![]() Video editing often involves a lot of cuts and re-cutting of the raw video clips in the timeline. I must tell you video editing goes beyond that. Importing the video in your timeline, doing a few things, and exporting it should be all you need to do. In this article, I will discuss several ways to cut clips in a sequence and expose you to the reasons behind the cutting of the clips.īased on my experience with some YouTube video content creators, video editing should be straightforward. Select the razor tool (KEY C) from the tools box, select the point on your clip that you want to split, Click that area where your razor tool is, then select the move tool (KEY V) from the toolbox as well to move the clips cut around as you like. And it’s easy to do in Adobe Premiere Pro. (Control-click and select “Download” to download this file – PDF – 86 KB.To get a good final export or complete power over your project, one of the essential things you need to do as a video editor is to split clips in a sequence. Larry’s Favorite Keyboard Shortcuts for Apple Final Cut Pro. Here’s a PDF containing about 200 of my favorite Final Cut Pro keyboard shortcuts. ![]() If no clip is selected, the clip under the playhead moves. NOTE: When it comes to lifting or overwriting clips in the timeline, if a clip, or clips, are selected, they will move up and down. Overwrite a clip on a higher track to the Primary Storyline Lift a Primary Storyline clip up to a higher layer Toggles the Blade tools between cutting one or all tracks Jump the selected edit point to the position of the playheadĬut all selected clips at the position of the playhead Trim clip to match selection created by Range tool Trim start of clip to position of playhead It depends upon what you select before typing. If the clip is selected, the playhead moves and selects the previous/next clip. If an Out is selected, the playhead will move and select the Out. If an In is selected, typing Cmd + will move the playhead to the previous or next clip and select the In. Jump to previous / next clip and select the In ![]() Toggle the selected clip’s visibility on or off Type Shift + / to move the clip 10 frames left or right.Type or to move the clip 1 frame left or right.Switch to the Position tool (Shortcut: P).Type Shift + X to jump the selected edit point to the position of the playhead.Type Shift + / to move the edit 10 frames left or right.Type or to move the edit 1 frame left or right.To move an edit point, select the edit point, then, assuming you have enough handles: ] – (Right square bracket) Selects the In on the left edge.[ – (Left square bracket) Selects the Out on the right edge.You don’t need to enter punctuation and if you enter, say, 45, FCP will do the math for you and translate that to 1:15 for a 30 fps project. For example, to set all three of these clips to three seconds, type “ 300” (without the quotes). ![]() Then, enter the duration you want to apply to the clips in timecode format: 00:00:00:00. To change the duration of one or more clips, select the clips you want to adjust and type Control + D. To accept your changes and exit the Precision Editor, type either ESC or RETURN. This is the best example I’ve ever seen on how trimming depends upon extra media.īut, the disadvantage of the Precision Editor is that you can’t edit audio separately from video in other words, do a split edit. What I REALLY like about the Precision Editor is that you can see how much extra media, called “handles,” exists after the Out or before the In. Drag the white box in the middle to trim both the In and the Out (a “roll” trim). Drag the edge of a clip to trim the In or the Out (a “ripple” trim). This displays the out-going clip (top) and the in-coming clip. So, in the interest of speeding your trimming, here are some tricks and techniques to make you a faster trimmer.ĭouble-click any edit point to display the Precision Editor. ![]() In fact, I find myself spending more time trimming than in deciding the order of my clips. We trim to make an edit less obtrusive, to advance the story, to alter the emotion of the edit or to bring a sequence into time. Trimming is the process of adjusting where two clips touch in the timeline. ![]()
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