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Ripple Trimming
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Ripple Trimming
If you make a single-roller trim on either the outgoing or the incoming frames of your transition
on an unlocked track, you can move the rest of the your sequence in the direction of the trimmed
segment while maintaining the duration of all other clips. Ripple trims “ripple” the effects of
your trim along the sequence. However, ripple trims can change the duration of your sequence if
you select all tracks, and it can break synchronization with any unselected track. For more
information about preserving sync, see “Maintaining Sync While Trimming” on page 751.
You can lasso transitions in the Timeline to select more than one transition for trimming. This
method is useful when you need to select multiple transitions staggered across parallel tracks
(overlap cuts) for simultaneous trimming.
If you enable link selection, clicking a transition also selects transitions on linked segments (see
“Selecting Linked Clips” on page 696).
To perform a ripple trim:
1. Do one of the following:
t Select the Ripple Trim tool on the Timeline palette, and then click a transition to select it
for trimming. Shift+click to select multiple clips aligned at the same transition.
t Select the Ripple Trim tool on the Timeline palette, and then lasso the transitions in the
Timeline.
Draw the lasso by clicking at a point above the top track in the Timeline and dragging to
surround the transitions. You can drag from right to left or left to right to lasso one
transition across several contiguous tracks. Avoid lassoing more than one transition on a
single track because lassoing left to right selects the segment and activates segment
editing tools, and lassoing right to left activates slip trim.
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To select transitions located below several track layers, you can draw a lasso within the Timeline
by pressing and holding the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) while you drag.
t If you selected both the Ripple Trim tool and the Overwrite Trim tool on the Timeline
palette, position the mouse pointer over the lower corner of either the outgoing or
incoming clip next to the transition you want to trim and click the transition to select it
for trimming. Shift+click to select multiple clips aligned at the same transition.
The cursor changes to a yellow single-roller trim icon, and the transition displays yellow
trim rollers.
2. Click and drag in the direction you want to trim.
The new outgoing frame displays in the Source monitor as you trim, and all segments
located on the selected tracks move with the trim.