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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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