Performing a Slide

Sliding changes a clip's position in the edit sequence. It simultaneously slides the clip under the cursor and trims the head and tail of the surrounding clips. The state of the Ripple button has an effect on slide operations.

Note: Instead of using Slide mode, you can select Slide Cuts from the Editorial Mode box, a modified Slide mode that trims the clips before and after it, while also changing the frames used in a clip.

To slide a clip on the timeline:

From the Editorial Mode box, select Slide.
Position the cursor in the middle of a clip on the timeline.

The cursor turns to a slide cursor (a white square with yellow arrows if ripple is enabled, or a white square with red arrows if ripple is disabled).
Drag left or right.

The position of the clip changes, and surrounding clips' head and tails are trimmed.

To slide a clip in Trim View:

Select the clip you want to slide on the timeline.
From the Editorial Mode box, select Slide.
Double-click the clip you want to slide, or select Trim View from the View Mode box.

In Slide mode, the Trim View displays four panels. In addition to the incoming and outgoing frames of the clip you are sliding, you can see the outgoing frame of the preceding clip and the incoming frame of the subsequent clip on the timeline.
Use any of the following techniques to slide your clip:
- Click and drag left or right directly in the Trim View window. You can see the slide 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 slide on the timeline, and use the Trim View as a viewing aid.
Note: In Slide mode, the Duration and Offset fields of the Trim View update as you slide, but are non-editable.