User Guide

CHP. 4 EDITING EVENTS

CHAPTER

Editing Events

In this chapter, you’ll learn about basic event editing techniques such as cutting, copying, pasting, trimming,

splitting, and joining events. You’ll also learn how to use ripple editing to expand the possibilities of timeline

editing. Finally, you’ll take a look at advanced editing techniques such as slipping and sliding events,

changing event properties, and adding event envelopes.

Note:

For the basic event editing topics in this chapter, make

sure that ripple editing is turned off. Verify that the

Ripple

Edits

command in the Options menu is not selected. For

more information, see Ripple editing on page 64.

Copying events

Copying an event, a time selection, or event within a time selection places an exact copy of the selected

event(s) on the clipboard, but leaves the track view unchanged. Events copied to the clipboard can be

pasted in the project an unlimited number of times. In addition, clipboard content remains on the clipboard

until replaced by new content.

Select the event data you want to copy or make a time selection. For more information, see Making

selections on page 42.

Copy the event data using any of the following methods:

• Click the

Copy button ( ) on the toolbar.

• Choose

Copy from the Edit menu.

• Right-click the selection and choose

Copy from the shortcut menu.

• Press .

Pasting events

The clipboard’s contents can be pasted in a project an unlimited number of times. However, an event is

always pasted in the track it was copied/cut from. In addition, pasting the contents of the clipboard over an

existing event results in the pasted event overlapping the existing event. To avoid pasting over existing

events, you have two options:

• Use the

Paste Insert command. For more information, see Using Paste Insert on page 60.

• Turn on ripple editing. For more information, see Ripple editing on page 64.

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