Challenge 1: Adjusting a Shared Cut Point Between Two Clips — Solution Walkthrough The fitting edit type: Roll. Why, per this chapter's own material: A Roll edit adjusts the cut point between two adjacent clips simultaneously — lengthening one clip while shortening the other by the exact same amount, without moving anything else on the timeline. This matches the described task precisely: trimming a few frames off the end of one clip and adding them to the start of the next is exactly shifting the shared boundary between the two clips, with everything else on the timeline staying fixed. Why Ripple wouldn't fit here: Per this chapter's own material, Ripple trims a clip's own edge and shifts every subsequent clip on the track to close the resulting gap — it doesn't simultaneously lengthen the neighboring clip to compensate the way Roll does; it would instead shift the timing of everything after the trim point, which isn't what's needed here. Why Slip wouldn't fit either: Slip changes which portion of the source footage is shown within a clip's own existing length and position — it doesn't touch the shared boundary between two clips at all, so it wouldn't accomplish the described task of redistributing time between two adjacent clips. WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER ------------------------------ This exercise is a direct, practical application of this chapter's own three-way trim distinction to a scenario matching Roll's own specific definition, correctly ruling out the other two edit types by name.