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# About Trimming

Trim a clip to add frames to, or remove frames from, a clip's head or tail. Slide a clip to trim the clips before and after it without changing the frames used in it. Slip a clip to offset the frames in a clip without trimming the clips before or after it. Smoke keeps track of the source material that goes into trimmed shots, so you can go back and reintroduce material you had previously trimmed out.

You can trim using hotkeys or gesturally. Gestural trimming can only take place when the Trim button is enabled in the Editing menu. To trim from the Record Area, it must be displayed in one of the following views:

- Head/Tail
- Timeline
- Trim View

Hotkey trimming is available in Timeline, Head/Tail, and Trim View modes regardless of the status of the Trim button.

The viewing modes are described in the Editing Essentials section.

Most of the illustrations in this chapter are of the EditDesk record timeline. There may be some differences with those of a BFX timeline.

#### Topics in this section

- Trimming Examples in this Chapter