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  • copy effects for all clips?

    Posted by Mathew Lisett on July 8, 2010 at 9:23 pm

    hi folks, right ive got a whole load of slit layers which i want to apply the same effect but dont wish to have to go to each and every split layer clip to apply the settings.

    so is there a way to apply those settings to all the clips on the split layers without havign to spend near an hour doing it manually?

    Adriano Moraes replied 15 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Andy George

    July 8, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    Sure, select the effect in the effect controls. Hit Command+C (copy).
    In your timeline select all of the layers you want to have the effect
    and hit Command+V (paste)

    A quick way to select multiple layers in the timeline is to group them by color. Then you right click on the color group that you want and “select label group”

    -Andy George
    Post Supervisor/Senior Editor
    http://www.chiselindustries.com

  • Mathew Lisett

    July 8, 2010 at 10:11 pm

    its on a pc, i think ive copied it correctly with altgr+c, i then selected all the layers, but nothign seems to happen when i press alt gr +v

    is there a specific place the do that bit ?

  • Mathew Lisett

    July 8, 2010 at 10:30 pm

    ok figured it out.

    select the effect setting, edit copy, slect all needed layers, go to effects panel select it edit>paste

  • Andy George

    July 8, 2010 at 10:36 pm

    That will do it. And on your PC I believe the cut, copy, and paste shortcuts should be
    Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V

    -Andy George
    Senior Editor & Post Supervisor
    http://www.chiselindustries.com

  • Adriano Moraes

    July 8, 2010 at 11:45 pm

    I don´t know how is your setup or what kind of effect you´re applying but creating an Adjustament Layer on the top of the layer stack and applying the effect on it should do the trick for some effects.

    And if you want to change something on the effect’s parameters you can do it easily by changing the settings on only one layer.

    Hope it helps in some way.

    Cheers.

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