User Manual

SLIP DEST (Slip Destination)
When this key is pressed and held, it allows the user to slip the footage of the clip to the right of
the nearest edit point to the playhead back and forth by moving the Search Dial. A four way
multiview will show the In and Out points for both source and destination clips as you slip. The
clip that will slip will be highlighted in orange. Release the key to confirm the edit.
Trim Editor
This key does not function in the Edit page.
Transition Keys
This set of keys provide immediate shortcuts to the most commonly used transition commands.
Transition keys
Cut
This key will set a simple cut at the Timeline edit point under the playhead. If there is another
transition already present there, it will replace it.
DIS (Dissolve)
This key will add a one second dissolve centered between the two shots at the Timeline edit
point under the playhead. If there is another transition already present there, it will replace it.
SMTH CUT (Smooth Cut)
This key will add a Smooth Cut transition centered between the two shots at the Timeline edit
point under the playhead. If there is another transition already present there, it will replace it.
Smooth Cuts are special-purpose transitions designed to make short jump cuts in the middle of
a clip unnoticeable. This is done by using optical flow processing to match the same features on
either side of a cut in order to automatically morph a subject from one position to another over
the duration of the transition.
The Smooth Cut effect works best on clips such as sit-down interviews and close-up head
shots with a minimum of background and subject motion, and where the subject’s position on
either side of the cut is not significantly different. A good example of when Smooth Cut is
effective is when you’re cutting pauses, partial repeats, filler sounds such as “um” or “you
know,” or other speech disfluencies out of an interview clip to tighten the dialog, and you want
to eliminate the little “jump” that occurs at the cut without having to cut away to B-roll. Applying
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