Can't delete blank space in timeline...

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April 2, 2022
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Hello, several blank spaces in a sequence are refusing to be deleted. I had a series of clips and I shortened their duration in a batch, creating blank spaces in between them. I was able to then delete most of those blank spaces, but some are resisting (some examples circled in red in the attached image). If I right click it gives me the option of "ripple delete"--except that it's greyed out. And menu items don't seem to work, either.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

Correct answer R Neil Haugen

I'm pretty sure there is nothing in V3 (though I am a still inexperienced in Premiere). Here is another screenshot. It does seem that the problem areas have an audio track below them, while the parts where I was able to delete clips properly did *not* have audio below.

It's the audio presence that's the problem. So ... do you want to delete the audio also or not?

Neil

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DJUNIVERS

Participant

Hi HankOMAtic, I can see on your screenshot that there is 1 music or audio track, You can just lock the music/audio track clicking on the padlock button next to that audio track. Then go ahead and delete the gap. This will take care of it.

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Mahdi33926782abq0

Participant

Thanks for the solution. It really was the main problem that caused gaps not to be deleted as they wanted to stay synced to the audio.

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Austin30077672eko5

Participant

You can also fix this by toggling sync lock off (the icon to the left of the eye for visibility)

Ann Bens

Community Expert

Make screenshot of entire timeline: from front to back and top to bottom.

With all tracks showing.

Now its just guessing what is going on.

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HankOMaticAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thanks for the replies. Here is what I hope is a better screenshot. With the problem area circled in red.

R Neil Haugen

Legend

I think it might be linked to the audio below. You may need to fiddle with checking the "link/unlink" of the clips/audio, and whether if you lock the audio you can delete the spaces, something like that.

Neil

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