• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  tracks won’t budge

  Posted by Annalisa Palisca on March 22, 2011 at 4:01 pm

  Hi,

  I received a FCP project from another production company, and the audio tracks are “cemented” on the timeline.
  It’s hard to explain, so I’ll post a picture:

  

  As you can see, I can’t make more space for the video tracks, but there is loads of space underneath…
  I need to eliminate the dark border around tracks 1&2 – how to do that?

  Thank you,
  Anna

  Annalisa Palisca replied 15 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  David Roth weiss

  March 22, 2011 at 5:43 pm

  This looks like a nested sequence to me. What happens when you double click on either audio or video?

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  Jeff Greenberg

  March 22, 2011 at 10:41 pm

  What you’re encountering is called a ‘protected area’. when you have tons of video/audio tracks, it allows you to protect tracks (starting with V1 or/and a1) to keep them visible while working on, say, v20.

  Grab the ‘thumb’ and pull it upward to remove.
  

  Best,

  Jeff G

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  Annalisa Palisca

  March 23, 2011 at 9:22 am

  Thank you! That was it!

  Sometimes something so simple makes working so much more complicated!
  I should have asked earlier…

  Thanks again for your precious advice.
  Annalisa

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