Apple Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual
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Chapter 12
Arranging Clips in the Timeline
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There are two types of gaps:
 Track gaps: These are empty spaces between two clips in the same track.
 Gaps: These are track gaps that occur in every single track of your sequence.
To find gaps in a sequence:
1
Move the playhead to the beginning of the sequence to start looking from the
beginning. Otherwise, you can look for gaps to the right or left of the playhead’s
current position.
2
Do one of the following:
 Choose Mark > Next, then choose Gap from the submenu (or press Shift-G).
 Choose Mark > Previous, then choose Gap from the submenu (or press Option-G).
The playhead moves to the beginning of the first gap found to the right or left of
the playhead.
To find track gaps in a sequence:
1
Decide which track to search and make it the destination track.
2
Do one of the following:
 Choose Mark > Next, then choose Track Gap from the submenu.
 Choose Mark > Previous, then choose Track Gap from the submenu.
The playhead moves to the beginning of the first track gap found.
To close a gap, do one of the following:
m
Position the playhead anywhere within the gap, then choose Sequence > Close Gap (or
press Control-G).
m
Control-click anywhere within a gap, then choose Close Gap from the shortcut menu.
m
Select the gap by clicking it, then press Delete.
All clips to the right of the gap move left to close the gap.
Track gap
Gap