Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 542)

Chapter 12 Arranging Clips in the Timeline 207
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3 Do one of the following:
 Choose Sequence > Lift.
 Choose Edit > Cut (or press Command-X) to cut the material, if you want to paste it
somewhere else.
 Press Delete.
Deleting With a Ripple Edit (Leaving No Gap)
Deleting with a ripple edit (also called a ripple delete) removes selected items from the
sequence and closes the resulting gap by moving all subsequent items on unlocked
tracks to the left. A ripple delete is useful if you want to remove one or more clip items
from your sequence but you don’t want to leave a gap. For example, if you’re
assembling a rough cut, and you decide that there’s a clip you don’t need in the
middle, performing a ripple delete will remove it and move all subsequent clips in your
sequence to the left to fill the gap. Performing a ripple delete is the opposite of
performing an insert edit.
Selected clip items
After a lift edit, a gap is
left in the sequence.
A B C D
A C D
Before edit
After edit