| Result | Action |
| Play/stop program | Spacebar or d |
| Mark In point | i or F1 |
| Mark Out point | o or F2 |
| Perform Edit | \ or Enter |
| Toggle Source/Program window | Tab key |
| Edit Enable/Disable track A1 | b |
| Overwrite editing mode | w |
| Clear In point | u |
| Clear Out point | p |
| Clear In and Out points | [ |
Efficient project navigation is the key to efficient editing. It is possible
to get through the rough cut by navigating exclusively with the space
bar, by Playing. However, occasionally, you may miss a cue and need to
back up. The Move to Out Point, Move Backward 10 Frames, or
Previous Interesting Time commands are useful for this. If you know
there will be long unedited segments, you can page the timeline forward
with the Page Down key to save time.
Navigation | Result | Action |
| Play/stop program | Spacebar or d |
| Next interesting time | Option - right arrow or 5 |
| Previous interesting time | Option - left arrow or 4 |
| Move to In point | t |
| Move to Out point | y |
| Move backward ten (10) frames | j |
| Move forward ten (10) frames | ; |
| Move to beginning of program | Home key |
| Move to end of program | End key |
| Next Trim point | F4 |
| Previous Trim point | F3 |
| Move Timeline one page to right | Page up key |
| Move Timeline one page to left | Page down key |
| Bring cutaway clip up in source monitor | Double-click clip in Project window |
Step by Step The following is a detailed step-by-step description of this kind of edit,
expanding on the basic steps listed above.
1. Cut the long main shot into the Sequencer. Edit the subject shot into the timeline. Lay the audio into the A1
track, synchronized with the subject shot.
2. Edit this as necessary to eliminate unwanted material. Use the Trim window with ripple editing, or the Eliminate com-mand,
to remove any unwanted material (audio and video) from the
program. The result should still be synchronized to the audio.
3. Disable the audio track for editing. Assuming the audio track that you want to keep is in A1, press the
“b” key to protect it from being overwritten or otherwise edited. The
A1 icon will become dimmed in the patch matrix and the Sequencer.
(You need only do this for the first edit.)
Before you ripple edit or eliminate anything from this point on, be
sure to press the key again to enable the track for editing, or the au-dio
will be thrown out of sync.
4. Mark rough edit points in the Program track. This is the fun part. Make sure that focus is on the Program window
(if the word “Program” at the top of the Monitor window is grey,
press the Tab key) and begin playback with the space bar.
When you reach the point at which you wish to cut to another shot,
press the “i” key. This will set the In point in the Program. When
you reach the point at which you wish to return to the subject shot,
press the “o” key and pause playback with the space bar. Now there
should be a yellow bar over the program at the segment where the
subject video should be replaced with a cutaway shot.
If it’s not perfect, don’t worry too much. Corrections can be made
later in the Trim window. If you completely missed your cue, use
the Move Backwards 10 Frames command (the “j” key), or the Previ-ous
Interesting Time command (the “4” key) to back up, and resume
playback.
5. Mark an In or an Out Point in your cutaway shot. Bring your cutaway clip into the Source monitor. Press Tab to shift
focus to the Source Monitor, so that the keyboard commands be-have
as expected.
Much as you did to set the Program In and Out Points, begin play-back
of the source clip with the space bar. If there is a clear place
where you wish the cutaway shot to begin, press the “i” key to set the
In Point, and clear the Out Point using the “p” key. If there is a clear
place where you wish the cutaway shot to end, press the “o” key to
set the Out Point, and clear the In Point using the “u” key.
It is important not to have both an in and an out point selected in
the Source window. Editing the clip in in this way would be a 4-
point edit, which is generally not desired for this sort of editing. If
there is only a specific range that you wish to use for the cutaway
shot, clear an In or and Out Point from the Program selection as ap-propriate.
6. Cut in the cutaway clip in Overwrite mode. Press the “w” key to set the editor to Overwrite mode to prevent au-dio
from being thrown out of sync. (You need only do this for the
first edit.)
Press the Enter or Backslash (\) key to cut in the shot. The cutaway
shot will replace the subject video in the marked portion of the pro-gram.
The audio will remain unchanged.
If an error occurs stating that there was not enough media for the ed-it,
then you must reset your In or Out Point to allow a longer seg-ment
to be used, or select a longer cutaway source clip and use that
instead.
7. Continue in this manner to the end of the program. Shift the focus of the keyboard controls back to the Program moni-tor
using the Tab key, and resume playback with the space bar.
Mark the next program selection as described in Step 4 above. Then
set up the cutaway edit as described in subsequent steps until the
program is complete. The only time you should need the mouse is
when you are selecting a cutaway clip from the Project window.
8. Use the Trim Window to fine-tune your edits. Return to the beginning of the program, and switch into Trim Mode
using the “F15” key. Go to the next Trim Point using the “F4” key.
Preview the trim and make adjustments by rolling the edit (dragging
from the center of the window). If you want to ripple an edit, be sure
to first enable the audio track for editing or the audio will be thrown
out of sync.
Then press the “F4” key again to fine-tune the next edit.
Two-Pass Cutaway Editing With experience, you can add a few new keys to your repetoire, and
perform such an edit even more efficiently. By using the keyboard
entirely at first, then going back to use the mouse, you can improve
efficiency even more. In this way, you avoid the time-consuming switch
between using a mouse and using a keyboard, as well as switching focus
from the Source to the Program monitor and back.
The basic idea is that you first mark all of the places where you want
cutaway shots in the Program, then you go back and fill them in.
The way you set several cutaway shots up at once is by actually replacing
the unwanted video with filler, using the Erase key (“/”), then moving
directly on to the next section to mark. Then, you go back and cut in
the cutaway shots using a combination of the mouse, and the navigation
keys.
| Result | Action |
| Erase currently selected area of program and leave filler | / (forward slash) |
| Mark In and Out points | ] |
| Clear In and Out points | [ |
In editing this way, it is occasionally helpful to clear In and Out Points
in the program or source, to prevent unexpected results during editing.
You may want to get in the habit of hitting the “[“ key to clear the In
and Out Points before you do anything so that there are no surprises.
Skipping forward to the next cutaway section in your program couldn’t
be easier. simply jump to the Next Interesting Time with the “5” key,
and the “]” key to set your In and Out Points and select the filler. you
will need to make sure the keyboard control is focused on the Program
monitor, by using the Tab key.
