Final Cut Lesson 4: Trimming Clip Duration

The keyboard shortcut "RR" selects the Ripple tool.

By trimming a clip in the Viewer, you can view material outside the In and Out points. This means that you can see additional footage before or after the selected portion of the clip. This can be advantageous as it allows you to have a better understanding of the context and continuity of the surrounding footage, helping you make more informed decisions when editing.

The correct answer is "Leverage." This answer is correct because the question asks about the TNT series from which the footage has been edited, and "Leverage" is the only option that matches this criteria. The other options ("Lemurs," "Lexington," "Languish") are not TNT series and therefore cannot be the correct answer.

The correct answer is the E key extends the edit. This means that pressing the E key on the keyboard will allow the user to continue editing or extending a certain action or selection. The other options, such as the key, do not have the same function of extending an edit.

The advantage of editing on the V2 track is that it allows you to lengthen a clip without bumping into a bordering clip on either side. This means that you can extend the duration of a clip without affecting the timing or placement of other clips in the sequence.

The Ripple tool, when used for trimming, ripples the trim amount through the unlocked tracks in the sequence. This means that when you make a trim to a clip on one track, the Ripple tool automatically adjusts the adjacent clips on other tracks to maintain the overall duration of the sequence. It essentially shifts the content of the unlocked tracks to accommodate the trim, ensuring that the sequence remains in sync.

To disable a single clip in the sequence, you need to control-click the clip in the sequence and then deselect Clip Enable in the shortcut menu. This means that by right-clicking (or control-clicking) on the clip, a menu will appear, and from that menu, you should choose the option to disable the clip by unchecking the Clip Enable option.

The keys [ and ] can be used as shortcuts to ripple a clip's edit point by a few frames. These keys allow the user to move the edit point of a clip forward or backward in time, while automatically adjusting the surrounding clips to maintain the overall duration of the sequence. This feature is commonly used in video editing software to make precise adjustments to the timing of clips without affecting the overall length of the sequence.

Turning off linked selection in the Timeline allows you to select and trim one track of a linked clip. This means that when linked selection is turned off, you can choose to edit or modify a specific track within a clip without affecting the other tracks that are linked to it. It gives you more control and flexibility in editing individual tracks within a linked clip.

The Ripple tool and Selection tool can be used to drag an edit point in the Timeline. The Ripple tool allows you to move an edit point while automatically adjusting the adjacent clips to maintain the overall duration of the sequence. The Selection tool allows you to select and move individual clips or groups of clips in the Timeline without affecting the surrounding clips. Both tools are commonly used in video editing to rearrange and adjust the timing of clips in the timeline.

To reposition a clip to an upper Timeline track without moving it horizontally, you can either hold down the Shift key as you drag the clip, or select the clip and press Option-Up Arrow or Option-Down Arrow. Both of these methods allow you to move the clip vertically without affecting its horizontal position on the timeline.