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How to Use the Track Select Forward Tool in Premiere Pro

The Track Select Forward tool lets you grab every clip after a certain point on the timeline and move them all at once. It's essential for inserting new footage in the middle of a sequence without manually repositioning everything downstream.

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How to Use It

  1. Press A to activate the Track Select Forward tool
  2. Click on any clip in the timeline — that clip and everything after it on the same track gets selected
  3. Hold Shift while clicking to select forward across all tracks simultaneously
  4. Drag the selection to create a gap or close one up
Pro tip: Combine this with the Track Select Backward tool (Shift+A) to select everything before your click point instead. Together they make rearranging large timelines much faster.
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