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CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide
5.5 The Trim Mode
With the trim mode of the Edit Tool you can change the in-
and outpoint of adjacent clips to a cutting point, for exam-
ple, if there are not enough head and tail available for a transition.
When a transition is already applied to the cutting point, the in- and
outpoint of the clips can be changed in this mode as well.
As soon as two clips are present in the video track(s) of the timeline, the
trim mode can be activated via its button from the controls (see section
“Controls” on page 5-11). Then the control area changes its appear-
ance and you will see something like the following:
Figure 5-17: The trim mode
When the trim mode is activated, the Edit Tool will automatically jump
to the nearest cutting point of the timeline and the timeline cursor will
be positioned there accordingly. If the timeline cursor is positioned on
another cutting point than the desired one, move it to the correct one
with the respective controls ( or key [A]/[S] on your key-
board).
The control area in the trim mode shows then the two clips adjacent to
the selected cutting point. The left overlay shows the outpoint and the
You can also change in- and outpoints of clips with their re-
spective representations in the timeline directly (see section
“Changing In- and Outpoints of Timeline Elements” on
page 6-47).
In this mode you cannot move inside the project as usual. The
timeline cursor is restricted to the location of cutting points
only.