Can I place an In and an Out and cut multi layers out?

Newbie question I know....
I have a time line with nests, motion drops 7 layers deep and I wanted to
cut 2 frames out of the timeline. (video only)
Sheesh... just when I thought I had it dialed.

Sure, Chris. One way:

Set in and out.
Option-A (select all layers within in and out).
Delete.

There are of couse 734 ways

Actually thre are only 733 ways. The 734th way doesn't work



Michael Horton
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Well I least I have 1 way.
Thanks for the quick response.
Beers R on me.

no need for the Option A step.
and it must be forward delete or Shift + Delete

OPTION A:
all the layers are selected by the in out points.
Option A however might show you very graphically if some of your autoslecet buttons aren't activated.
And if they aren't, then not all tracks will be selected, and the ripple delete wont work

even with just the in outs you do get a slight change in clip colour to indicate selection.

autoselect buttons are the tiny grey buttons iner-most on the left hand "panel" of the timeline.

DELETE:
simple delete will just extract the selection.
SHIFT + Delete will also close the gap. (Ripple Delete)
Forward Delete will also close the gap


cheers,
nick

Nick Meyers Wrote:
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> DELETE:
> simple delete will just extract the selection.
> SHIFT + Delete will also close the gap. (Ripple
> Delete)
> Forward Delete will also close the gap

Thanks for mentioning this, Nick. I have always been confused by Delete key behavior, which seems to change depending on circumstances.

The reason, it turns out, is that I have the Delete key mapped to Forward Delete, and the Backspace key (Windows keyboard) mapped to Clear. Between these two I seem to get what I want, but I think a previous system owner may have set that up.

So check how your keys are mapped, and remember that you can set up what you want. And that someone might have done it for you.