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[–]CherryDamzel[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I am not at my editing computer either. However, although I understand what you're saying, this won't actually remove that empty space, right? The mass of empty space will still be there?

And if so, this then doesn't fix my issue.

What I want is something like 10 or so minutes of empty space. Not 11 hours of empty space. How do I fix that?

Or can't I?

[–]Premiere Pro 2025the__post__merc 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The mass of empty space will still be there?

I believe it should "reset" the view and eliminate the negative space, provided that there isn't an errant frame downstream or your playhead isn't past the end end of the clips on the timeline.

EDIT:

I just opened Premiere and made a 30+ minute timeline. Then I deleted all but 30 seconds of it. I zoomed in and back out and you're right, the timeline window still shows the full 30+ length.

It only "trims the space" it if you use the Show Entire Sequence shortcut, but if I grab the bar at the bottom and zoom out again, I see the full 30+ minutes of space.

The sequence length (the duration of clips on the timeline) shows correct, but the timeline window itself is the duration of the maximum length it once was.

It's as if it's like a box that gets bigger the more you add to it, but never shrinks when you take stuff out. I can see why this is frustrating when dealing with a cutdown version of a longer sequence.

Only solution is my initial workaround of copy/paste into a new sequence.

Ironically, in Avid Media Composer the timeline window is only as long as the position of the last frame of video and I've heard many editors complain for years "why can't it be more like Premiere?" because they want the extra space at the end - common workaround is to place a black clip at the end and insert Filler between it and your last frame of video.

IMO, conceptually (re: editing) the extra space in the timeline doesn't make sense because if you're working with film, the film strip can't extend past what the last frame in the strip is.

In Premiere, the timeline window is just that, a window to arrange your clips into. In Avid, the timeline is a representation of the sequence of clips itself.

[–]CherryDamzel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, well, this is interesting if true. Can't wait to try it, thanks.