copy and paste – am I thick or what?!

[Mark Palmos]

Hi again, thanks for the input all.

Unfortunately it seems trimming with the ALT key depressed does not work because it does not trim right to the end of the next clip. Instead it stops one frame short! I am truly amazed that PP cannot (it seems) do a simple trim like this without a major 6 step work-around.

Still hoping that im missing something…

Mark

[Mark Palmos]

hi Labrisher,

i just tried your work around.
actually one does not have to unlink the A/V tracks, just Alt select then delete the Y and Z audio tracks, then trim X to the end of Z… relatively easy, but why oh why the extra steps of deleting the clips first.

thanks for the input,

Mark.

[Steven L. gotz]

Perhaps I am confused as to what you are looking for, but why not simply drag the audio to a lower track, drag it to the duration you want, and then drag it back up? It will overwrite the other audio. No need to delete it.

Steven
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[Mark Palmos]

Hello Steven,

Yes, that is another interesting work around… but its a work around. What if you dont have a conveniently placed empty audio track to perform this work around?

Im truly amazed that PP does not allow you to simply drag-trim a clip in one simple step.

Maybe in V2… and maybe it will allow one to do a simple mark in mark out copy and paste operation too, please god.

Till later
Mark.

[Steven L. gotz]

It sounds dangerous. You want to be able to extend a clip over other clips? Hmmm. Like I said, it sounds dangerous.

I generally have all of the clip audio in audio track one. Added audio (like music or voiceovers) in track two. And any other audio, like modified clip audio, down in track three. I usually turn off track one audio. So if the audio is not copied down to track three, the clip audio is not in the way in the first place.

So I guess I never noticed that it could or could not be done your way.

Steven
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Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Mark Palmos]

Hi again Steven

I know it is dangerous, but you only live once, and ts a drag trim thing I do quite often, especially in Documentary type work where I may often trim an audio bit under other video clips.

By the way (now I am on the second tangent to the original topic) do you know if PP can start a project or have a project which by default ALL the audio and video clips are UNLOCKED? The number of times I would prefer clips to be unlocke FAR outweighs the odd occasion where i might want to move V and A together.

till later
Mark.

[Steven L. gotz]

I don’t think it can be done. I am willing to be contradicted.

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Mark Palmos]

Steven,

sorry to bug you but I cannot seem to drag an audio clip from one track to another.

the video tracks drag from one video track to another, but the audio track, unlocked, will not budge vertically

how does one do it?
(should this be difficult? sheesh!)

Mark.

[Steven L. gotz]

I just drag and drop audio the same way I do for video. But make sure that if you are dragging stereo, you drop to stereo. It will not drop on mon or 5.1.

Also, I generally copy instead of drag so I can assemble on another track. But you could do the opposite and just drag stuff you don’t need out of your way.

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Mark Palmos]

Hi there,

Im about to hit the sack, that system is now off, but i will check if the destination track is also stereo.

Thanks for the help,

Mark.