You can interactively move the cut point between two shots forward or backward, if handles are available. Using Slide does not adjust the overall length of your timeline. By removing frames from one side of the cut, you automatically add frames to the other side.

You may want to slide the cut point to synchronize the cut to audio or simply to use different frames in your shot.

To slide a cut point:

1. In the Storyboard, select the shot to the right of a cut point.
2. Click Editing, and then click Edit to display the Edit menu.
3. Click Slide.

   
   

   TipIf the Editing While Grading button is enabled in the User settings, you can start interactive visual sliding between the current and the previous shot from any menu by pressing Shift+R. For more information about the Editing While Grading button, see System & Menu Settings.

   In Slide mode, you see the outgoing frame before the cut in the left viewer and the incoming frame after the cut in the right viewer.

4. Drag in either viewer to move the cut point.

   If both clips have available handles, drag to the left or right to move the cut point.

   Frames are added to one side of the cut and subtracted from the other to keep the total timeline duration the same. When you run out of handles, you can no longer continue sliding in the same direction.

5. For greater control of the slide operation, middle-click the mouse to decrease the cut point by one frame or right-click to increase the cut point by one frame.
6. To exit the Interactive Slide mode, do one of the following:
   • Click Slide.
   • Press the Esc key.

   The timeline is updated when you exit Slide mode.