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Moving Clips in the Timeline
Once you’ve edited some clips into the Timeline, you’ll probably want to start fine-tuning the edit by moving clips around. Different operations can be performed depending on how you move these clips. All of these techniques work in both the Upper Timeline and the Timeline Editor.
Ripple Overwriting An Entire Clip in Track 1
Drag a clip in the Timeline or Upper Timeline over another clip in the Timeline so that the pointer overlaps that clip, and quickly drop it onto another clip in Track 1. The clip you dragged replaces the clip you dropped it onto, and all clips to the right are moved to either make room (if the dragged clip is longer) or to close the gap (if the dragged clip is shorter).
Clicking clip BB to begin dragging it
Dragging clip BB onto clip DD to ripple overwrite it
NOTE: If you wait too long, this Ripple Overwrite operation will turn into an overwrite operation. If you drag a clip in Track 1 onto a clip in any other track, you can only do an overwrite, not a ripple overwrite.
NOTE: If you wait too long, this Ripple Overwrite operation will turn into an overwrite operation. If you drag a clip in Track 1 onto a clip in any other track, you can only do an overwrite, not a ripple overwrite.
NOTE: If you wait too long, this Ripple Overwrite operation will turn into an overwrite operation. If you drag a clip in Track 1 onto a clip in any other track, you can only do an overwrite, not a ripple overwrite.
Clip BB is moved and takes the place of clip DD, while the rest of the Timeline moves left to close the gaps in Track 1