How to roll trim on second video track?

[David Eaks]

One of the top results of a google search for “fcpx roll edit secondary”-

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/344/13660

Basically you need to have both clips in a secondary storyline. Check out some of the many many free training videos for FCPX to get a handle on these basic operations, here’s a start- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL607BE2B2BFE9BE1A

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[David Eaks]

Free training and the search bar are your friend. See at 6 minutes in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW8gwaGC-gw&list=PL607BE2B2BFE9BE1A&index=13

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[Sum Choi]

Thanks. That solved my problem.

[Don Smith]

RE: “Why is that?”

I suspect it is because the two clips aren’t part of the same secondary (connected) video track.

Do they both have that ‘shelf’ that spans both clips and so both clips have ONE connection to the primary storyline? If not, then ‘bump’ one into the other by holding the ‘G’ key so that both clips have a common shelf. Now you can Roll the edit between the two clips.

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