Can you do "Close Gap" for multiple clips? at DVinfo.net

James Whitmoore · December 12th, 2007, 07:38 PM

I've been editing quite a lot of footage in the timeline and the resulting edited clips are all spaced out from one another and I want to remove the gaps between the clips but doing the right click close gap thing is very tedious and I think a waste of time... is there any way you can close all the gaps for a given region or selection on the timeline or is it only possible to close gaps individually?

Mike Flynn · December 12th, 2007, 08:23 PM

Only individually as far as I know. Try using the keyboard to speed up the process...the apostrophe key will move you to the next edit point, then Control+G will close the gap. Get into a rhythm with that and it should go pretty quick!

Bill Davis · December 12th, 2007, 09:49 PM

"Select all" the clips in your timeline, drag them into a BIN.

Then open a new timeline - select all the clips in the bin - and drag them to the new timeline.

They'll import from the bin to the new timeline with no gaps.

Brian Rossen · December 18th, 2007, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Whitmoore

doing the right click close gap thing is very tedious

slightly quicker tip: just click gap and then press delete/backspace key, much quicker than right clicking each gap and then clicking close gap

December 12th, 2007, 07:38 PM	#1
James Whitmoore Tourist Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 1	Can you do "Close Gap" for multiple clips? I've been editing quite a lot of footage in the timeline and the resulting edited clips are all spaced out from one another and I want to remove the gaps between the clips but doing the right click close gap thing is very tedious and I think a waste of time... is there any way you can close all the gaps for a given region or selection on the timeline or is it only possible to close gaps individually?

December 12th, 2007, 08:23 PM	#2
Mike Flynn Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Renton, WA Posts: 94	Only individually as far as I know. Try using the keyboard to speed up the process...the apostrophe key will move you to the next edit point, then Control+G will close the gap. Get into a rhythm with that and it should go pretty quick!

December 12th, 2007, 09:49 PM	#3
Bill Davis Trustee Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Posts: 1,538	"Select all" the clips in your timeline, drag them into a BIN. Then open a new timeline - select all the clips in the bin - and drag them to the new timeline. They'll import from the bin to the new timeline with no gaps.