Changing fade types
You can change a crossfade to use one of many combinations of fast, slow, linear, smooth, and sharp fade curves.
1.
2.Choose Fade Out Type from the shortcut menu and choose a fade curve from the submenu to set the curve for the first event’s fade out.
3.Choose Fade In Type from the shortcut menu and choose a fade curve from the submenu to set the curve for the first event’s fade in.
Ripple editing
ACID includes a ripple editing feature. This feature allows you to cut, delete, and paste events or portions of events within a time selection and simultaneously adjust the position of all later events on a selected track. The existing events’ timeline position adjusts by the total amount of the time selection that is being cut, deleted or pasted from the clipboard.
You may turn on ripple editing mode by choosing Ripple Edits from the Options menu or pressing Ctrl+L.
Note: Ripple edit mode is not available unless you're using the Time Selection tool (
).
Cutting events in ripple editing mode
Cutting events or portions of events removes them and their time information from their respective tracks. This information is placed on the clipboard, from which you may paste the information back into your project.
1.From the Options menu, choose Ripple Edits to enter ripple editing mode.
2.Click the Time Selection Tool button (
).
3.Select the events you want to cut. If you want all events within a time selection to be cut, do not select any events and continue to step 4.
To cut multiple events, use the Ctrl key, the Shift key, or the Selection (
) tool to select the events. For more information, see Selecting multiple events on page 38.
4.Drag along the marker bar to make a time selection. All events, and/or portions of events within the region are highlighted.
5.Click the Cut button (
) on the toolbar to cut the event(s) to the clipboard.
The cut events and their time information are removed from the selected track(s) and placed on the clipboard. Existing events in the selected track(s) move forward to occupy the space created by the cut.
Cutting time selections in ripple editing mode
Events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Also, the time information is placed on the clipboard. Existing events occurring after the time selection move forward in the project by the length of the time selection.
Events before cut | Clipboard contents | Events after cut |
Existing events adjust to occur sooner in the project
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