User Manual

Overwrite Trimming
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If you enable link selection, clicking a transition also selects transitions on linked segments (see
“Linked Clips” on page 695).
To perform and overwrite trim:
1. Do one of the following:
t Select the Overwrite Trim tool on the Timeline palette, and then click a transition to
select it for trimming. Shift+click to select multiple clips aligned at the same transition.
t Select the Overwrite Trim tool on the Timeline palette, and then lasso the transitions in
the Timeline.
Draw the lasso by clicking at a point above the top track in the Timeline and dragging to
surround the transitions. You can drag from right to left or left to right to lasso one
transition across several contiguous tracks. Avoid lassoing more than one transition on a
single track because lassoing left to right selects the segment and activates segment
editing tools, and lassoing right to left activates slip trim.
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To select transitions located below several track layers, you can draw a lasso within the Timeline
by pressing and holding the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) while you drag.
t If you selected both the Overwrite Trim tool and the Ripple Trim tool on the Timeline
palette, position the mouse pointer over the upper corner of either the outgoing or
incoming clip next to the transition you want to trim and click the transition to select it
for trimming. Shift+click to select multiple clips aligned at the same transition.
The cursor changes to a red single-roller trim icon, and the transition displays red trim
rollers.
2. Click and drag in the direction you want to trim.
The new incoming frame displays in the Record monitor as you trim, and one of the
following occurs:
- If you trim from an A-side trim handle toward the outgoing segment or from a B-side
trim handle to the incoming segment, black filler is added.
- If you trim from an A-side trim handle toward the incoming segment or from a B-side
trim handle to the outgoing segment, frames are added to the segment with the trim
handle and removed from the other segment.
After you add black filler to a video track, you can replace the filler with footage by
performing a replace edit. For more information, see “Performing a Replace Edit” on
page 586.