Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 50)

50 Chapter 4 Basic Editing
Before You Begin
Before you add the first clip to your sequence, there are two important tasks you
should know how to do: use the Undo command, and set In and Out points. Once you
are comfortable with these procedures, you can begin an efficient editing session.
You Can Always Undo
When you’re first learning to work in Final Cut Express HD, it can be comforting to
know that if you make a change you don’t like or didn’t mean to make, it can usually be
undone. Final Cut Express HD lets you undo up to 32 actions, remembering each step
you take as you work on your project. The number of levels of undo actually available
to you depends on the setting in the General tab of the User Preferences window.
When you first install Final Cut Express HD, the default number of undo levels is 10. You
can change this at any time, but be aware that the more levels of undo you set, the
more memory Final Cut Express HD requires.
To undo the previous action:
m Choose Edit > Undo (or press Command-Z).
You can use the Undo command as many times as you have specified in the General
tab of the User Preferences window.
To redo an action that you have undone:
m Choose Edit > Redo (or press Command-Y).
Repeated use of the Redo command will eventually redo all the steps that you’ve undone.