best way to delete whole sections of timeline in Premiere?

[Soldier]

I'm an Avid user who has recently begun using Premiere (mainly because of its compatibility with After Effects). One thing I can't figure out how to do easily in Premiere is to delete a cross section of the timeline. For a simple example: Lets say I have a video clip on V1 and I want to delete a section out of the middle of the clip. In Avid I would mark an in point and an out point on the timeline and delete the marked section, leaving an empty space on the timeline. In premiere the only way I can figure out how to do this is by using the razor tool to make a cut at the in point then a cut at the out point then to delete it, which is time consuming.

Is there a faster way of going about things? If for example I want to take out a whole section of the timeline made up of multiple video and audio tracks, this would fast become a cumbersome task.

Thanks in advance

 

[Petros Kolyvas]

Mark your in and out as you did in MC and then use the "lift" command (semi-colon). The keyboard shortcut might be different, depending on your setup.

It's also in the manual: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premier...tml#WS1c9bc5c2e465a58a91cf0b1038518aef7-7cfea

The "extract" command will do the same but leave no gap.

Happy editing!

 

[Postmaster]

Reading manuals is somehow out of fashion.

 

[GavinAbe]

Wonder if the manual was on the ipad or as a ebook may then it would be fashionable Ok I think problem is that Avid have there terminology, Adobe has their, etc ........I used Avid and then switched to Adobe and Edius Pro and there are still times when I want to do something in one NLE and I cannot fined method or name of the keys or short cuts. I do not thing i would remember Avid terms now far 15 yrs of useing Adobe and Edius.

 

[Petros Kolyvas]

I find a good way to suggest learning the basic feature set is to start by going over the keyboard shortcuts, and using the manual to lookup features that seem unfamiliar and/or differently named.

 

[Petros Kolyvas]

Wonder if the manual was on the ipad or as a ebook may then it would be fashionable Ok I think problem is that Avid have there terminology, Adobe has their, etc ........I used Avid and then switched to Adobe and Edius Pro and there are still times when I want to do something in one NLE and I cannot fined method or name of the keys or short cuts. I do not thing i would remember Avid terms now far 15 yrs of useing Adobe and Edius.

I think "lift" and "extract" are the same terms across all NLEs; it's a an essential edit operation - but I could be wrong having long-term experience on only FCP and Premiere.