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How to ripple edit or trim multiple selected clips?

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08 Feb 2018 23:55 #94021 by Prizm
Hi, I'm trying to learn FCP X after switching from Premiere Pro.

I cannot figure out how to ripple edit (or at least trim) multiple selected clips at the same time:

In the image above, I want to select all the video and audio tracks to the right of the cut, and trim them to the right about three seconds. In Premiere Pro, I just select the tracks I want to move, grab the edge of the one of the clips and drag it. And they all move in sync.
If I grab the edge of one of the selected clips in the above screenshot, only the clip I click on gets dragged, leaving all the other clips out of sync.

I found all these FCP X tutorials about how to trim clips, but none of them actually demonstrated doing this with multiple clips.

thanks

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09 Feb 2018 13:23 #94036 by JoeEditor
With clips selected as you have them, place the playhead were you want to trim to, Option-Left Bracket will trim In Points to playhead. Option-Right Bracket trims the Out Point(s) of a clip.

Admittedly, multi-clip trimming needs to be enhanced badly in FCPX.

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09 Feb 2018 21:19 #94056 by Prizm
Ah, thank you, at least that's another way. I've been cutting each cut each clip to the length I want removed, and then deleting them to make this work.

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