It's an unfortunate quirk of PD9. Win 10, i7

As HDedit pointed out this is a quirk with PD9. A work around that works for me is to drag the left hand clip to Track 2. You will find that the right hand clip will stay in place. Then you can right click and remove the clip in Track 2. It is an extra step, but works very easily.

I am sure I should give credit of this worka round to someone so they don't feel slighted, but I don't know the actual person who thought of it. Actually I think I might have stumbled across it myself during beta testing, but I can't be positive.

Kevin
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I think it is more like a throw back to PD8 than a quirk. It worked that way for me in earlier versions. But when you know it does what it does, only takes a second pull it to the left. But alternate solution 2 works also. If it is not so critical when you pull it back, do that, if it is critical for the space to be "exact" drop part you want to go away down lower on the tracks, make sure everything is still OK, then delete the one you do not need. __________________________________________
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Quote: Here's the scenerio:

I cut or remove the clip on the left (the 25 second long clip).

The clip on the right snaps to the left positioning at point 00:00

I want the second clip to remain on the timeline at the original point.

Why is this happening?

Thanks. I'm new to this video editing world.

I think the guys explained how to cope with your issue. However, an explanation as to why this is happening might be a more direct answer to your question.

Having raw video "snap to" the left is a great help during initial editing, especially when the video is large and has a lot of waste footage. As you are deleting the throw away stuff, the snap to keeps the edited footage intact and cohesive. If gaps were left by default, you would have to realign the edited footage into cohesive footage. The insert and overwrite commands, and using the option to lock all tracks while using multiple tracks, are especially useful for finer editing.

In other words, I think the set up is correct, as planned, and not a quirk. I agree with Bubba. That is the way it worked in PD8 too. I do not have as much experience as most of these guys and I could be wrong, but that is the way I see the answer to your question. Others may prefer not to have the snap to, just like some of us prefer fade over cross transitions as the default.

Since you were using a small clip, this advantage would not be so evident. However, I am currently trying to edit two hours of HD video of alligators and such, taken from a moving vehicle in the Florida swamp. There is very little of the raw footage that is usable (I am hoping for ten minutes) and I am happy for the snap to when I initially trim it.

Welcome to the forum. Keep asking questions. These guys are good and willing to help with whatever problem you may be having.

Pax