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Video Editing
Trimming Objects
Trimming involves shortening and lengthening Timeline objects.
How trimming affects other objects on the Timeline depends on the Edit Style you have selected (see also
Edit Styles on page 378)
If you are working in Overwrite Style, trimmed objects delete whatever was previously at a given position
on the Timeline or create gaps.
If you are working with Film Style, trimmed objects shift other objects on the Timeline (objects are rip-
pled or moved).
Tip: When trimming audio clips, press the SCROLLLOCK key to activate audio scrubbing and locate edit
points more easily (see page 804.).
There are various ways to trim objects:
Trimming Using the mouse
You can use the mouse to trim objects on the Timeline if Edit Mode is activated for the mouse pointer
(see page 411).
When the mouse pointer is near the mark-in or mark-out of a clip or Tr a n s i t i o n , the arrow is accompa-
nied by a mark-in or mark-out symbol. This means that you can trim the object by pressing the left
mouse button.
Trimming with the Keyboard
First select clip-in or clip-out, then:
CTRL + ARROW RIGHT/LEFT allows trimming by one frame each; SHIFT-CTRL + ARROW RIGHT/LEFT
by ten frames each. As described above, several edits can also be selected and trimmed (page 413).
 For additional and customized key assignments, see “Assign Functions to Keyboard” on
page 993.
Extend Tool
The Extend function allows you to quickly trim (lengthen/shorten) one or more clips to a specific point:
1 Activate the Tr a c k ( s ) where the clip or clips are located.
2 If you specify the trim point using a mark-out, you can lengthen the previous edit by clicking on
the Extend function.
If you specify the trim point using a mark-in, the following edit will be given preference.
3 Mark-in and mark-out points of the affected edits are moved equally, thus ensuring that the
Extend function does not affect synchronicity (as is the case with Tr im Both in the Trim Editor).