1. Delete Gaps On Timeline Avid Word

- As you work in a timeline,…it's gotten a lot easier to remove things like gaps.…Remember a gap could be caused…by dragging and dropping elements…or removing things or dragging it around.…And you might end up with an unwanted gap…that will show as a flash to black…in the middle of your project.…Well now, it's a lot easier to clean those up…with a simple menu command.…Now in this particular sequence here,…we've got a lot of different gaps.…And you'll notice in new command under the sequence menu…called close gap.…

This will analyze the sequence and find any gaps.…Now let's undo that.…And you'll notice this is a gap.…So is this.…While this appears to be a gap here,…there is a clip overlaying it.…So it didn't break sync.…Over here we have a large gap,…but just a small space between this clip and this clip.…So when we close the gap,…you'll notice that it's just trying to make sure…that there's coverage of a video signal across all tracks.…

Download diablo 2 full version pc. Let's go ahead and undo for a moment.…If you make a selection…and you choose the close gap command,…

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Jan 24, 2009  the delete key by the qwerty keys lifts in FCP and the little delete key next to the end key extracts in FCP. Its that easy. Segment mode is an uneccesary step with an interactive timeline like FCP has. I am not putting down Avid, I have been working on Avid since the last official beta release in 1989. Shuffle mode, turn off Tab to Transients. You can then Shift+Tab to highlight a section, or tab to jump to the end of a clip. You can shift+tab over silence, and click delete, the next clip will snap into place! You'll get into a rhythm of Tab, Shift+Tab, Delete, repeat, and be done before you know it.

1. Trimming in the Timeline

Trimming in the Timeline

An alternative to using the Trim Edit window is to perform an FCP trim directly in the Timeline as you would in Avid. Trimming in FCP’s Timeline is easy and direct, and uses methods similar to those covered earlier in this lesson. These methods include dragging edit points using the Roll (dual-roller) and Ripple (single-roller) trim tools, using keyboard shortcuts, and entering a numerical trim value.

To roll two edit points in the Timeline:

1. Click the Roll tool in the Tool palette, or press the keyboard shortcut R.
2. In the Timeline, move the Roll tool over the edit point between the two clips you want to trim, then click and drag left or right.

   The amount of the trim appears in an information box next to the Roll tool in the Timeline. In the Canvas, a two-up display, like Avid’s Small Trim mode, appears as you drag.

To ripple a single edit point:

1. Click and hold the Roll tool in the Tool palette, or press the shortcut RR, and slide over to select the Ripple tool when it appears.
2. Move the Ripple tool into the Timeline toward the In or the Out point.
3. Click and drag the In or Out point left or right.

   All the clips that follow are adjusted (rippled) by the trim amount.

To trim using keyboard shortcuts:

1. Single-click an edit point with either the Roll or Ripple tool. The keyboard shortcuts are V to select the edit point, and U to cycle sides.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Press the < or > key to trim one frame. These act like the Avid Trim Frame keys.
   • Press Shift-< or Shift-> to move the multiframe trim amount.
   • Press the left or right bracket key ([ or ]) to trim one frame.
   • Press Shift-[ or Shift-] to trim the multiframe trim amount.

To enter a trim amount:

1. Select an edit transition with one of the trim tools.
2. Type a minus (–) and then the amount (as you would in Avid) for a negative trim, or just the trim amount for a positive trim. This amount appears at the top of the Timeline.
3. Press Return.

To trim using the Selection tool:

1. Press A to return the pointer to the default Selection tool.
2. Drag one end of a clip left or right.

   Depending on whether the clip is “open ended,” this method of trimming in the Timeline may be limited by adjacent clips or produce a gap. You will learn how to remove gaps in Lesson 6.

To create L-cut and Split edits

FCP remembers which audio and video clips were captured together and binds or “links” those clips together in the Timeline. This can be helpful when you want to trim both the video and audio tracks of the same clip the same amount. But when you want to trim only one track of a clip, you must override FCP’s default linking system.

1. To select just the video or audio track of a linked clip, toggle off the Linked Selection control in the Timeline button bar, or press Shift-L. This will allow you to select just one track to trim.
2. Select the Roll tool from the Tool palette, or press R.
3. Drag the clip’s audio or video edit point left or right.

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