Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 94)

94 Chapter 6 Fine-Tuning Your Edit
Doing a Ripple Delete
You can also delete an item or items so that all items to the right of the deleted item
move to the left, filling in the gap. This is called a ripple delete. Ripple deletes can be
performed using any of the selection tools in the Tool palette to select one or more
clips or using In and Out points in the Timeline or Canvas to specify a range.
A ripple delete removes one or more items from the Timeline. All clips in unlocked
tracks that follow the deleted item move to the left. This fills in the gap left by the
deleted clip. Performing a ripple delete changes the duration of your sequence.
To perform a ripple delete:
1 Select an item or range of items to delete using one of the selection tools.
This clip is being
ripple deleted.