From the course: Media Composer 2020 Essential Training: 101 Fundamentals 1

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Trim mode

Trim mode

- [Instructor] By now you will have noticed that every time you see trim rollers in the timeline window the composer monitor is switching to a different mode. I've got the smart tool selected for the trim type and I'm going to click to select one end of a clip here in my sequence. And right away you can see the buttons change for the composer window. Some of these are the same although there's one key difference which is the play loop button. Play loop is an option in media composer. That's available in the command palette but when you're in trim mode in the composer window, it comes up automatically. So now if you press the space bar as I am now the playback will loop over the cut. - Do you want a refund? Ooh you... Do you want a refund? Ooh you.. - [Instructor] This is really useful for checking the timing of your cut, especially because you could use keyboard shortcuts to adjust the timing of your trim…

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