Adobe Premiere Elements 12 - Manual (Page 78)

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To move only one clip of a linked pair, Alt-select the clip you want to move. Drag it to the desired location. If you want to shift clips only on
the target tracks, release the mouse button when the pointer changes to the Insert icon. If you want to overlay another clip, press the Ctrl
key, and when the pointer changes to the Overlay icon, release the mouse.
Align clips by using the Snap option
The Snap option, which is enabled by default, makes it easier to align clips with each other or with particular points in time. You can move a clip
with the Snap option selected. The clip automatically aligns with the edge of another clip, a marker, the start and end of the time ruler, or the
current-time indicator.
Snapping also helps ensure that you don’t inadvertently perform an insert or overlay edit when dragging. As you drag clips, a pop-up window
displays the distance, in frames, that you have moved them. A negative number indicates you’ve moved them toward the beginning of the movie.
Choose Timeline > Snap. A check mark indicates that the option is enabled.
Delete a clip in the Quick view timeline or Expert view timeline
Deleting a clip from a movie doesn’t delete it from the project. The clip is still available in the Project Assets panel.
1. In the Quick view timeline or Expert view timeline, select one or more clips. (Alt-click to select only the audio or video portion of a clip.)
2. Do one of the following:
To delete clips and leave a gap of the same duration, called clearing, choose Edit > Delete.
To delete a clip and close the resulting gap, called a ripple deletion, choose Edit > Delete And Close Gap, or press the Delete or
Backspace key.
When a clip is deleted from the Quick view timeline, a transition that follows the clip is also deleted. When a clip is deleted from the
Expert view timeline, the preceding and following transitions are deleted.
Delete empty space between clips in the Expert view timeline
You can quickly delete empty space between clips in the Expert view timeline by using the Delete And Close Gap command. Alternatively, press
the Delete or Backspace key. Both techniques shift adjacent clips over to fill the gap.
In the Expert view timeline, do one of the following:
Right-click the empty space, and choose Delete And Close Gap.
Select the space you want to delete, and press the Delete or Backspace key.
note: If the gap is small and difficult to select, move the current-time indicator to the gap and click the Zoom In button.
Create a duplicate clip in the Expert view timeline
Each time you drag a source clip from the Project Assets panel to the Expert view timeline, you create a clip instance. This instance shares the
source clip’s default In and Out points. If you delete the source clip in the Project Assets panel, all instances of the clip in the Expert view timeline
are deleted.
To create clip instances with different default In and Out points, duplicate the source clip in the Project Assets panel. If you delete a duplicate clip
in the Project Assets panel, all instances of it in the Expert view timeline are deleted.
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