Cutting Clips on the Timeline

When you splice clips together, the location at which one clip changes to another is called a cut. A cut is useful when you want to extract part of an element or end a shot at a given frame.

You can make a cut at any point on a segment. A cut creates a transition with a head equivalent to the duration of the segment before the cut and a tail equivalent to the duration after the cut. For example, if you make a cut after the 5th frame in a 10-frame clip, the cut has a tail of 5 frames and a head of 5 frames.

In a match frame cut, the outgoing and incoming shots are from the same source and the outgoing and incoming frames are consecutive. Match frame cuts can be applied to clips with no effects added, and are indicated by an “=” on the cut point.

To add a cut on the timeline:

1. Move the positioner and focus point over the frame where you want to add a cut.
2. Select Cut from the Timeline Gear menu.

   A cut is added at the specified location.

   Tip: You can also add cuts while the clip is playing by pressing the cut keyboard shortcut.

To remove a match frame cut:

1. Select the cut on the timeline.
2. Right-click and choose Remove Match Cut.

   The cut is removed and the two elements are joined together.