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Disabling and Re-Enabling
Clips in the Timeline
Sometimes there’s one or more video or audio clips in the Timeline that you don’t want to play
along with the rest of the edited sequence, but you don’t want to remove from the Timeline
either, in case you change your mind later. For this reason, it’s possible to Disable clips,
effectively turning them off without removing them.
Disabled clips appear dimmed in the Timeline. They don’t play back, they’re not rendered, and
they’re not output to video. However, their position is preserved in the Timeline, so you can
always re-enable them at a later time if you change your mind and decide you want
to use them.
A clip that’s been disabled between two enabled clips; the disabled clip is dimmed
To disable or re-enable one or more selected clips:
Right-click part of the selection and choose Enable Clip from the contextual menu.
Choose Clip > Enable Clip.
Press D.
Deleting Clips and Gaps
from the Timeline
There are two ways you can delete clips you don’t want in the Timeline. Using the Delete key,
you can perform what’s sometimes called a “lift edit,” removing the unwanted clips and leaving
a gap. Using the Forward Delete key, you can perform a “ripple delete,” removing unwanted
clips and closing the gap by rippling the rest of the edited Timeline to the right of the deleted
clip(s) by moving it to the left.
Deleting clips as a “lift edit” operation:
To remove one or more clips from the Timeline, leaving a gap: Select a clip in the
Timeline, or Shift-click or Command-click to select the clips you want to remove, and
press the Delete key (or right-click the selection and choose Delete).
To remove a range of media from the Timeline on multiple tracks, leaving a gap: Set
Timeline In and Out points defining the range of media you want to delete, then turn off
the Auto Select controls of any tracks with media you want to preserve, and press the
Delete key (or right-click the selection and choose Delete).
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