User guide

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CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide
trim mode provides the following elements to control a trimming frame
accurately:
Items Description
Blue bar The blue bar between the two overlays represents
the cut between the two clips. It can be selected
with the mouse and when moving the mouse cur-
sor to the left or right, you can trim the out- and
inpoint of the two clips adjacent to the cutting
point simultaneously. Thereby you will extend the
length of one clip while shortening the length of
the other at the same time. With this kind of trim-
ming the total timeline length is maintained.
The out- and inpoint handlers can be selected and
moved with the mouse to set the out- or inpoint
of the clips.
The counters below the timelines of the clips dis-
play the length of the clips in timecode or frames
notation calculated from the set in- and outpoint
handlers.
These are the other in- and outpoints of the clips.
They cannot be selected and moved. To adjust
them you have to jump to their respective cutting
points.
The OUT and IN buttons are toggle buttons. In
their active state ( / )
the respective in- or outpoint is selected for a trim-
ming. The OUT button selects the outpoint of the
clip to the left side of the cutting point. The IN but-
ton selects the inpoint of the clip to its right. Then
the respective in- or outpoint can be changed with
the controls below them.
The OUT and IN buttons will change their
state automatically when one of the
trimming items above is selected directly
for a trimming, e.g. when you select the
blue bar or one of the in- or outpoint
handlers.