Removing a section of a layer

Remove a portion from the middle of one or more layers from the Timeline using the following two methods:

• Lifting removes a section from the layers and leaves a gap of the same duration as the section you remove.
• Extracting removes a section from the layers and closes the resulting gap by ripple deletion.

To remove a section and leave a gap in time (lift):

1. In the Timeline window, adjust the work area to include only the portion of the layer or layers that you want to remove:
• Move the time indicator to the time at which you want the work area to begin and press B on your keyboard.
• Move the time indicator to the point where you want the work area to end, and press N.
2. Select the layers you want to remove a section from or turn on the lock switch  for any layers you do not want affected by the extraction.
3. Choose Edit > Lift Work Area to remove the section from all unlocked layers.

To remove a section and close the resulting gap (extract):

1. Follow steps 1 and 2 of the procedure for lifting (above).
2. Choose Edit > Extract Work Area.