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Manipulating clips using the keyboard:
1 Press A to choose Selection Mode.
2 Do one of the following:
To roll any edit incrementally: Select the closest edit point to the playhead using
the V key, moving the selection to another edit, if necessary, by using the Up Arrow
and Down Arrow keys. Then press the Comma key (nudge 1 frame left) or Period key
(nudge 1 frame right) to roll the selected edit to the left or right. Shift-Comma and
Shift-Period nudges by 5 frames.
To roll any edit using the playhead: Select the closest edit point to the playhead
using the V key, moving the selection to another edit, if necessary, by using the
UpArrow and Down Arrow keys. Then use the JKL keys to move the playhead to the
frame you want to move the edit to, and press E to do an “extend” edit.
To shorten or lengthen clips incrementally: Select the closest edit point to the
playhead using the V key, then use the U key to toggle the selection among the end
of the outgoing clip and the beginning of the incoming clip. Then, press the Comma
key (nudge 1 frame left) or Period key (nudge 1 frame right) to shorten or lengthen
that side of the clip. If you nudge one end of a clip to overlap another, the clip you’re
nudging overwrites the adjacent clip. Shift-Comma and Shift-Period nudges by
5frames. In Selection mode, this either leaves a gap or overwrites neighboring clips.
To shorten clips using the playhead: Use the JKL keys to move the playhead over
the frame in the Timeline where you want to set a new In or Out point for that clip,
then press Shift-Left Bracket ([) to “trim start,” or Shift-Right Bracket (]) to “trim end.
No selection is necessary. In Selection mode, this leaves a gap.
To lengthen clips using the playhead: Select the closest edit point to the playhead
using the V key, then use the U key to toggle the selection among the end of the
outgoing clip and the beginning of the incoming clip. Then, use the JKL keys to move
the playhead to the frame to want to extend that edit point to, and press E to do an
“extend” edit. In Selection mode, this overwrites neighboring clips.
To move clips forward or back in the Timeline: To select a clip in preparation for
moving it, either click it, or use the Spacebar or JKL keys to move the playhead over
it and press Shift-V. Then press the Comma key (nudge 1 frame left) or Period key
(nudge 1 frame right) to move the clip to the left or right. If you nudge a clip to overlap
another clip, the clip you’re nudging overwrites the adjacent clip. Shift-Comma and
Shift-Period nudges by 5 frames. In Selection mode, this leaves a gap.
To move clips up or down to other tracks: To select a clip in preparation for moving
it, either click it, or use the Spacebar or JKL keys to move the playhead over it and
press Shift-V. Then, press Option-Up Arrow to move the Video and Audio of that clip
to the next higher-numbered track, or press Option-Down Arrow to move the Video
and Audio to the next lower-numbered track.
TIP: You can hold down the Shift key while nudging a selection to do a “fast nudge.
The duration of a fast nudge is customizable in the Editing panel of the User
Preferences. By default it’s five frames, but you can set it to whatever you want.
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