How to Get Rid of Blank Video Gaps in Adobe Premiere Pro [Tutorial]

Remove Blank Gaps in Adobe Premiere Pro Under Three Circumstances

In this part, 3 individual problematic scenes will be listed and how to solve these after-cut blank gaps in Adobe thoroughly with explicit steps will be introduced.

Scenario 1. Close one or two blank gap(s) in the timeline of Premiere Pro

Blank gap or black screen is a common editing problem in Adobe as it is with non-linear editing system. The moment you cut one/two clip(s) in Adobe, it may leave you blank gap(s) to be eliminated. To get yourselves out of the problem, easily follow 3 steps below:

Spot and select blank gaps > right-click the empty space > choose Delete and Close Gap demand.

Note: This easy fix works well for a small number of gaps removal, but it would be a nightmare for deleting a large amount of blank gaps considering the tremendous workload. By the way, the fix to a large group of blank gaps removal will be introduced on Scenario 3. Just keep scrolling.

Scenario 2. Remove blank gaps from video that has a music track.

To get rid of unwanted blank gaps, but to leave the audio track playing on with the footage, hit the goal in 4 steps:

Sync Lock the audio track > spot blank gaps > right-click the empty space > select Delete and Close Gap button.

Scenario 3: Remove all blank gaps at one time.

To remove multiple blank gaps using the 3-step fix in Scenario 1 may be time-consuming, especially when there are too many gaps. Now, I will introduce a quick fix in Adobe to delete all unwanted blanks at one time, but 7 steps will be needed to finish the task.

Frustrated by all 7 steps to remove blank gaps after cut? How about stifling the trouble in the cradle- jump to the cut clips without any gaps part.

Step 1: Launch Adobe Premiere Pro. Click New Item button, then choose Color Matte option to create a new workflow:

Step 2: Make new Color Matte settings- click OK button when the conversation column pops out; set your favored color with an OK:

Step 3: Rename the Color Matte. Change the name by default as you like, then make the confirmation with an OK.

Step 4: Add the created Color Matte to the working area. Add the Color Matte (or whatever you name it in Step 3) to the board, then drag the color bar downward to the video area:

Step 5: Select all of video parts, then drag them upward to the previous location of Color Matte.

Step 6: Split Videos from Color Matte. Drag the original video downward to its previous position. After doing this, the Color Matte will be split from the video.

Step 7: Ripple Delete all blank gaps by one-click. Select all Color Matte parts, right-click mouse, choose the Ripple Delete option in the list:

Notice: For professionals, to cut videos using Adobe Premiere Pro is nothing difficult, although Premiere has many hidden features. But for beginners and amateur shutterbugs, things get a little bit different. If you are not quite experienced in video editing, or if you just need to cut or combine videos easily, linear video editor may be a better choice.

Here comes the point. If we can cut video clips without a single blank gap in the timeline, will the whole editing process be less troublesome but more enjoyable? A definitely YES! Is there a method to cut and trim videos without any blank gaps? Of course!

If you think the previous troubleshooters are way too complicated Turn to VideoProc- cut clips without any blank gaps at all.The Root Cause Avoided

Unlike in Adobe Premiere Pro, VideoProc, a linear editing program can help cut video clips without one fussy blank gap!

Cutting video clips with no blank gaps can be easily achieved within 3 steps using VideoProc. It presents you an efficient edition workflow and a clear user interface. Apart from cutting, cropping, merging, adding filters, adding watermarks, adding muti-track subtitles, correcting fisheye lens, deshaking and denoising for GoPro shootings, and more, the above-all mentioned edition features can be achieved in VideoProc alone.

Therefore, before kicking off, make sure that we already have VideoProc on our desktop. Download and install VideoProc on Windows and Mac now.

Step 1: Select the Video icon to enter the user interface.

Step 2: Add our video file to the editing area in the center.

Step 3: Click the Cut button to edit.

Step 4: Cut video clips. Spotting our favored parts by dragging the green knobs, then clicking the cut icon it will be cut. Repeat the process after all video clips are cut. Click the triangle icon to reorder the clips, click done button when no other change will be made.

Notice: All of video clips will be merged into one fresh video automatically after you hit the RUN button, without a frame delay in the processing nor one blank gap/black screen showing up after you export it.

Bottom line

In VideoProc, you can edit and convert your videos according to your needs and wants without any complicated editing processes needed. With its specially built-in Level-3 Hardware Acceleration technology, you can enjoy a wonderful editing experience with minimum effort while working as a pro.

1. Download VideoProc on Windows
2. Download VideoProc on mac