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Trimming Segments Gesturally

You can use the Trim Tail and Trim Head cursors for gestural trimming.

NoteTo trim elements on a track, the track cannot be locked.

To trim five frames into a segment using the Trim Tail cursor:

1. Enable Trim.
2. Position the cursor at the tail of the segment.

   The Trim Tail cursor appears.

3. Drag right five frames.
   TipAlternatively, with the segment selected and the trim cursor visible, press Ctrl+Alt and click the segment. The numeric keypad appears. Enter the number of frames by which you want to trim the tail. To increase the number of tail frames, enter a positive number, and to reduce the number of tail frames, enter a negative number.

   The results, which vary according to how Lock and Ripple are set, are shown in the following illustration. Underlined numbers indicate trimmed heads and tails.

To trim five frames out of a segment using the Trim Tail cursor:

1. Enable Trim.
2. Position the cursor at the tail of the segment.

   The Trim Tail cursor appears.

3. Drag left five frames.

   The results, which vary according to how Trim Lock and Ripple are set, are shown in the following illustration. Underlined numbers indicate trimmed heads and tails.

To trim five frames into a segment using the Trim Head cursor:

1. Enable Trim.
2. Position the cursor at the head of the segment.

   The Trim Head cursor appears.

3. Drag left five frames.

   The results, which vary according to how Trim Lock and Ripple are set, are shown in the following illustration. Underlined numbers indicate trimmed heads and tails.

To trim five frames out of a segment using the Trim Head cursor:

1. Enable Trim.
2. Position the cursor at the head of the segment.

   The Trim Head cursor appears.

3. Drag right five frames.

   The results, which vary according to how Trim Lock and Ripple are set, are shown in the following illustration. Underlined numbers indicate trimmed heads and tails.