To me, it’s much more “logical” to have it edit out exactly one frame, because if you look at a film negative you always cut “between the frames”, if you want to extract one frame, then it makes sense to cut on either side of the frame. Premiere and FCP allow you to edit magically I guess in a world where physics doesn’t exist… though it does make you wonder how something can be frame accurate if they allow this type of “illogical” cutting of frames?
Also, instead of having “back up” one frame from the cut point, hold CTRL+ALT while clicking near the transition and it’ll snap to the head of the last frame (thereby placing your OUT precisely at the end of the clip)
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire)