Rather than dragging the whole clip into the sequence, watch it through in the viewer and use I and O on your keyboard to set the start and end of the portion you want to use. In and out points are fantastic for selecting footage in the browser to add to your timeline. You can use many keyboard shortcuts here are a few of the most popular. The timeline shortcuts help you navigate the HitFilm interface and allow you to adjust clips in your assembly edit or your timeline with just the keyboard. Hit A on your keyboard to access it, then select the clip you want to move everything from this clip onward will be highlighted in every track. The Track Select tool allows you to grab everything from a point on your timeline and move it. Hit S on your keyboard to access the Rate Stretch tool and drag the end of your clips to increase or decrease the footage speed. The Rate Stretch tool is super handy for filling in little gaps where your cutaways are not quite long enough or for slowing down footage for creative purposes. Unlike the Ripple Edit tool that moves a clip, Roll Edit works from the join between 2 clips, allowing you to adjust the edit point of both clips simultaneously. The Roll Edit Tool ( E) is fantastic for fine-tuning your videos and allows you to adjust the in/out point between clips. The surrounding clips will move to accommodate the changes. First press R on your keyboard, then drag the ends of the clip. If you want to extend/shorten a mid-sequence clip, you can use the Ripple Edit to keep the rest of your clips in line. Hit Shift + U on your keyboard, then drag a clip along the timeline it will shorten or extend the clips on either side to fill in the gap. The Slide tool is fantastic for adjusting cutaways over interview footage or titles over a background. If you’ve chosen a 3-second section of a 20-second clip, the Slip Tool will allow you to adjust which 3 seconds are played, click on the clip and drag to the left or right.

The Slip Tool ( Y) lets you adjust the in and out points of a clip from the timeline without changing the duration of it.

Once activated, the Slice tool will turn your cursor to a razor blade click on any clip to create a cut. The Slice tool, also called the Blade tool, uses the C key super easy to remember as C for Cut. Just hit H on your keyboard and skim around the timeline as needed. The Drag tool (also known as the Hand tool) allows you to drag around the viewer and timeline without selecting any content. Sometimes you can accidentally click on a tool and make changes to your sequence without meaning to regularly hit V on your keyboard to avoid mistakes. The Selection/Arrow tool is probably the most important to remember from the tools shortcuts list this will return you from any other tool to the standard Selection tool.

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