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Methods of selecting edits in the Timeline using the pointer:
To select an edit to roll: Move the mouse to the center of an edit point, and when the
ripple cursor appears, click to select the edit.
To select just the incoming or outgoing half of an edit point to resize: Move the
mouse to the left or right of the center of an edit, and when the resize/ripple cursor
appears, click to select that portion of the edit.
To select multiple roll points: Command-click the center of multiple edit points.
Command-click a selected edit point to deselect it.
To select multiple resize points: Command-click the left or right sides of multiple
edit points.
To de-select all clips in the Timeline: Click in any empty area of the timeline to de-
select everything.
Keyboard shortcuts for selecting edits in the Timeline:
To select an edit point from the keyboard: Press V to select the nearest edit point to
the playhead.
To change an edit selection from the keyboard: Once you’ve selected an edit point,
press U to toggle among selecting the outgoing half, incoming half, or the entire edit.
To de-select all edits in the timeline: Press Command-Shift-A.
Moving Clips in the Timeline
Once you’ve edited some clips into the Timeline, you’ll probably want to start fine-tuning the
edit by moving clips around. Different operations can be performed depending on how you
move these clips. All of these techniques work in both the Upper Timeline and the
Timeline Editor.
Ripple Overwriting An Entire Clip in Track 1
Drag a clip in the Timeline or Upper Timeline over another clip in the Timeline so that the
pointer overlaps that clip, and quickly drop it onto another clip in Track 1. The clip you dragged
replaces the clip you dropped it onto, and all clips to the right are moved to either make room
(if the dragged clip is longer) or to close the gap (if the dragged clip is shorter).
(Top) Clicking clip BB to begin dragging it, (Middle) Dragging clip BB onto clip DD
to ripple overwrite it, (Bottom) Clip BB is moved and takes the place of clip DD,
while the rest of the Timeline moves left to close the gaps in Track 1
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