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c. Press ] or O to mark the end of the selection.
You can also select two points in the timeline and a single point in the Trimmer to
perform three-point editing. In this mode, ripple editing is not applied.
3. Position the cursor in the timeline where you want to add the event.
4.
Click the Add Media from Cursor button to insert the selection after the cursor position in the
currently selected track, or click the Add Media up to Cursor button to insert the selection before
the cursor.
Four-point editing (using a Trimmer selection to fill a timeline selection)
1. Open a media file in the Trimmer.
2. Select the portion of the file that you want to use.
3. Select the portion of the timeline where you want to use the Trimmer selection.
4.
Click the Fit to Fill button . The Trimmer selection is time-compressed or stretched to fill the
timeline selection.
Overwrite timeline events with the Trimmer selection
The standard behavior of the Trimmer is to perform punch-in edits on the timeline: when you add media to
the timeline, the events created by the Trimmer are laid over existing events on the timeline. You can delete
or move the events you create with the Trimmer without changing the underlying events.
If you want to replace the contents of the timeline when creating events from the Trimmer, select the
Enable Timeline Overwrite button . When Enable Timeline Overwrite is selected, ripple editing is not
available.
Using the Trimmer History list
The drop-down box at the top of the Trimmer lists files and events that have been opened in the Trimmer.
To open a recently used file, choose its file name from the Trimmer History drop-down list.
To sort the list, click the Sort Trimmer History button . The files in the drop-down list are sorted in
alphabetical order. To sort in reverse alphabetical order, hold the Ctrl key while clicking on the Sort Trimmer
History button.
To clear the list, click the Clear Trimmer History button . All files in the history drop-down list are
removed.
To remove a single file from the list, click the Remove Current Media from Trimmer History button . The
media file is removed from the Trimmer History drop-down list and the Trimmer window is blank.
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