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Final Cut Pro Tutorial 39

2 Select the following clips: “Johnny n Cari.mov” and “Round n Round.mov.”

Command-click to select separated items.

3 Drag the selected clips from the Browser to the Overwrite section of the Edit Overlay in the

Canvas.

4 In the Canvas, position the playhead at the beginning and then play the sequence.

Your sequence now begins and ends with Rob talking onscreen, and there are three different

clips of dancers in between.

Adding One More Clip

To provide a greater focus on the dancers at the end of the sequence, add one more clip at

the end.

1 In the Canvas, type 01:00:20:00 and press Return.

As you type, the numbers—a timecode—appear in the Current Timecode box at the upper-

right corner of the window. When you press Return, the playhead moves to the position

corresponding to the timecode you typed.

2 Select the clip “Overhead.mov” in the Browser and drag it to the Overwrite section of the

Edit Overlay in the Canvas.

The clip covers the last portion of “Rob Dialog.mov.”

3 Press Home to position the playhead at the beginning of the sequence.

4 Press the Space bar to play the sequence.

5 Choose Save Project from the File menu to save your work.

Advanced Editing Techniques

Final Cut Pro includes advanced editing features such as moving In and Out points (slip and

slide techniques), trimming in the Trim Edit window and in the Timeline with the Ripple and

Roll tools, and Match-Frame editing. The program is designed to let you reﬁne edits quickly,

so that you can focus on the timing and rhythm of your work.

Slipping

Use slip editing when you want to simultaneously change the In and Out points of a placed

edit (one already in the sequence) without changing the duration of the edit or its location in

the ﬁnal program. For example, you can use a slip edit to indicate a different part of a clip if

you have unwanted content in the section currently in use.

In the “Bloomies.mov” clip that you’ve included in your sequence, you discover that the

dancers do not catch hands for a moment when they both turn at one point. You want to

eliminate that small error but not change the clip’s duration or its location in the sequence.

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Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual Page 39