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  • 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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