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  • Timeline Hijinks

    Posted by David Murray on July 28, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    When I’m trying to snap or drag open a space in the timeline using “select all tracks forward” the highlighting of the tracks showing where the edit is moving to doesn’t work. If I zoom in or out of the timeline the problem goes away but this work around is tiresome since the problem often plagues the zoom in position I most often work in. The problem seems to lie in certain clips. If I’m not shifting them there’s also no problem. I sometimes suspect markers play role but I have yet to figure it out. I’m now suffering through this annoyance on two separate systems with two separate projects. Is this my own personal gremlin? I could live without it. Any suggestions.

    Jason Diebler replied 17 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Jason Diebler

    July 28, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    This may be a linking issue, since you said the problem lies with only certain clips. My guess is that your video & audio is linked on certain clips, and that you are getting clip collision. If you select+drag up to higher tracks (v3, v4 +) you may be able to move the clips. Make sure no tracks are locked either.

    Also, you may have better luck using Shift+Z (Fit to Window) instead of zooming way out.

    “The deepest blues are black” – Foo Fighters
    (this doesn’t help me when I’m chroma keying!)

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