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Performing a Quick Edit Using the Top and Tail Commands
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Heads view (top) and Heads Tails view (bottom) in the Timeline. Heads view shows the Head frame for each
clip. Heads Tails view shows both the head and tail frames for each clip.
3. Press and hold the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh), click the frames
representing the clip you want to move, and drag the clip to its new position.
The sequence is rearranged to match the changes you made.
Performing a Quick Edit Using the Top and Tail
Commands
The Top and Tail commands let you perform quick edits to segments in the Timeline.
Use the Top button in the Edit tab of the Command palette to extract footage from the start of the
clip or segment to the position indicator. This action is equivalent to the T-R-X keyboard
command sequence: Mark Clip, Mark Out, Extract.
Use the Tail button in the Edit tab of the Command palette to extract footage from the position
indicator to the end of the clip or segment. This action is equivalent to the T-E-X keyboard
command sequence: Mark Clip, Mark In, Extract.
For information about how the Mark Clip button works, see “Marking an Entire Clip or
Segment” on page 520.
To edit using the Top and Tail commands:
1. Load a sequence into a monitor.
2. Select the track or tracks you want to edit, and deselect all other tracks.
3. Move the position indicator to the location where you want to perform an edit.
4. Do one of the following:
t Click the Top button to extract footage from the start of the clip or segment to the
position indicator.