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Moving a trimmed layer in time


    After you trim a layer by setting In and Out points, you can adjust the duration position in two ways that have different results.

    Dragging the duration bar

    If you drag the colored area of the duration bar, the trimmed footage starts and finishes playing at a different point in time. The length of the play time and the frames that appear remain unchanged.

    Dragging the dimmed outline

    If you drag the pale rectangle behind the duration bar, the footage starts and ends at the same point in time as the original position, but different frames appear. For example, if you drag the pale rectangle to the left, then the In and Out points shift to later frames in the footage. (This is similar to a "slip edit" in common editing applications.)