Cutting Tool? Is there a way to cut into a clip? If not, there should be!

[Sun-Dog]

I want to be able to cut into a clip track.

Let’s say I have a timeline like this:

At the playhead, I want to be able to cut into the animation and override tracks, open a hole and insert a new clip.

In this imaginary case, I have an angle on a character:

… and then I want to cut to the character’s POV:

… and then return to the angle on the character:

The easiest way for me would be to cut into the clip, but this is not one of the 3 tool modes.

[seant_unity]

Use the split tool. Select the clips you want to split, put the playhead at the split point and right click-> Editing/Split. You can then use Ripple tool mode to move all the clips on the right to create the hole.

[Sun-Dog]

Ah great! Found it!

Maybe it’s time to go back to the manual. I missed this menu entirely.

Thanks!