Edit techinque question

kirby1 wrote on 9/16/2002, 4:47 PM

Hi guys.

I frequently tighten my edits after my initial edit. The trouble is, when I shorten one clip I then have to select all the clips after it and pull them forward on the timeline. Can I trim a clip and pull the rest of the timeline with it? There's gotta be an easier way than what I'm doing...

Thanks,
Kirby

Comments

magicman wrote on 9/16/2002, 5:08 PM

If you are dealing with one track only, once you have trimmed you event, you can double click on the blank area. It will be highlighted. Then hit the delete button. The blank area will disappear. Hope this helps.

vicmilt wrote on 9/16/2002, 5:29 PM

Select the in and out of how much you want to delete.
Make sure that all of your events are unlocked. (Select all. Right click any event. Click switches. Click LOCK then UNLOCK)

Click the ripple button on the menu bar, and then Edit>Cut.

Everything will move up. I like to zoom out on the track a little when I do this, to make sure that everything is moving correctly. I also will do a Save As with a version bump BEFORE I do anything as drastic as rippling an entire project. You may very well find out two days later that something went wrong (this is with ANY editing system), and some tracks are dramatically out of sync. That's when you'll be happy to have a prior version saved.

HPV wrote on 9/16/2002, 6:19 PM

If you have a transition applied between the clip you're cutting and the clip before it, use/adj the snap offset triangle on the clip your pulling to. (White trinagle on bottom left of events - drag to position).
Select a clip in every track then right click and "select to end". Quick way to grab all tracks when you have many is via the selection edit tool dragging top to bottom. Drag and snap event group to your white triangle. Zooming out does let you see everything. You can also do a undo and redo to see what moved while zoomed out.

Craig H.