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Two-up display when rippling an edit
Turning Off the Heads Up Display While You Trim
If you press the Shift key while performing most drag and trim operations, you can suspend the multi-frame heads up displays that appear in the Timeline window in order to focus on the frame that intersects the playhead.
— Choose View > Enable Multiview Edit Preview.
Trim Tool Operations With the Keyboard
You can also perform every trim operation more precisely using the Nudge keyboard shortcuts.
1 Press T to select the Trim tool.
2 To trim the selection, do one of the following:
— To slide a clip: Press Shift-V to select a clip, and press the Comma key to slip it one frame to the left, or the Period to slip it one frame to the right. Shift-Comma and Shift-Period slips the clip in 5-frame increments.
— To slip a clip: Press Shift-V to select a clip, then press the S key to toggle to Slip mode (pressing S again toggles back to Slide mode) and press Comma or Period to slide its contents to the left or right. Shift-Comma and Shift-Period slides the contents in 5-frame increments.
— To roll an edit: Press V to select an edit point, then press the Comma key to nudge it one frame to the left, or the Period to nudge it one frame to the right. Shift-Comma and Shift- Period rolls the edit in 5-frame increments.
— To ripple an edit: Press V to select an edit point, then press U to select either the incoming or outgoing side of the edit by itself. Then, press the Comma key to ripple the selected In or Out point of the clip to the left, or the Period to ripple it one frame to the right. Shift-Comma and Shift-Period ripples in 5-frame increments.