Final Cut Pro 6 - Selecting Single Edit Points

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Selecting Single Edit Points

A single edit point refers to a single clip item’s In point or Out point, or two adjacent
clip items’ Out and In points, respectively.

To select a single edit point in the Timeline, do one of the following:

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Select the Selection tool in the Tool palette, then click an edit point to select it in
the Timeline.

Note: You can double-click the edit point to open the edit in the Trim Edit window. See
Chapter 20, “

Trimming Clips Using the Trim Edit Window

,” on page 357 for information

about using the Trim Edit window.

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Press V to select the nearest edit point.

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If an edit point is already selected, you can do the following:

 Press ‘ (single quote) or the Up Arrow key to move the playhead in the Canvas and

Timeline to the next edit point, which is automatically selected.

 Press ; (semicolon) or the Down Arrow key to move the playhead in the Canvas and

Timeline to the previous edit point, which is automatically selected.

Edit Selection tool

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Note: You can also select the Ripple or Roll tools, and then select an edit point. For
more information, see Chapter 18, “

Performing Slip, Slide, Ripple, and Roll Edits

,” on

page 317.