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Slip and slide

Slip and slide - Media Composer Tutorial

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Slip and slide

- Once you have the timing of your radio edit right, it's possible that you'll want to adjust the particular content of a shot or maybe the timing of a shot within a sequence. You can do this using trimming rather than clicking and dragging segments over and then adjusting their location in the timeline. I'm going to show you now the Slip and Slide Trim modes and these use the standard Trim controls but in a very particular way. First of all, if I click on an Edit here I get a dual-roller trim. I want my audio as well. In fact, what I think I'll do is switch on my Link Selection toggle so now, when I click on an Edit, I get both the video and audio anyway. And let's say I want to change the contents of this middle clip. I've got the nurse coming in and I'd kind of like to have her arrive a little bit earlier but I like the timing of these cuts. This is a perfect opportunity for me to use what's called a Slip Trim. In fact, I think before I explain the Slip Trim, I'm going to start…

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