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Selecting clips


    When you want to perform an action that affects a clip as a whole, such as applying an effect, deleting a clip, or moving a clip in time, first select the clip in the Timeline. The toolbox contains selection tools that can handle various selection tasks.

To select one or more clips:

    Do any of the following:

    • To select a single clip, select the selection tool (Selection tool) and click a clip in the Timeline.
    • To select multiple clips by dragging, select the range select tool (Range tool) and drag a rectangle that includes any part of the unlocked clips you want to select.
    Toolbox with range select tool selected
    • To select multiple clips by clicking, select the range select tool (Range tool)or the selection tool and hold down Shift as you click each clip you want to select. The range select tool selects clips in groups and the selection tool selects each adjacent clip or all clips between a previous selection and the current one. To use the selection tool to select or deselect individual clips in varying places in the timeline, hold down Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl (Windows) as you click the clip you want to select or omit.
    • To select all whole or partial clips that exist on and after a certain time on one track, select the track select tool (Track Select tool) and click the clip at the beginning of the time span you want to select. Press Shift as you click to select clips on additional tracks.
    Toolbox with track select tool selected
    • To select all whole or partial clips that exist on and after a certain time on all tracks, select the multitrack select tool (Multitrack Select tool) and click the clip at the beginning of the time span you want to select.
    Toolbox with multitrack selection tool selected
    • To select a linked video clip or audio clip to edit independently of its partner, click the Toggle Sync Mode button (Toggle Sync Mode button) at the bottom of the Timeline window to turn off Sync mode (Sync mode is off when there is no link icon visible in the Toggle Sync Mode button), and then edit the clip. When you are finished editing, click the Toggle Sync Mode button again to restore Sync mode.