out only applies when you are inserting an 
event that is shorter than the event that it is being inserted into. In the following 
illustration, every frame is numbered so that you can see how the original event 
continues after the inserted event ends, as if it continued to play underneath the 
original. 
Punched-in event 
Duplicating events 
Duplicating is a combination of copying and pasting in one action. The process is like 
moving the event to a new position while leaving a copy behind. 
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(). 
1.	Press Ctrl. 
2.	Drag the event you want to duplicate to the place where you want the new event 
to be positioned. 
Trimming events 
This section describes simple ways to trim events. 
Tip: You can apply a ripple edit after trimming an event. For more information, see 
Crossfading events on page 43. 
Trimming an event 
During the trimming process for a video event, both the last thumbnail image on the 
event and the Video Preview window show the last frame in the event, allowing you to 
edit events very accurately. 
1.	Move the cursor over the edge of the event. 
The cursor changes when properly positioned 
Trimming 2.	Drag the edge of the event to trim it. grouped Since a multimedia file often has both a video and events at the an audio component, both events are trimmed (or same time 
extended) as a group unless you ungroup them or 
temporarily suspend grouping by clicking the 
Ignore Event Grouping button ( ). 
Trimming an event beyond its end 
You can trim an event beyond its end, extending it as a result. Once extended, the 
event loops as a default. A notch indicates where the looped event repeats. 
Alternately, you can turn looping off and make the last frame of an event’s media 
repeat for the duration of the event (a freeze frame). A notch appears at the point in the 
event where the video ends and the freeze frame begins. 
Trimming adjacent events 
You can trim adjacent events simultaneously. Press Ctrl+Alt while dragging the 
common edge between two adjacent events. The trim adjacent cursor appears ( 
Press Ctrl+Alt over the ...and drag left... ...or right to trim both events 
boundary between two at once. 
events... 
). 
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Trimming a time selection 
Trimming events removes all media outside the time selection. The removed 
information is not placed on the clipboard. Trimming is different from cutting in that 
the events within the time selection are preserved. 
1. Select a time range. For more information, see Selecting a time range on page 33. 
2. Press Ctrl + T or, from the Edit menu, choose Trim. 
The material outside the time selection (across all tracks) is removed from the project. 
However, the time information (space) between events is not removed. 
Events before trim Clipboard contents Events after trim 
Trimmed information 
is not placed on the 
Clipboard. 
Splitting events 
You are allowed to create multiple, independently functioning events from a single 
event by splitting it. Splitting creates a new ending point for the original event and 
creates a starting point for the newly created event. 
Splitting an event does not alter the original One event media. The original media file’s information 
is there, but is omitted for playback based Split positionon where the event’s starting or ending 
point occurs on the timeline. Two events after 
splitWhen split, the two new events are flush 
against one another. The two events can be 
moved independently. The two new events 
can be moved 
independently. Splitting an event 
1. Select the event(s) to be split. For more information, see Making selections on page 
32. 
2. Place the cursor at the timeline position where the split will occur. 
3. From the Edit menu, choose Split, or press S. 
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Splitting all events at the cursor 
All events are split at the cursor’s position (unless an event is locked). The split occurs 
across all tracks (if no events are selected). 
Events before Events after 

splitting splitting

Splitting selected events 
Only the selected events are split at the cursor’s position. 
Events before Events after 
splitting splitting 
Splitting a time selection 
Unless locked, all events within the time selection are split at the starting and ending 
points of the time range, meaning that two splits are made. The split occurs across all 
tracks. 
Events before Events after 

splitting splitting

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Deleting events 
Deleting an event removes it from its track. Multiple events can be deleted and time 
selections can be used to modify the process. Ripple editing also applies to delete 
actions. Deleting operates exactly like a cutting operation, but the removed 
information is not placed on the clipboard. For more information, see Cutting events on 
page 36. 
1.	Select the events to be deleted. 
2.	Press Delete. 
Crossfading events 
You are allowed to crossfade between 
two events on the same track. For 
audio events, crossfading fades out one 
audio event’s volume while another 
event’s volume fades in. For video 
events, crossfading creates a transition 
between two events, one fading out while the other fades in. Lines appear indicating 
how and when the event’s volume or transparency is being affected. 
Using automatic crossfades 
The automatic crossfade feature turns the overlapping portions of two events into a 
smooth crossfade. This feature is turned on as a default. Click the Automatic 
Crossfades button ( ) or press Ctrl+Shift+X to turn automatic crossfades on and off. 
Event before crossfade	Event after crossfade 
Fade in 
volume line 
Fade out 
volume line 
Drag one event 
to overlap the 
other 
An option is provided for creating automatic crossfades when you add multiple media 
files to a track. For more information, see Using automatic crossfades on page 43. 
Manually setting a crossfade 
An automatic crossfade is not inserted if a shorter event is placed on top of and within 
the same time frame of a longer event. In this case, the longer event begins playing, 
then the shorter event plays, and then the longer event resumes playing at the timeline 
position. You can manually create a crossfade to fade in and out of the shorter event. 
1.	Place the mouse pointer on one of the shorter event’s handles. The envelope cursor 
appears ( ). 
2.	Drag the handle to the desired position. 
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Events without crossfade Events with manual crossfade 
This is a fast and effective method of inserting a voiceover on top of a background 
music track (although the music fades out completely) or to replace a bad section of 
audio. For more information, see Punching-in and crossfading events on page 39. 
Changing crossfade curves 
You can change the crossfade curves that are used to fade in and out between two 
events. 
Right-click a crossfade to .choose a different 
crossfade curve 
1.	Right-click anywhere in the crossfade region to display a shortcut menu. 
2.	From the shortcut menu, choose Fade Type, and choose the desired fade type 
from the submenu. 
Tip: If you use the same crossfade curve frequently, you can set it as a default for all 

new audio or video crossfades on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog using the 

Audio default type and Video default type drop-down lists.

Using undo

Pressing Ctrl + Z or clicking the Undo button (
) reverses the last edit performed. 
Repeatedly using the keyboard command or toolbar button continues undoing edits in 
reverse order, from most recent to oldest. In addition, you may undo the last edit by 
choosing it from the Edit menu. 
Undoing a series of edits

You can undo a series of edits by using the drop-down list on the Undo button.

1.	Click the arrow to the right of the Undo button ( 
2.	From the drop-down list, choose the edit that you want to undo. Items above it 
(subsequent edits) are selected automatically. Your project is restored to the state 
prior to those edits. 
). 
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