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About Desktop Editing

Use the Desktop to apply simple edits to clips on the Desktop reels, such as cutting a clip into two clips or adding a timewarp to a clip. When editing on the Desktop, you can use either commands in the Editing menu or gestural cursor movements. You can perform operations on single clips, such as reversing the order of frames in the clip, and on two clips, for example, splicing two clips together. The Desktop is useful for quickly applying straightforward edits to clips.

See Editing on the Desktop.