These shortcuts mean I can keep one hand on the mouse and the other on the keyboard while editing.Ī connected clip is any clip not in the Primary Storyline.Įither a clip is in the Primary Storyline or it is connected to it. It doesn’t automatically reset.Īlthough these editing icons are helpful to editors who are new to the program, my preference is shortcuts. The chevron menu remains set until you change it. Menu.Ĭhevron menu to select between editing audio only, video only, or both This places the selected Browser clip, or clips, onto the next highest layer above (for video) or below (for audio) the Primary Storyline such that no existing clips are replaced, overwritten, or moved.įIGURE 4.5 Editing icons: 1. Overwrite edits do not move any existing clips.Ĭonnected (shortcut: Q). This edits the selected Browser clip, or clips, into the Primary Storyline at the position of the playhead (skimmer) and replaces whatever clips are currently in the Primary Storyline for the duration of the incoming clip. Insert edits do not alter or replace any existing clips. This inserts the selected Browser clip, or clips, into the Primary Storyline at the position of the playhead (skimmer) and pushes all clips to the right of the edit point downstream for the duration of the inserted clip. Append edits do not alter, move, or replace any existing clips. It ignores the position of the playhead or skimmer. This places the selected Browser clip, or clips, into the Primary Storyline at the end of all existing clips in the timeline. The four edit options in Final Cut Pro are append, insert, overwrite, and connected.Īppend (shortcut: E).
These four edits determine how and where clips are edited from the Browser into the timeline. Final Cut Pro Supports Four Edit OptionsĪppend, insert, overwrite, and connected.įinal Cut supports four types of edits: append, insert, overwrite, and connected. However, as you’ll learn in this chapter, there are many techniques that temporarily suspend this magnetic behavior to create exactly the edits you have in mind. These two operational changes make editing a lot faster and more secure than on any other NLE. This speeds editing because if you move, say, a talking head clip in the Primary Storyline, all the B-roll and sound effects clips connected to it move in sync with it. Why? Because, by default, clips in the Primary Storyline can’t change position accidentally.Ĭlips edited to higher layers (Apple prefers not to call these tracks) always connect to clips in the Primary Storyline. Everything else, then, connects to this “primary” clip. These are the shots that determine the course of a scene. The best way to use the Primary Storyline is to put your principal clips in it.
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