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PadraicPio
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November 15, 2010
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Timeline cursor has a Left/Right Arrow with red diagonal line

  • November 15, 2010
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I am trying to edit a timeline in Premiere, but the cursor changes to a Left/Right arrow with a red line across it.  I've never seen this cursor before in CS4 and it is preventing me from moving clips in the timeline.

I tried to take a screen grab to show you all, but the cursor is always hidden in the final grab.

I resorted to drawing the curson in MS Paint.

I feel like such a dumbass.

I have searched high and low on Google.

Please help

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    Correct answer shooternz

    Try pressing key "V" when in the timeline.

    You may have selected the time stretch cursor.  "X"

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    gundogstudios
    gundogstudios
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    March 8, 2018

    thank you!! it helped me

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    AmyGillard
    Participant
    October 19, 2016

    Thank you for this! I did the same thing and didn't have a clue how to get rid of it!

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    H@ndl3up
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    June 14, 2016

    Thank you!!

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    PadraicPioAuthor
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    November 15, 2010

    ps.

    I am using Premiere CS5.

    shooternz
    shooternzCorrect answer
    Legend
    November 15, 2010

    Try pressing key "V" when in the timeline.

    You may have selected the time stretch cursor.  "X"

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      PadraicPioAuthor
      Participant
      November 15, 2010

      Thank you! Pressing "V" changed the cursor. I can now go back to editing.

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