diff --git a/docs/docs.json b/docs/docs.json index 724d375c87..fc27d745de 100644 --- a/docs/docs.json +++ b/docs/docs.json @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ "pages": [ "studio/canvas", "studio/timeline", + "studio/trim-tools", "studio/animation", "studio/captions" ] diff --git a/docs/studio/shortcuts.mdx b/docs/studio/shortcuts.mdx index 97d2d5d0d0..506495406f 100644 --- a/docs/studio/shortcuts.mdx +++ b/docs/studio/shortcuts.mdx @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ implemented by the current Studio player, canvas, and timeline. | --- | --- | | V | Selection tool | | B | Toggle the razor tool | +| T | Ripple trim tool | +| Shift + T | Roll edit tool | +| Y | Slip tool | +| Shift + Y | Slide tool | | S | Split the selected eligible clip at the playhead | | N | Toggle timeline snapping | | Command/Ctrl + Z | Undo | diff --git a/docs/studio/timeline.mdx b/docs/studio/timeline.mdx index b24ed5de74..3b1819dec5 100644 --- a/docs/studio/timeline.mdx +++ b/docs/studio/timeline.mdx @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ Drag the left or right edge. - Trimming the left edge changes when the clip begins. - Trimming the right edge changes when it ends. +That leaves a gap or an overlap where the clip used to reach. To decide what +happens to the neighbours instead of repairing the track afterwards, use one of +the four trim tools: ripple, roll, slip, or slide. See +[Trim with ripple, roll, slip, and slide](/studio/trim-tools). + Trimming does not automatically rewrite the story. Play the surrounding section to check entrances, exits, media continuity, and narration. ## Split a clip @@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ Move, trim, split, and many other timeline actions participate in Studio history ## Related topics +- [Trim with ripple, roll, slip, and slide](/studio/trim-tools) - [Edit the frame](/studio/canvas) - [Edit animation and keyframes](/studio/animation) - [Use Studio keyboard shortcuts](/studio/shortcuts) diff --git a/docs/studio/trim-tools.mdx b/docs/studio/trim-tools.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..128c4a82d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/studio/trim-tools.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ +--- +title: "Trim with ripple, roll, slip, and slide" +description: "Use the four NLE trim tools on the HyperFrames Studio timeline, and know which one to reach for." +--- + +Dragging a clip edge with the selection tool changes that clip and leaves a gap +or an overlap behind. The four trim tools each decide what happens to the +neighbours, so you can fix timing without repairing the track afterwards. + + + The Studio timeline toolbar with the four trim tools + + +One tool is active at a time. Press its key again, or press **V**, to go back to +the selection tool. + +| Tool | Key | Where you grab | What moves | +| --- | --- | --- | --- | +| Ripple | T | A clip edge | The clip's length, and every later clip on the track | +| Roll | Shift + T | The cut between two clips | Only those two. Nothing downstream moves | +| Slip | Y | Inside the clip | Which part of the source plays. Nothing on the track moves | +| Slide | Shift + Y | Inside the clip | The clip's position. Its two neighbours absorb it | + + + All four work on the grabbed clip's own track. Rippling a video clip does not + ripple the audio underneath it; move the audio yourself, or select both. + + +## Ripple + +Drag a clip edge. The clip gets longer or shorter, and everything after it on the +track shifts by the same amount, so no gap opens and nothing overlaps. The video +gets longer or shorter by exactly what you trimmed. + + +