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Key Shortcut Function
Shift-F11 Fit to Fill from Media Pool or Source Viewer to the Timeline
Shift-F12
Append To End Edit from Media Pool or Source Viewer to the
Timeline
Undo Command-Z
Redo Command-Shift-Z
Drag and Drop Editing
If you’ve already used other editing programs, the procedures in this section will almost
certainly be remedial, but if you’re new to editing, this section covers the most basic methods
ofediting a series of clips into the Timeline to get you started. The absolute simplest method of
editing is to drag clips from the Media Pool and drop them into the Timeline. You can do this
with individual clips, or with selected groups of clips.
Drag and Drop Editing of Individual Clips Into the Timeline
If you’re just editing one clip at a time to create an edited sequence in a timeline, this is how
that works.
1 If you need to edit specific ranges of the clips you’re editing, you can set In and Out
points in source clips first by doing one of the following:
Setting In and Out points while skimming a thumbnail in the Media Pool: As
you’re skimming over a clip’s thumbnail in the Viewer, press I and O to set In and
Out points to encompass the part of that clip you’re going to want to use. If you’ve
turned on Live Media Preview in the Source Viewer, then the Source Viewer will
show what you’re skimming so you can get a closer look. When you’re finished, that
clip’s thumbnail will show a range indicator at the bottom to show how much of the
clip you’ve selected. If you don’t like the current In and Out points, you can press
Option-X to clear them both.
Using the Media Pool Filmstrip in the Media Pool’s List view: Set the Media Pool
to List view, select Show Filmstrip in the option menu, then select a clip to expose
it in the Filmstrip at the top of the Media Pool, drag the pointer through the Filmstrip
to watch it play and press I and O to set In and Out points to the appropriate range.
The Filmstrip will dim the heads and tails to let you see the range of media you’ve
marked. If you’ve turned on Live Media Preview in the Source Viewer, then the
Source Viewer will show what you’re skimming so you can get a closer look. If you
don’t like the current In and Out points, you can press Option-X to clear them both.
Using the Source Viewer: Open a clip in the Viewer by double-clicking it in the
Media Pool, or by selecting it in the Media Pool and pressing the Return or Enter
key. Then use the transport controls, jog bar, control panel buttons, Spacebar, or JKL
commands to move the playhead, and place In and Out points using the In and Out
buttons to the right of the transport controls, or by pressing the I or O keys. If you
don’t like the current In and Out points, you can press Option-X to clear them both.
2 Drag the clip you want to edit from either the Media Pool or the Source Viewer, and
drop it onto the desired position in the Timeline to perform an overwrite edit. If you
drag a clip on top of another clip that’s already in the Timeline, the clip you’re dragging
will overwrite the part of the clip that it overlaps.
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