Slipping and trimming events

You can use any of the following methods to adjust events.


Trimming an event

  1. Choose Edit > Mode > Event (or click the Event Mode button in an editor's playbar) to enable event-editing mode.

  2. Hover over the edge of an event. The trim cursor is displayed: .

  3. Drag the edge of the event to trim it, exposing more or less of the underlying media.

    Events do not loop and cannot exceed the start, end, or channels of the underlying media. For example, you cannot trim an event past its right edge to insert silence.

Slipping (shifting the contents of) an event

Hold Option while dragging an event. The slip cursor is displayed: .

As you drag the event, the contents of the event shift, but the event will not move. You can use this technique when you want to maintain an event's length and position, but have the event play a different section of the source media file.

Regions, markers, and envelope points are moved with the contents of the event. To turn this feature off, turn off Options > Lock to Selection > Markers/Regions and Envelope Points.

Slip-trimming an event

Hold Option while dragging the right or left edge of an event. The slip-trim cursor is displayed: .

As you drag the event edge, the opposite edge of the event will remain fixed, trimming the media from the edge you drag.

Hold Option+Shift while dragging any portion of an event to slip-trim the right edge. The left edge of the event will remain fixed, and the media is slipped past the left edge of the event. This slip mode is useful when you want to slip an event without changing its last frame.

Holding the Shift key temporarily overrides snapping if it is enabled. Release the Shift key while dragging to snap the event to available snap points.

Regions, markers, and envelope points are moved with the contents of the event. To turn this feature off, turn off Options > Lock to Selection > Markers/Regions and Envelope Points.

For more information, see "Enable snapping."