Performing a Slip

Slip a clip to offset the frames in a clip (by trimming head and tail frames of the clip) without trimming the clips before or after it. The state of the Ripple button has no effect on slip operations.

To slip a clip on the timeline:

  1. From the Editorial Mode box, select Slip.

  2. Position the cursor in the middle of a clip on the timeline.

    The cursor turns to a slip cursor.

  3. Drag left or right.

    You can see the head and tail numbers on the clip change as you slip.

To slip multiple clips on the timeline at the same time:

  1. Select multiple clips on the timeline.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • If you want to slip each of the clips that are part of the multi-selection, select Slip from the Editorial Mode box. In this case, each selected clip's head and tail frames are trimmed.
    • If you want the multi-selection to be considered as one segment, select Slip Cuts from the Editorial Mode box. In this case, the head frame of the first clip, and the tail frame of the last clip are trimmed.

    The cursor turns to a slip cursor.

  3. Drag left or right on any of the selected timeline clips.

    You can see the head and tail numbers on the clips change as you slip.

To slip a clip in Trim View:

  1. Select the clip you want to slip on the timeline.

  2. From the Editorial Mode box, select Slip.

  3. Double-click the clip you want to slip, or select Trim View from the View Mode box.

    In Slip mode, the Trim View displays four panels. In addition to the incoming and outgoing frames of the clip you are slipping, you can see the outgoing frame of the preceding clip and the incoming frame of the subsequent clip on the timeline.

  4. Use any of the following techniques to slip your clip:

    • Click and drag left or right directly in the Trim View window. You can see the slip icon as you drag.
    • Click any of the timecode fields at the top of Trim View windows to enter specific values.
    • Click the minus or plus buttons to offset by those amounts.
    • You can also slip on the timeline, and use the Trim View as a viewing aid.
    Note: In Slip mode, the Duration and Offset fields of the Trim View update as you slip, but are non-editable.
Parent page: Trimming Clips