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  • Repointing an instance on a timeline

    Posted by Nathan Quattrini on January 23, 2007 at 5:04 pm

    Lets say I make a few files A,B,and C and import them. Then I drag A and B to the timeline and do crazy stuff with them. After 5 hours of playing with it, I decide C should really be on the timeline instead of B. Is there a way to point the instance of B to use C instead? Or do you HAVE to drag C down and copy every single thing you changed from B and paste it on to C?

    Danny Princz replied 19 years, 3 months ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Nate Vander plas

    January 23, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    You might try parenting, but that won’t solve all your problems (especially if you did anything with opacity or effects).

  • Ken Ecker

    January 23, 2007 at 5:20 pm

    If I need to do that, I just select the things I want to copy (transform, effects) for the media and copy (cmd-C). Then insert the new clip, select it and paste (cmd-V).

  • Iancorey

    January 23, 2007 at 5:28 pm

    Isn’t it as simple as selecting the item to be replaced, and option-dragging the new footage on top of the to-be-replaced footage?

  • Nathan Quattrini

    January 23, 2007 at 5:31 pm

    would that be control drag in Windows? or Alt…

  • Nathan Quattrini

    January 23, 2007 at 5:33 pm

    ahh its alt. thanks man you rock. I went through the help index and all but couldn`t search it worth crap.Not sure if i suck at searching or if their search sucks

  • Danny Princz

    January 23, 2007 at 5:46 pm

    this also works in the project window as well.

    say in you example you had a hundred copies of B in 1 or even multiple comps.

    option drag C over B in the project window and it will swap C wherever B was used.

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