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Deleting Multiple Timeline Gaps at Once
You can also ripple-delete video and audio gaps in the Timeline all at once using the Edit > Delete Gaps command. This removes gaps among consecutive clips in the Timeline on all Auto Select enabled tracks. Each segment of the Timeline with a gap is rippled, in order to move clips that are to the right of each gap left to close that gap.
All gaps are defined for purposes of this command as empty spaces between clips that span all tracks in the Timeline. In the following example, various audio/video, audio-only, and video-only clips have gaps between them. Using Remove Gaps causes the Timeline to be rippled such that these clips abut one another as a continuous sequence, without any of them overlapping any others.
(Top) Before removing gaps, (Bottom) After removing gaps
This is an extremely powerful and wide-ranging command. However, it’s made safer by following strict rules in order to maintain overall A/V sync in timelines:
— Gaps will not be removed past the point where video and/or audio clips will overlap one another.
— Gaps will not be removed if they’re under superimposed video clips that bridge the gap.
— Gaps will not be removed if one or more continuous audio clips bridge the gap.