Duration of clips, titles and transitions

[SRamsey]

I am brand new to Premiere though I have worked in iMovie and many of the aspects are the same. The workspace is definitely more refined but operates generally the same way. I am watching through the tutorials to learn how to use this program and I am having trouble setting my durations. The tutorial shows it as a simple click and drag of whatever it is I have selected. It is not working on my machine. My cursor does not match what is on the tutorial as that is a small box bracketed on either right or left. Mine is a double arrowed line enclosed by two lines. When I click and drag my selection it shows my place in the time line but does not apply the drag. What am I doing wrong?

[Meg The Dog · Accepted solution]

Go to the menu Premiere Pro > Preferences

and on the trim tab, make sure Allow Selection tool to choose Roll and Ripple trims without modifier key is checked.

MtD

[RobShultz]

It sounds like you may have the wrong tool selected. Please go to the tool bar and check to see that you have the arrow (selection) tool selected. Keyboard shortcut "V."

[kulpreet singh]

Hi SRamsey,

I agree with RobShultz, I think you have selected the wrong tool in the Tool Bar.

Let me know if that helps.

Thanks,

Kulpreet Singh

[SRamsey]

both answers were right I had to go into my preferences and select the "Allow Selection tool to choose Roll and Ripple trims without modifier key" also my screen did not match because I was looking in the wrong toolbar. So both were correct. I thank you y'all for your input

[kulpreet singh]

Thanks for confirming, SRamsey. I am glad that you are back in business.

Good Luck!

-Kulpreet Singh