MORE TOOLS – ROLL AND RIPPLE

I gave you a handout that mentioned a number of other tools you can use in the timeline when you are editing.  You can use that handout as a reference while editing but here is a little more information on the Roll and Ripple edit tools.

The ROLL and RIPPLE tools add functions to the way the SELECTION TOOL can adjust clips in the timeline.  With the SELECTION tool, you can lengthen or shorted clips in the timeline, but only up to the point that they butt up against another clip.  The ROLL and RIPPLE tools go beyond that. After the SELECTION and RAZOR tools, these two tools are probably the most useful.

 

-- The ROLL edit tool is very useful.  It allows you to select the point where two clips meet each other, and ROLL that edit point to the right or left without: (a) leaving any blank space or (b) shifting the whole timeline out of whack.   It lets you move an edit point forward or backward in time by making one clip longer while shortening the other.

Sometimes this is helpful when trying to MATCH ACTION on a cut.  You can sync up the action from one cut to another, but it might not look quite right, and by sliding it earlier or later in the action, might work better.

-- The RIPPLE tool is also very useful and will RIPPLE the entire timeline down, extending (or shortening) the entire length of your sequence as you lengthen or shorten a specific clip.  It’s similar to the ROLL tool EXCEPT it will only make ONE clip shorter or longer.

-- Check out the Slip and Slide edit tools and then try some of these on your Titanic test footage.

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