Trimming with Keyboard Shortcuts and the Calculator

You can use selection-based keyboard shortcuts to perform your trim, slip, or slide operations (depending on the mode selected in the Editorial Mode box).

1. On the timeline, select the segment that you want to trim.

2. From the Editorial Mode box, select the trim mode that you want to perform (for example, Slip).

   Tip: Specific keyboard shortcuts are available to switch to each trim mode (Trim, Slip, Slide, Slide Cuts, and Slide Keyframes). See the Keyboard Shortcut editor for more information.

3. Use the keyboard shortcut appropriate to the action you want to perform (in the descriptions below, Trim refers to the selected trim mode).

   Description	Smoke (FCP 7) Shortcut	Smoke Classic Shortcut	Flame Shortcut
   Trim 1 Frame Forward	. (period)	N	. (period)
   Trim 1 Frame Backward	, (comma)	B	, (comma)
   Trim <n> Frames Forward	Shift+. (period)	Shift+N	Shift+. (period)
   Trim <n> Frames Backward	Shift+, (comma)	Shift+B	Shift+, (comma)
   Trim to In Mark	Ctrl+I	Ctrl+B	Shift+[
   Trim to Out Mark	Ctrl+O	Ctrl+N	Shift+]
   Trim to Positioner	E	Ctrl+P	Shift+P

Trimming with the Keypad and Calculator

If you know the amount of frames by which you want to trim, a quick way to perform the trim is by using the keypad to enter the amount into the calculator.

1. On the timeline, select the clip or cut you want to trim.

2. On the keyboard keypad, enter the number of frames by which you want to trim (positive or negative).

3. Press Enter.

   Note: If there is no explicit selection on the timeline, trim operations are not performed using this method. Instead, the positioner is moved by the number of frames that you enter.