Nudge clips
A nudge moves the selected clips by an exact number of frames, for the small corrections that are hard to make with a drag.
- Keys
- ,.⇧,⇧.
- Agent tools
move_clip
Nudge the selection
Section titled “Nudge the selection”| Keys | Moves the selection |
|---|---|
| , | One frame earlier |
| . | One frame later |
| ⇧, | Ten frames earlier |
| ⇧. | Ten frames later |
On a US keyboard, ⇧, and ⇧. are the keys that type < and >.
Each press is one undo step, Nudge Clips. These keys have no ⌘, so while a text field has the focus they type into it instead. See Keys and typing.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”A nudge is an ordinary move, with the same rules:
- It beeps with nothing selected.
- A nudge that would break the overlap rule beeps and changes nothing, and the reason appears at the foot of the inspector. A nudge that lands on a small enough overlap makes a Cross Dissolve.
- The earliest clip stops at the start of the timeline, so ⇧, on a clip three frames from the start moves it three frames. A clip already at the start beeps.
- A linked partner on an unlocked track moves with its clip.
Unlike a drag, a nudge moves a selected clip on a locked track. It doesn’t snap, and it never changes a clip’s track.
With an agent
Section titled “With an agent”An agent nudges with move_clip, giving the shift as a time. See Tools: moving and trimming.