Extend edit to fill a gap without using the mouse

[Shane Ross]

Use the BRACKETS…the [ and ] keys…they are the TRIM keys. [ moves a frame to the left, ] moves a frame to the right.

Shane
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[Shane Ross]

The comma and period work too.

Shane
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[Graham Hutchins]

Hi Shane,

Thanks for the response.

I actually covered this about 3/4 of the way down in my original post. This works for smaller gaps, but for anything over a second or two, it gets a little tedious to fill in a large gap 10 frames at a time.

I was hoping for something like the extend function or “e” key that jumps the tail to the next clip in one or two key commands.

Thanks.

-Graham

OSX 10.6.8
AE CS5
FC Studio 3
Octo 2.26GB MacPro, 16 GB RAM

[Graham Hutchins]

I should also add that I can use the ‘ or arrow down key to move the playhead to the next edit, but this takes the highlight from the tail and moves it to the head of the clip the playhead is parked on, rendering the extend function unusable.

-Graham

OSX 10.6.8
AE CS5
FC Studio 3
Octo 2.26GB MacPro, 16 GB RAM

[Shane Ross]

There is nothing that I know of keyboard wise that will do what you want. Other than marking IN and OUT on the gap and EXTRACTING it. But you want the footage to fill that gap. Sorry…gotta use the mouse.

Shane
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[Graham Hutchins]

I kind of had the feeling that was the case.

I’ve tried every permutation of the the ctrl, opt, and cmd+”e” and nothing is getting what I want.

Thanks for the responses.

-Graham

OSX 10.6.8
AE CS5
FC Studio 3
Octo 2.26GB MacPro, 16 GB RAM

[Jerry Hofmann]

With the playhead sitting where you want to clip to extend to, and the out point selected, or in point for that matter, you type the letter e and it will extend the edit to the playhead and go over anything in between. That would do it, right?

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[Tina Hedegaard]

An option could be to mark an in point on the clip, pres v, then press shift I and your playhead will go to the in point, and then e for extend edit.

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Tina Hedegaard
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[Graham Hutchins]

Hi Jerry,

Thanks for the response.

This would indeed do the thing I’m trying to accomplish, but the only way I’m finding to move the playhead when a clip tail is selected is to either move the playhead with the mouse, which is what I’m trying to avoid, or use the j, k, l and/or space bar and arrow keys to move the playhead to the head of the next clip, which, to me at least, not very precise and as much of a bother as using the mouse.

I think Tina nailed it though.

Thanks again for your time.

-Graham

OSX 10.6.8
AE CS5
FC Studio 3
Octo 2.26GB MacPro, 16 GB RAM

[Graham Hutchins]

Hi Tina,

This is pretty much it, although I would modify a couple things to fit the specific scenario illustrated in the image in the original post. The method you outlined would be for filling a space backward, same idea, just a different direction.

So for clarity, mark an out point on the sequence, back arrow to the tail of the clip on the left, pres v, then press shift O and the playhead will go to the out point, and then e for extend edit.

Reverse the arrow direction and swap I for O and in for out to do it backwards.

It’s 3 steps, but I’ll take it.

Thanks everyone!

-Graham

OSX 10.6.8
AE CS5
FC Studio 3
Octo 2.26GB MacPro, 16 GB RAM