• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Insert or Overwrite mode?

  Posted by Emy Fehmi on April 6, 2006 at 8:25 pm

  I can’t figure out why sometimes when i cut/paste or option drag, sometimes it uses over write mode and sometimes it uses insert mode…in AVID there is a clear button which shows which mode you are in….There must be some way to control this…Right??? it doesn’t seem to necessarily have anything to do with the last option I have chosen…

  Can anyone help me to understand this beast of a program?

  Thanks
  -emy fehmi

  Emy Fehmi replied 20 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Debe

  April 6, 2006 at 8:28 pm

  See the little dark gray line in the center of the track in the timeline? Above the line the arrow points in one direction, below the line it points in another.

  Play with that, you’ll figure out pretty fast which is which.

  Much easier than picking the mode first!

  debe
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  Robert Garry

  April 6, 2006 at 8:43 pm

  When you select something and hold OPT while you drag the clip you will insert the clip in the timeline. When you OPT drag something and release OPT before letting go of the clip it will overwrite.

  In both cases you will be duplicating the clip in the timeline.

  If you want to simply move the clip don’t hold OPT down and you will move the clip in the timeline in overwrite mode.

  Copy and paste defaults to overwrite mode. If you want to inset paste use SHIFT-V.

  Hope it helps
  Bob
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  Emy Fehmi

  April 6, 2006 at 10:53 pm

  thanks to you both! That is very helpful!

  Happy Editing!

  emy

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