Selecting Clips

To select a portion of a clip:

With the Selector tool, drag within a clip (left or right) to select the material on a single track. (You can also use the Selector tool across multiple, adjacent tracks to make multitrack selections.)

 

Selecting a portion of a clip

To select an entire clip, do one of the following:

Click the clip with the Time Grabber tool.

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Double-click the clip with the Selector tool.

To select two clips and the time range between them:

1 With the Time Grabber, click the first clip.

2 Shift-click the second clip. Both clips are selected, along with the time range between them (including any other clips).

To select an entire track, do one of the following:

Click in the track with the Selector tool and then choose Edit > Select All.

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Triple-click with the Selector tool in the track.

Press Control+A (Windows) or Command+A (Mac) for Select All.

To select all clips in all tracks:

1 Select the “All” Edit Group in the Group List pop-up menu.

2 Do one of the following:

Click in any track with the Selector tool and choose Edit > Select All.

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Triple-click with the Selector tool in any track.

Another way to select all clips in all tracks, without having to select the “All” Edit Group, is to press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac), then press Control+A (Windows) or Command+A (Mac). The Link Timeline and Edit Selection option must be enabled.