What is Handle?

What is Handle?

• A. The portion of a clip with color corrections
• B. A keyboard shortcut for trims
• C. The unused portion of a source clip
• D. A type of transition

Answer: (C)

Handle refers to the extra media that sits outside the in and out points of a source clip. When you trim a clip for the timeline, the portion you actually place on the edit is the in-to-out segment, while the frames before the in point (head) and after the out point (tail) are the handles. These unused frames give you room to extend a transition, tweak timing, or adjust an edit later without having to re-capture or re-import the clip. That’s why the correct description is the unused portion of a source clip. The other choices describe edits, shortcuts, or transitions, not the extra media that accompanies a clip.

Handle refers to the extra media that sits outside the in and out points of a source clip. When you trim a clip for the timeline, the portion you actually place on the edit is the in-to-out segment, while the frames before the in point (head) and after the out point (tail) are the handles. These unused frames give you room to extend a transition, tweak timing, or adjust an edit later without having to re-capture or re-import the clip. That’s why the correct description is the unused portion of a source clip. The other choices describe edits, shortcuts, or transitions, not the extra media that accompanies a clip.