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Now, play the sequence.
m Press the Space bar to play the sequence. Notice the dancers are not clasping hands as
they swing around. They clasp hands again at approximately 01:00:02;20 (NTSC) or
01:00:02:10 (PAL).
If you have trouble seeing the missed hand clasp, drag the shuttle control in the Canvas to
move slowly through the clip.
Or, move frame by frame using the Right and Left Arrow keys on your keyboard.
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Now, select the Slip Item tool.
m Click the Slip Item tool in the Tool palette to select it.
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Now you’re ready to do the slip edit. You’ll place the Slip Item tool on “Bloomies” in the
Timeline, then press the mouse button. When you do, you’ll see the Canvas shows the “head”
(or beginning) of the clip on the left and the “tail” (end) on the right with their timecodes.
In the Timeline, a small yellow box will show the number of frames you are “slipping the
edit.” (–00:00:01 means one frame earlier in the clip, +00:00:01 means one frame later.)
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