Slip Edits

A Slip Edit changes the content of a clip without changing its position or duration on the timeline.

Why Use a Slip Edit?

Imagine you have a 5-second clip of a car driving by, squeezed perfectly between two other clips. You realize the car doesn't enter the frame until the 2nd second of the clip, so the first second is just empty road. You want the action to start sooner.

If you trim the clip and drag it, you will mess up the timing of your entire sequence and misalign the clips next to it. Instead, you use a Slip Edit. This keeps the clip exactly 5 seconds long and exactly in the same spot on the timeline, but "slips" the underlying media file backward or forward through that 5-second window.

How to Perform a Slip Edit

1. Select the Trim Tool by pressing T.
2. Hover your cursor over the upper half of the clip's thumbnail on the timeline.
3. The cursor will change into a Slip icon (a box with two arrows pointing in opposite directions).
4. Click and drag left or right.

As you drag, look at the Program Monitor. ORAPHIM will display a dual-screen view:

• The left screen shows the new first frame of your clip.
• The right screen shows the new last frame of your clip.

When you release the mouse, the clip remains the exact same length on the timeline, but you have successfully slipped the underlying media to show a different portion of the shot.