Note: The screenshots in this article are from Clipchamp for personal accounts. The same principles apply to Clipchamp for work.
Gaps can appear on the editing timeline when trimming or moving clips around. When there is a gap, you’ll see a black space between two assets. To avoid having gaps in your finished video, there are a few different ways to remove them.
How to remove single gaps on the timeline
Option 1: use the 'delete this gap' button
Hover your cursor over a gap on the timeline to see the gap removal feature. Click on the delete this gap button to remove the gap between two clips.
Using the gap removal feature will automatically rearrange the assets on the timeline so there are no gaps between clips.
Option 2: move an asset on the timeline
You can also drag and drop assets on the timeline to the left to remove gaps. Assets will automatically snap together on the timeline to remove gaps.
How to remove stacked gaps on the timeline
To remove gaps from multiple rows on the timeline at once, use the gap removal feature. Hover your cursor at the top of the timeline until the trash can icon appears over the timestamp. Click on the delete this gap button to remove the stacked gaps. Your media assets will be rearranged on the timeline to remove the gaps.
How to remove extra small gaps on the timeline
Some gaps will be too small to trigger the gap removal feature. If you have an extra small gap on the timeline, hover your cursor over the gap, right-click, then select delete this gap from the drop down menu. If you can't detect the gap because it is too tiny to right-click on, see below for how to remove all gaps in a video
How to remove all gaps on the timeline at once
Click the export button and the video editor will automatically detect any gaps in your video before exporting. A popup window will appear with gap removal options. Here, you can select to clear all the gaps once or proceed to export if you meant to have those gaps there for a reason.
