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Chapter 21 The Fundamentals of Adding Clips to a Sequence 279
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Drag-to-Timeline Editing
The faster, less precise way of editing content into a sequence is to drag a source clip
from the Browser or the Viewer directly to tracks in the Timeline. This simple method is
discussed more in Chapter 24, “Drag-to-Timeline Editing,” on page 321.
Three-Point Editing
In three-point editing, you set In and Out points in both a source clip and a sequence
to determine the duration and placement of an edit. You also choose the destination
sequence tracks in which your source clip is placed. Three-point editing gets its name
from the fact that Final Cut Express HD needs no more than three In and Out points in
the source clip and the destination sequence to perform the edit. Either the source clip
or the sequence has both In and Out points set, while the other only has an In or an
Out point set. The fourth edit point is inferred from the duration of the edit.
For example, if you set In and Out points in a source clip and an In point in a sequence,
the Out point in the sequence is determined by the duration of the source clip. In this
case, the sequence In point determines where the source clip is placed, and the source
clip determines the duration of the edit.
Drag a source clip from
the Viewer...
...to a track in the
Timeline.
(1 and 2) Source clip
In and Out points
(4) Sequence Out
point (inferred)
(3) Sequence
In point