In the top menu bar, select Premiere Pro CC > Keyboard Shortcuts > in the search box type in ‘ripple delete’Ĭlick the existing shortcut box and change it to ‘x’ by simply selecting the box, deleting the current contents and entering the new key ‘x’. Let’s set one up for the ripple delete tool. Let’s take a look at how to set up your own hotkeys in Premiere Pro How to Customize Your Keyboard ShortcutsĪ very functional feature of Premiere Pro is the ability to set your own hotkeys or keyboard shortcuts. The second method is to use a few keyboard shortcuts. If you don’t want to make a cut through a certain layer (music track for example), simply lock that layer first.Ģ. Note: you will need to make a cut through every layer in your timeline for this to work. This will delete your clip and automatically back your timeline up to fill the gap where the deleted footage lived.
Right click on the area you’d like to delete and select ‘ripple delete’. We are now ready to get into how to use the tool. If you do not want a certain layer to be adjusted at all (a music track, for example), go ahead and lock that layer down by hitting the little lock symbol. If these are highlighted in blue it means they are targeted and will be affected by using the ripple edit tools that we are about to discuss. Look all the way to the very left hand side of your timeline where you’ll see a lock icon next to the layer’s labels (V1, V2, V3, A1, A2, A3, etc.). In order for this tool to work, we need to make sure all the layers that you’d like to either cut or protect from cuts are targeted correctly. There are a handful of ways you can implement the ripple delete tool.īefore you do anything, make sure that you’re either making your cuts through all the layers, or locking/disabling the layers that you don’t want your cuts or movements to affect. Any editor knows what I nightmare it can be to accidentally shift an entire layer of work, unknowingly getting the rest of your work out of sync. When you delete one section of footage and the rest of your timeline is shifted forward to fill in that gap, all layers move simultaneously, therefore not messing with the timing of any of your other layers (broll, graphics, multiple camera angles, audio tracks, etc.).
The beauty of this tool is that it maintains the integrity of your existing timeline. Instead of cutting two areas of your timeline and then selecting the area you want to delete in between and then dragging your timeline down to meet the cuts, the ripple delete tool does this seamlessly in one click. The ripple delete tool automatically deletes content existing between two cuts with one simple tool and click. How to Use the Extract Tool What is a Ripple Delete?
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