System information
1.
If you want downstream events to ripple as you trim, click the Auto Ripple button to turn on
Auto Ripple mode. For more information, see "Post-Edit Ripple" on page 147.
2. Select the event you want to trim.
3. Press [ or ] (or 7 or 9 on the numeric keypad) to move the cursor to the event edge you want to trim.
[ or 7 selects the beginning of an event or moves to the previous event edge. ] or 9 selects the end of
the event or moves to the next event edge. A red bracket is displayed to indicate which event edge
will be trimmed.
4. Use the 1, 3 and 4, 6 keys on the numeric keypad to trim the current event edge:
n Press 1 to trim one video frame left, or press 3 to trim one video frame right (or hold
Ctrl+Shift+Alt while rolling the mouse wheel).
n Press 4 to trim one screen pixel left, or press 6 to trim one pixel right (or hold Ctrl+Shift while
rolling the mouse wheel). Depending on the current zoom level, the trim duration will vary.
n Hold Ctrl while pressing 1 to time compress one frame left, or press 3 to time stretch one
frame right.
n Hold Ctrl while pressing 4 to time compress one pixel left, or press 6 to time stretch one pixel
right.
n Hold Alt while pressing 1 to slip trim (the media moves with the event edge) one frame left,
or press 3 to slip trim one frame right.
n Hold Alt while pressing 4 to slip trim one pixel left, or press 6 to slip trim one pixel right.
n Hold Ctrl+Alt while pressing 1 to slide a crossfade or transition one frame left, or press 3 to
slide one frame right (adjacent trim).
n Hold Ctrl+Alt while pressing 4 to slide a crossfade or transition one pixel left, or press 6 to
slide one pixel right (adjacent trim).
Pressing 5 on the numeric keypad exits edge-trimming mode. If you are not in edge-trimming
mode, press 1, 3, 4, and 6 on the numeric keypad to nudge events on the timeline by frame (1
and 3) or by pixel (4 and 6).
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as necessary.
Trimming adjacent events
Hold Ctrl+Alt while dragging the event edge between two events. The mouse pointer is displayed as a an
. The edges of the selected event and the adjacent event are trimmed simultaneously in the direction
you drag.
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