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Sliding a Segment

Sliding changes a segment's position in the edit sequence. It simultaneously slides the segment under the cursor and trims the head and tail of the surrounding segments. With Trim Lock off, the head and tail of the slid segment are trimmed. With Trim Lock on, the head and tail of the slid segment are not trimmed.

NoteSliding is a non-rippling action. The total length of the edit sequence does not change.

To slide a segment using the Slide cursor:

1. Enable Trim.
2. Position the cursor on the segment that you want to slide.

   The Slide cursor appears.

3. Drag right or left.
   TipAlternatively, with the segment selected and the Slide cursor visible, press Ctrl+Alt and click the segment. The numeric keypad appears. Enter the number of frames by which you want to slide the segment. To slide the segment to the left, enter a negative number, and to slide it to the right, enter a positive number.

   The results of dragging right, which vary according to how Trim Lock is set, are illustrated below. Underlined numbers indicate trimmed heads and tails. Dragging left produces similar (but inverse) results.

#### Topics in this section

- Sliding a Splice or Transition