Basic editing

JohnD wrote on 1/2/2011, 4:28 PM

I am trying to delete an audio track but find it has been tied or grouped to the video timeline causing it to be rearranged. I may have inadvertantly switched on a command which controls this feature. The same problem occurs when I try to move an event and other tracks are also moved. Has anyone a clue for this basic editing feature please.

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Eugenia wrote on 1/2/2011, 4:36 PM

Turn off Auto-Ripple. It's one of the icons in the main toolbar. Put your mouse-over to find out which one it is.

JohnD wrote on 1/4/2011, 2:57 PM

Thanks for the reply. So simple but solved my problem. When should autoripple be left engaged?

Tim L wrote on 1/4/2011, 6:39 PM

Some people leave auto-ripple engaged all the time -- that's just the way they edit. However, I expect most of us are terrified of auto-ripple and only turn it on when needed -- and turn it back off immediately. It is most certainly, though, a useful and powerful feature.

Assume you have a long project with multiple tracks of video, audio, titles, etc. You decide that right in the middle of it -- in between two existing clips -- you want to insert a new 15-second clip. Turn auto-ripple on, make sure it is set for "all tracks and markers", then click on the clip where you want to open up a hole and drag it to the right. With ripple on, that clip, and all others following it, on all tracks above and below, will all move to the right equally. So if you had titles, etc., in the second half of the video, they will all move to the right equally with the video and stay lined up where they belong.

Likewise if you want to remove some section from your video, you can delete the clip, then enable auto-ripple, grab the clip on the right side of the new empty space, and drag it to the left. The entire right half of the project will move with it. (Actually, you can engage auto-ripple first, then select and delete the clip, and everything will immediately move left to close up the hole, all in one action.)