Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X نسخه متنی

Performing Edits in the Timeline

Chapter 10, "Editing in the Timeline and the Canvas," for details.

• You can assemble a sequence by dragging clips directly to the Timeline from the Browser or Viewer.

• You can use the Browser Sort function to sort your takes by timecode or by shot number and then drag a whole group of clips from the Browser directly to the Timeline. FCE will place the clips in the Timeline based on your Browser sort order.

• You can construct a storyboard in the Browser's Large Icon view (Figure 9.42 ) and then drag all the clips into the Timeline (Figure 9.43 ). If the Browser tab from which you drag the clips is in Icon mode, the clips are placed in storyboard order, from left to right and top to bottom (Figure 9.44 ).

  
  

  Figure 9.42. Using Large Icon view in the Browser, arrange clip icons in storyboard order.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Figure 9.43. Select all clips in the Browser and drag them to the Timeline.

  
  

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  Figure 9.44. The sequence assembles clips in storyboard order.

  
  

  
  

• You can designate target tracks in an edit just by dragging a source clip directly to the destination track.

• Drag a source clip to the space above your existing tracks, and FCE will automatically create a new track.

To perform an Insert edit:

• Drag the source clip from the Viewer or Browser to the upper third of the Timeline track (Figure 9.45 ).

  
  

  Figure 9.45. Dragging a clip to the upper third of the Timeline track performs an Insert edit.

  
  

  
  

  The pointer changes to indicate the type of edit.

To perform an Overwrite edit:

• Drag the source clip from the Viewer or Browser to the lower two-thirds of the Timeline track (Figure 9.46 ).

  
  

  Figure 9.46. Dragging a clip to the lower two-thirds of the Timeline track performs an Overwrite edit.

  
  

  
  

Tips

If you drag a clip to the Timeline when it is set to the smallest timeline track size, you'll perform an Overwrite edit. Hold down the Option key to perform an Insert edit. When you drag a clip from the Browser onto a clip or transition in the Timeline, a two-up display appears in the Canvas. This two-up display shows the frame just before your insert on the left, and it shows the frame just after your insert on the right. The names of the sequence clips adjacent to your edit point appear at the top of each display, and the timecode of the displayed frames appears at the bottom (Figure 9.47 ). Figure 9.47. When you drop a clip directly onto the Timeline, the Canvas displays details about the two clips adjacent to your edit point. [View full size image]

Performing split edits

A split edit sets different In and Out points for video and audio in a single clip (Figure 9.48 ). Split edits are commonly used in cutting synchronized dialogue scenes.

To mark a split edit:

To move split edit points:

• Open the clip in the Viewer. In the Scrubber bar, drag either the In points or the Out points to a new position.

  The video and audio edit points move in tandem in a split edit (Figure 9.51 ).

  
  

  Figure 9.51. Moving split In points by dragging them in the Scrubber. The Audio and Video In points will shift in tandem. Video edit points appear in the top half of the Scrubber; audio points appear in the bottom half.

  
  

  
  

To slip all split edit points at once:

• In the Scrubber bar, press Shift while dragging any of the edit points.

  All the edit points

  slip , or move in unison (Figure 9.52 ).

  
  

  Figure 9.52. Shift-dragging moves all four points at once. The timecode readout in the Viewer displays the current In point location of the point that you drag.

  
  

  
  

  The respective video and audio durations specified in the split edit don't change, but the frames that are included in the marked clip shift.

Tip

As you slip a split edit, the updated In point frame with the timecode for the edit point you selected is displayed on the Viewer image, and the edit's Out point frame with timecode is displayed on the Canvas. Awesome.

To move only one edit point in a split edit:

• In the Scrubber bar, press Option while dragging the edit point you want to modify (Figure 9.53 ).

  
  

  Figure 9.53. Option-click and drag to shift only one edit point in a split edit. The pop-up display shows the offset duration between Video and Audio In points.

  
  

  
  

  A display pops up as you drag to indicate the duration of the offset between Video In and Audio In, or Video Out and Audio Out. The Scrubber bar in the Viewer updates to reflect the new edit points.

To remove a split edit point:

Do one of the following:

Figure 9.54 ).



Figure 9.54. Clearing a Video Out point using the Scrubber shortcut menu. Control-click the Scrubber bar to access this menu.







• Drag the edit point above or below the Scrubber bar until it disappears.

• Press Option I to remove both Audio and Video In points; press Option-O to remove both Audio and Video Out points.