Splitting and trimming events
Hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift and click an event to split it. Hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift and drag an event to split it at the point you click and trim the event in the direction you drag. The cursor changes to the 
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Tip: Holding the Shift key temporarily overrides snapping if it is enabled. Release the Shift key while dragging to snap the event to available snap points.
Deleting events
Deleting an event removes it from its track. Multiple events can be deleted and time selections can be used to modify the process. Ripple editing also applies to delete actions. Deleting operates exactly like a cutting operation, but the removed information is not placed on the clipboard. For more information, see Cutting events on page 33.
1.Select the events to be deleted.
2.Press Delete.
Crossfading events
You can crossfade between two events on the same track. For audio events, crossfading fades out one audio event’s volume while another event’s volume fades in. For video events, crossfading creates a transition between two events, one fading out while the other fades in. Lines appear indicating how and when the event’s volume or transparency is being affected.
Fade in volume line
Fade out volume line
Using automatic crossfades
The automatic crossfade feature turns the overlapping portions of two events into a smooth crossfade. This feature is turned on by default. Click the Automatic Crossfades button (
) or press Ctrl+Shift+X to turn automatic crossfades on and off.
Event before crossfade | Event after crossfade |
Drag one event to overlap the other
Manually setting a crossfade
An automatic crossfade is not inserted if a shorter event is placed on top of and within the same time frame of a longer event. In this case, the longer event begins playing, then the shorter event plays, and then the longer event resumes playing at the timeline position. You can manually create a crossfade to fade in and out of the shorter event.
1.Place the mouse pointer on one of the shorter event’s handles. The envelope cursor appears (
).
2.Drag the handle to the desired position.
Events without crossfade | Events with manual crossfade |
This is a fast and effective method of inserting a voiceover on top of a background music track (although the music fades out completely) or to replace a bad section of audio. For more information, see
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