How do *you* cut a few seconds in the middle of tracks?

bravof wrote on 10/20/2017, 2:20 AM

Hi,

Cutting a few seconds in the middle of tracks is something I do all the time as I edit interviews. I find the process I use quite long to do something as trivial as this. So I'm curious to know if you have a faster process.

This is what I do:

  • Split beginning and end of cut
  • Double click on split to select all tracks
  • Hit Delete 2x to delete all tracks
  • Activate Ripple tool
  • Delete key again to remove the blank
  • Desactivate Ripple tool

I've become really quick in doing this, but I'm eager to find a more logical way of doing this.

Thanks!

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JJKizak wrote on 10/20/2017, 6:52 AM

Hi,

Cutting a few seconds in the middle of tracks is something I do all the time as I edit interviews. I find the process I use quite long to do something as trivial as this. So I'm curious to know if you have a faster process.

This is what I do:

  • Split beginning and end of cut
  • Double click on split to select all tracks
  • Hit Delete 2x to delete all tracks
  • Activate Ripple tool
  • Delete key again to remove the blank
  • Desactivate Ripple tool

I've become really quick in doing this, but I'm eager to find a more logical way of doing this.

Thanks!


Well if there isn't any sound just cut and fade the two clips together.

JJK

OldSmoke wrote on 10/20/2017, 7:09 AM

I would activate the ripple first and deactivate last. You could also select all events by pressing CTRL+A, then split or even make selection, press S and delete the cut section.

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bravof wrote on 10/20/2017, 7:18 AM

@JJKizak: Not possible: we're talking about 4 or 5 stacked tracks but also multi track content *after* the cut so that everything needs to ripple.

bravof wrote on 10/20/2017, 7:22 AM

I would activate the ripple first and deactivate last. You could also select all events by pressing CTRL+A, then split or even make selection, press S and delete the cut section.

Indeed: Much better. Thanks!

  • Ripple on
  • Select
  • Delete
  • Ripple Off
Dexcon wrote on 10/20/2017, 7:24 AM

Split in and out points of what you want to get rid of including all video and audio events within those points

Highlight the clips to be eliminated and delete them

Enable Ripple (all tracks etc)

Move RH tracks to meet or overlap (for a dissolve) the LH clips

Note: If you have Ripple already enabled when you delete, all RH clips on the timeline will auto fill the deleted gap when you hit delete - but do make sure that there is not even a frame of any video or audio event within the cut area to be deleted otherwise Ripple is not going to work perfectly no matter which way you do it.

 

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Marco. wrote on 10/20/2017, 8:45 AM

Another approach is:

Have track based auto-ripple enabled and the Event(s) involved selected, then:

- Set In and Out to define the Loop-Region.
- Press "Shift+Q" to select the Loop-Region.
- Press "Del" (which then deletes what's in between the Loop-Region of the selected Event(s).

Instead of having auto-ripple enabled you could also press "F" at last to process the rippling. Use any kind of macro to automate these 3 or 4 steps.