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Copy/Paste: What’s up with Auto-Select?
When I want to copy/paste it doesn’t ever get placed on the Auto Selected track (like it should). It pastes into V1 even if it is not Auto Selected. If I do an on/off of Auto Select button for the intended track, it works.
Method: Copy a clip inside a nest, then paste it outside of the nest in the parent sequence. It will not paste to the auto selected track.
I have tried this with a regular sequence as well.
Is this happening with you guys?
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
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Seems to work with multiple clips though. Hmmm….
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
Kevin, odd to se you posting a question, buddy.
I have never, never, been able to get autoselect to perform repeatably or as expected. I can cut and paste twice, without changing anything, and get completely different results.bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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The default behavior is to always paste back to the same track the clip came from regardless of the current autoselect select settings. If you copy from V1 it will paste to V1, unless you make a change. So if in your parent sequence V1 is not autoselect and you copy from V1 in the nest the paste will still occur to V1. You actively have to make a change in the autoselect condition to change the paste behavior.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
[Tom Wolsky] “You actively have to make a change in the autoselect condition to change the paste behavior. “
So autoselect is only intrusively useless when you don’t want it to be but not when you need it to be?
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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But Tom, I did just that. I copied from V1 in the child sequence. Auto Select was on for V2 in the parent, but it still copies to V1. To have my Auto Select ignored seems to be that the behavior is broken to me. To have to on/off it to make it work seems to be, uh, not too elegant.
Don’t get me started about Snapping! I hate it that it turns on automatically all the time.
Bog, I post q’s here from time to time if I just can’t work out the problem on my own. I can always count on the interface master (Tom) to clarify the issue for me.
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
That’s the way it works. It used to work the way you want in an earlier version, but they changed it so the default behavior was always to go back where it came from.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
What exactly is Auto Select? I’m very new to Final Cut…just purchased my first Mac…could you give me an example of how it would be used?
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