Hello everyone

Suppose I have, say, 5 sequential clips on V1 track on the MC timeline and I want to equally trim the end of each clip - forward or backwards - by 5 frames. What's the way to do this all at once? Entering Trim mode and then pressing down Shift and clicking on the end of two or more clips doesn't work, since it only removes frames at cursor point. Any ideas?

With v1 and the fiirst clip highlighted, hit:

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LT-arrow 4 times

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Click on next clip. Do this for each clip. Should take 5 seconds tops, per clip.

If you want to do this over a longer range, instead of hitting the left arrow 4 times, type -4 onthe numeric keypad then press the keypad enter key.  From then on, just press the numeric enter key.  Avid will remeber the -4.

Thanks so much for the help, everyone. Wow! So, it has to be performed per clip, no way to do it on a series of clips. I must say I'm pretty amazed! I'm also using Premiere Pro CC 2014.2 and all I have to do is hold down Shift, click on each clips's end and trim accordingly. Why won't MC do that?

happytrimmer:

Why won't MC do that?

So from my view point I do not see a need for such a function when, as posted, it can achieved with a few keystrokes. 

Well, that's one way to see it but this doesn't mean that it is always the case. I had a 15-minute sequence, in the middle of which there was a photo presentation of the person the video was about. 50 photos with a Ken Burns effect and music. The director decided it took too long and went for a different audio track with a smaller duration. He wanted each photo to last equally, though, so all that was needed was to remove an equal number of frames to make the presentation fit the new smaller duration. Media Composer had me do it manually for each photo and wasting time when from within Premiere I would do it in seconds. ..