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Editing a clip that exists between other Timeline clips


Before you edit a clip in the Timeline, decide how you want to affect adjacent clips and the duration of the entire program. For example, when you make a clip shorter by moving its Out point to an earlier time, do you want all the following clips to stay in place or to fill the gap left by the clip you're adjusting? You specify exactly what happens to clips adjacent to the clip you want to adjust, making it easier to edit right the first time and preserve the integrity of the rest of the video program.

Premiere supports the following edits for a clip and the clips adjacent to it:
  • A rolling edit keeps the program duration constant, and also maintains the combined duration of the two clips you are editing. You adjust the edit line, and the frames you add to or subtract from one clip are subtracted from or added to the clip on the other side of the edit line. To make an L-cut, turn off Sync mode before performing a rolling edit.

    • In this rolling edit, the edit line is dragged earlier in time--shortening the previous clip, lengthening the next clip, and maintaining the program duration.
  • A ripple edit maintains the durations of all other clips by changing the program duration. You drag the edit line, and the overall program duration is lengthened or shortened by the number of frames you added to or subtracted from the clip you are editing. An empty space on one side of the edit point is treated as a clip and is adjusted by the ripple edit tool just as a clip would be. A ripple edit obeys the Shift Material in All Tracks and Shift Material Only in Target Tracks options in the Timeline Window Options dialog box, as well as the Sync mode setting.

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    In this ripple edit, the edit line is dragged earlier in time--shortening the preceding clip and the total program duration.
  • A slip edit shifts the starting and ending frames of a clip forward or backward without affecting anything else in the Timeline. You drag a clip left or right, and its source In and Out points shift accordingly. The program duration and the source and program In and Out points of all other clips remain unchanged. The slip tool does not require there to be a clip on either side of the clip you are adjusting.

    • In this slip edit, a clip is dragged left, moving its source In and Out points earlier in time.
  • A slide edit preserves the duration of a clip and the program duration by changing the In and Out points of the preceding and following clips. As you drag a clip left or right, the Out point of the preceding clip, the In point of the following clip, and the clip's program In and Out points are moved by the number of frames you moved the clip. The clip's source In and Out points and the program duration remain unchanged. The slide tool requires there to be a clip on either side of the clip you are adjusting.

    • In this slide edit, a clip is dragged left so that it starts earlier in the program, shortening the preceding clip and -lengthening the following clip.

    Note: When you perform any action that extends the duration of a clip, additional frames must be available in the clip's source (master) clip beyond the current In or Out point. For example, if you didn't trim the beginning or ending of a source clip before adding it to the Timeline, the clip is already using all frames available from its source, so its duration cannot be extended.

    To perform a rolling edit:

    1 Select the rolling edit tool ().

    2 Position the rolling edit tool on the edge of the clip you want to change, and drag left or right. If Sync mode is off, the arrowheads on the rolling edit tool are thin and detached from their shaft, indicating that you are editing only the video or audio portion of a linked clip. The same number of frames added to the clip are trimmed from the adjacent clip.
    Timeline during (left) and after (right) a rolling edit

    To perform a ripple edit:

    1 Select the ripple edit tool ().

    2 Position the ripple edit tool on the In or Out point of the clip you want to change, and drag left or right. The program duration is extended or shortened to compensate for your edit, but the duration of adjacent clips remains unchanged. When a clip has no additional frames available, the arrowhead on the ripple edit tool pointing to that clip is not visible. If Sync mode is off, the arrowhead on the ripple edit tool is white, indicating that you are editing only the video or audio portion of a linked clip.

    Timeline during (left) and after (right) a ripple edit

    To perform a slip edit:

    1 Select the slip tool ().

    2 Position the pointer on the video clip you want to adjust, and do one of the following:
  • Drag left to move the source In and Out points earlier in the clip. This creates new Timeline In and Out points that reflect footage appearing later in the source clip.
  • Drag right to move the source In and Out points later in the clip. This creates new Timeline In and Out points that reflect footage appearing earlier in the source clip.

    • Premiere updates the source In and Out points for the clip, displaying the result in the Monitor window and maintaining the clip and program duration.

    To perform a slide edit:

    1 Select the slide tool ().

    2 Position the pointer on the video clip you want to adjust, and do one of the following:
  • Drag left to move the Out point of the preceding clip and the In point of the following clip earlier in time.
  • Drag right to move the Out point of the preceding clip and the In point of the following clip later in time.

    • When you release the mouse button, Premiere updates the In and Out points for the adjacent clips, displaying the result in the Monitor window and maintaining the clip and program duration. The only change to the clip you moved is its position in the Timeline.

    Note: You can't use the slip and slide tools directly on audio clips, but when you use the slip and slide tools on video clips, any linked audio clips will be adjusted to match the video.

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