Roll Edit with Transition Applied

[Kevin Monahan]

[Adi Kerr] “There is a tiny gap above and below the actual transition where I can select just the cut and roll it. Very small and fiddly though, certainly not a quick click and drag.”

Yes, Adi,
This is a common issue and one I should probably blog about. Customers have a hard time finding that they can ripple/roll with transitions attached, you just have to aim for the small area above the transition. It also works if you click below the transition. If you aim there even roughly, yes, you can easily do a quick click and drag.

On the Adobe forums, there was quite an impassioned plea from one user to make the transition icons smaller for just this reason.

Personally, I wish the tools would “just work” by clicking and dragging anywhere on the middle of the transition, as you were attempting to do. Please make a feature request: https://adobe.ly/feature_request

Thanks,
Kevin

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[Paul Neumann]

Should probably just be active by default. If there’s not a transition there it isn’t active. If there is then it is.

[Kevin Monahan]

FYI: I just wrote a blog on the topic: https://blogs.adobe.com/kevinmonahan/2014/01/28/trimming-in-the-timeline-with-transitions-applied-in-premiere-pro-cc/

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[Paul Neumann]

So it is “on” all the time! I can live with that. So what I thought was an option modifier was just me being sloppy and getting what I wanted. I was wrong…and that’s a good thing. Feeling strangely satisfied. Thanks Kevin!

[Adi Kerr]

Thanks Kevin, Feature Request submitted.

It seems pretty baffling as to why it would be programmed to behave in this way.

The current solution is so fiddly! Most of the time I’m working at my desk, with a proper mouse, but when I’m on the go, working at a clients office, or on a train just using my MacBook trackpad, you can imagine how difficult it is to hover in just the right place, click, and drag all on a tiny metal square…..

[Kevin Monahan]

Hi Adi,
Thanks so much for your request!

I also filed a Feature Request from my side. Hope we can get an enhancement sometime in the future.

Thanks,
Kevin

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