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Snap clips



To make it easier to align clips with one another or with particular points in time, you can activate the snap feature. With Snap on, when you move a clip, it automatically aligns with, or snaps to, the edge of another clip, a marker, the start or end of the time ruler, or the current‑time indicator. When you drag a portion of a clip vertically into another track, it will snap to its original time location in the new track. Snapping also helps to ensure you don’t inadvertently perform an insert or overlay edit when dragging. As you drag clips, a vertical line with arrows appears and indicates when clips are aligned.

Enable and disable the snap feature

 At the upper left of a Timeline panel under the Sequence tab, click the Snap button  to select it. Click it again to deselect it.

Snap a clip to a clip edge, marker, or current-time indicator

  1. Make sure that the Snap button  is selected in a Timeline panel.
  2. Drag the edge of a clip close to the edge of another clip or a marker or the current‑time indicator. A vertical line appears when alignment occurs.
    You can toggle the snap feature using a keyboard shortcut (S) even during an editing operation, such as moving or trimming a clip.
    Aligning clips with the snap feature enabled