Ripple only Certain tracks….?

[Graham Bernard]

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[Matt Schwartz] ” Well I select them on the left, they turn blue but it makes no difference, ALL tracks ripple across the timeline”
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Yeah, it’s that old thing of the correct semantics being employed:

When is a Track an Event?

You have re-unearthed a really nasty one, right there. ‘Cos it does say in the Ripple Menu Affected Tracks. That’s caught everybody. So here, I’m guessing, Sony means “Events” and not “Tracks” and what you did, quite rightly, was go to the Track Header and Click Off those you wanted – yeah? Am I Right or Am I Right!?!

OK, now try clicking on those SPECIFIC Events that you need to Ripple. See a difference?

In fairness to SONY, this is a mind-numbing bit of contorted functionality, but there is some logic.

HTHs?

Grazie

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[Joe Mantaratz]

Indeed it is confusing how this one was laid out for functionility by Sony. I would guess that every SVP user at somepoint has forgotten to deselect Auto Ripple only to find out later much to their dismay.

It works, but in my opinion is very limited and you have to be oh so careful to zoom out on your timeline then back in and make sure you are exactly where you want to be on the timeline before invoking the process. Enabling the SNAP function will ensure you are on the first frame of the event which is important. But like most editors I would presume all your audio does not begin and end with it’s respective video event. Often times the audio will lead or trail and that makes this process all the more difficult. Not to mention if you have grouped events that are not all nicely lined up and down the tracks.

The autoripple in the case of grouped events will start not from where you expect but where any portion of the event actually appears on the timeline that it is associated with. As would be the case for your audio. In my early days od editing with SVP I was extra cautious after having been unhappily suprised by this and I’d save the project under a different name just in case. Now having used the product for years I dont do that anymore but still every once in a while it gets me…and I bet most of us.

My suggestion is to save your project under a different name and go and experiment. A side caveat gotcha is the ignore grouping selection. That will really ruin your day if it slips by without notice.

Hope this…helps…or at least makes you slow down and recheck that very powerful little selection. I wish a big RED X would appear to remind us it is active.

[Phil Seymour]

Is it that confusing? You can select the track you are working on or all tracks, and the ripple effect occurs to all events downstream from events where the CTI is. Simples, I am thinkings, no? (Alexandr Meercat). Sure we have all been caught out editing with auto ripple on, and I really think there should be a more obvious indicator when the function is engaged. The pewee little icon highlight is easy to miss.

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[Joe Mantaratz]

It is indeed that confusing…all depends on what you have on the timelines and what you have done with grouping, etc.

Been burned enough times to know unfortunately.