more clarifications and small changes

diff --git a/images/trim.png b/images/trim.png
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Binary files a/images/trim.png and b/images/trim.png differ

diff --git a/parts/Advanced.tex b/parts/Advanced.tex
index 60ead1bdd5179915309c7af490a4932adf89bac2..b056b2cf8197b29db2dd4ecbd878530dc4c5f874 100644 (file)
--- a/parts/Advanced.tex
+++ b/parts/Advanced.tex
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ plugins added to it before it was nested, you can edit those plugin
 parameter values. Previously to make any changes to these types of
 EDL you had to remake the whole clip from scratch.  The program is 
 actually "opening" the file as it currently exists for that particular
-media so that it can be edited separately from the project EDL. In other NLEs the term \textit{sub-timeline} is used.
-Note that all media must have originated from the timeline Main Prgram window and not from the Viewer.
+media so that it can be edited separately from the project EDL. In other NLEs the term \textit{sub-timeline} or \textit{sub-project} is used.
+It is important to know that all media used with Open EDL must be loaded on the timeline Main Program window and created from there in that project.
 
 Here is how this works. In the Clip \index{clip !older} or Media folder \index{media folder} or on a timeline
 EDL edit, the option \textit{Open EDL} for the highlighted clip or
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ An example of a typical set of steps to follow is:
        timeline and you will see the AgingTV effect.
 \end{enumerate}
 
+\paragraph{NOTE:} \textit{Open EDL} was not designed to work from the Viewer window. It needs clips to have been created from the timeline Main Program window Project in order to keep track of levels. Clips created in the Viewer have different min and max X/Y dimensions and zoom values.
+
 You can follow the same steps as above by first using the option
 \textit{Nest to media} in the Clip folder which nests the clip and
 moves it out of the Clip folder to the Media folder.  Then use
@@ -499,8 +501,8 @@ on the timeline.
 \begin{figure}[htpb]
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{trim.png}
-       \caption{Default choices for mouse: Ripple for button 1; Roll
-               for button 2; Slip for button 3}
+       \caption{Default choices for mouse: Ripple for LMB; Roll
+               for MMB; Slip for RMB}
        \label{fig:trim}
 \end{figure}
 
@@ -541,6 +543,8 @@ follows.
        this choice to prevent accidental movements.
 \end{description}
 
+\paragraph{NOTE:} you cannot do Trim operations on \textit{Hard Edges}, which are produced by a cut operation ("\texttt{x}"). To create a cut useful for trimming you must select an interval (at the limit of one frame) to be muted ("\texttt{m}"); now the edges of the edits will be trimmable because they are not \textit{Hard Edges}. See \ref{sec:cut_paste_editing}, \textit{Split - blade cut and hard edges}.
+
 The next table displays the options and results
 with the Key Table here first.
 
@@ -643,8 +647,7 @@ beginning or the end.
 First familiarize yourself with button operation; check your setup
 by executing the following step.  In the \texttt{Settings
        $\rightarrow$ Preferences $\rightarrow$ Interface} tab, Editing
-section, clicking on the edit boundaries can be set for LMB (Button 1),
-MMB (Button 2), RMB (Button 3) as one of the following:
+section, clicking on the edit boundaries can be set for LMB (Button 1), MMB (Button 2), RMB (Button 3) as one of the following:
 
 \textit{Ripple}; \textit{Roll}; \textit{Slip}; \textit{Slide};
 \textit{Edge} or \textit{No effect}

diff --git a/parts/Editing.tex b/parts/Editing.tex
index edd7203d4d6cacd118a15017babbe76deceebc98..fcacec39393a6034a0b5ec268492ed96acb671f5 100644 (file)
--- a/parts/Editing.tex
+++ b/parts/Editing.tex
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ keyboard shortcut.  The keyboard shortcut is in parenthesis here.
 
 \begin{description}
 \item [Split | Cut] (x) Delete the selected area and put it in
-  the cut buffer for future pasting.
+  the cut buffer for future pasting. If a cut is made on the \textit{Insertion Point} only, without selecting a region, \textit{hard edges} are created.
 \item[Copy] (c) Copy the selected area and put it in the cut
   buffer for future pasting.
 \item[Paste] (v) Paste the material that is in the cut buffer.
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ on the place you want to do a cut and then using the character “x”
 or the scissors tool (figure~\ref{fig:cut}).
 
 \begin{wrapfigure}[16]{O}{0.3\linewidth}
-  \vspace{-2ex}
+  \vspace{2ex}
   \centering
   \includegraphics[width=0.9\linewidth]{cut.png}
   \caption{Blade cut}
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ you can see an arrow pointing to the corner.  Use Shift-left mouse
 button 1 to toggle off/on the hard edge marker on all tracks
 simultaneously.
 
+\paragraph{NOTE:} Hard Edges do not allow trim operations. For more details see: \nameref{sec:trimming}.
 
 \section{Drag and Drop Editing}%
 \label{sec:drag_drop_editing}