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Note: If either the start point or the end point turns red as you drag, you’ve reached
the end of the available media for that side of the clip.
Make slide edits with the Trim tool
Performing a slide edit allows you to move a clip’s position in the Timeline between
two other clips without creating a gap. The clip’s content and duration remain the
same; only its position in the Timeline changes. When you slide a clip, the adjacent
clips get longer and shorter to accommodate the change in the clip’s position. The
combined duration of these three clips stays the same, and the project’s total duration
remains unchanged as well.
A B C
A B C
Before edit
After edit
Note: To slide a clip between two others, the preceding clip and the following clip
must have media handles, additional media available beyond the edit point. You can
double-click any edit point to view or adjust its media handles in the Precision Editor.
If there are no media handles available, consider using the Position tool instead.
For more information about the Position tool, see “Arrange clips in the Timeline” on
page 126.
For more accurate visual feedback on edits involving contiguous clips, you can turn
on “Show detailed trimming feedback” in Final Cut Pro preferences. For a slide edit,
this “two-up” display in the Viewer shows the two edit points you are adjusting: the
end point of the preceding clip and the start point of the subsequent clip. For more
information, see “Show detailed trimming feedback” on page 154.