Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 706)

In the example below, Final Cut Pro won’t allow you to perform a ripple edit because the
second music clip in tracks A3 and A4 would either need to be shortened or would
overwrite part of the first music clip in order to stay in sync with the clip items in V1, A1,
and A2. Because the ripple edit cannot force the second music clip to overwrite the first
music clip, Final Cut Pro warns you that the ripple edit cannot be performed because
there is a clip collision on track A3 (and A4).
...Final Cut Pro won’t allow the
edit because the second music
clip in tracks A3 and A4 cannot
overwrite the first music clip.
Although your intention is to
only ripple the selected clips...
There are three ways to solve this problem:
• Lock tracks A3 and A4 so that Final Cut Pro does not attempt to ripple the second music
clip (see “Locking Tracks to Prevent Edits or Changes” ).
• In addition to selecting the clip Out points in tracks V1, A1, and A2, you can also select
the first music clip’s Out points in A3 and A4.
• Instead of selecting the first music clip’s Out points, you can perform an asymmetric
edit by selecting the clip Out points in tracks V1, A1, and A2, and the second music
clip’s In points on tracks A3 and A4. This causes the first clip to be shortened from the
Out point while the second clip is shortened from its In point. For more information
about asymmetric editing, see
“Asymmetrical Trimming with the Ripple Tool.”
Doing Ripple Edits on Multiple Tracks at Once
You can perform a ripple edit to edit points in multiple tracks to modify several video
and audio items simultaneously.
To perform a ripple edit on multiple tracks simultaneously
1 Do one of the following:
• Press the Command key while clicking to select multiple edit points.
• Select the Edit Selection tool in the Tool palette, then drag to select multiple edit points.
706 Chapter 44 Performing Slip, Slide, Ripple, and Roll Edits