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TIP: If nothing is selected while you’re in Dynamic Trim mode, JKL simply plays through
the Timeline, as usual.
Quick Trimming
If you’re in a hurry and you can accomplish the trim you want via real time or faster playback,
then pressing the Command key while using the J or L keyboard shortcuts lets you dynamically
trim any selection in the Timeline, with audio/video playback.
To dynamically trim using Command-J or Command-L:
 To dynamically roll an edit: In either Selection or Trim mode, select the center of one
or more edit points, and hold the Command key down while using J or L to move the
selection around.
 To dynamically ripple an edit: Choose Trim mode, select the outgoing or incoming half
of one or more edit points, and hold the Command key down while using J or L to move
the selection around.
 To dynamically resize an edit: Choose Selection mode, select the outgoing or
incoming half of one or more edit points, and hold the Command key down while using
J or L to move the selection around.
 To dynamically move a clip: Choose Selection mode, select one or more clips, and
hold the Command key down while using J or L to move the selection around.
 To dynamically slip or slide a clip: Choose Trim mode, select one or more clips to slip,
or a single clip to slide, press S to toggle between Slip or Slide modes, then hold the
Command key down while using J or L to execute either slip or slide operations.
If you’re trimming multiple selections, you can control which edit point you monitor during the
trim operation by positioning the playhead at one of the selected edit points.
TIP: When you’re finished with a “quick trim” operation and you want to see how that
edit plays, you can press the Forward Slash key (/) to play around the current selection
to quickly preview that section of the Timeline.
Dynamic Trimming (or “JKL Trimming”)
If you want to also have the option of trimming using the JKL shortcut keys in slow motion or
frame by frame, in addition to trimming at 100% or greater playback speeds, then you’ll need to
enable Dynamic Trim mode.
To use Dynamic mode to dynamically trim one or more selected clips or edits:
1 It’s not necessary to make a selection prior to enabling Dynamic mode for trimming,
since the act of entering Dynamic mode automatically selects the closest edit point
to the playhead. However, if you want to use Dynamic mode to make a complex trim
operation, you can select any combination of edit points to resize, ripple, or roll, or you
can select one or more clips that you want to slip or slide (using the S key to toggle
between slipping and sliding).
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