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Duplicate a clip in the TL
When sound designing I use the same sfx several time and in FCP I used Opt-Drag to duplicate and place the clip on any track I wish. It is very fast since it’s all one action: Opt-Drag
What is the equivalent in Avid?
I tried Copy/Paste but since I don’t think we can select the destination layer then it doesn’t work in a busy sequence.
I thought of Match Frame but no Out point are marked in the Composer window so finding and marking the Out point won’t make sense since I would also have to select the destination layer etc… A one-step action would become 3-steps.Thanks in advance
Xavier
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Mark clip (set in/out around clip)
Alt copy loads clip in source monitor. Edit clip where you want it.
Not one step, like alt-drag, but I do it so fast, I don’t even think about it.
Maybe someone else has a better way.
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Mark IN-OUT
Copy
Move blue bar or Mark IN to new position
PasteThis will be an insert edit.
Michael
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This also works if you select a bunch of clips. If you lasso a bunch of clips or go into select mode and click on those clips, then press copy and then paste, it will paste all of the clips you selected. This behavior is very FCP like.
Shane
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but when I paste it it will overwrite whatever is present in the layer
Unless I can choose on which layer to paste it… -
can we chose the destination layer?
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The copy and paste feature will respond to your default segment mode in your timeline settings. If your default segment mode is set to overwrite, then when you paste it will overwrite. If you set it to insert, it will insert edit.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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When I do it, it will insert into the blue bar position. Unfortunately it does not observe active tracks and use that for the paste, not have I noticed a method by which to choose overwrite or insert as part of the past process. There may be one, just not aware of it. I will play a bit more with it. But certainly an option-drag based on red or yellow arrow would be preferable. Source Track and Target Track if different might be interesting in this scenario. What does FCP do?
Michael
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Thanks Richard on the lesson – good to know.
Michael
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In FCP, if you deselect the other tracks…say V1 was selected when you copy, if you turn off that track, and then paste, it will paste to V2. Same with audio.
Shane
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bummer….
a simple “option/click-drag” is becoming a 4-5 clicks action / mouse moves…Thx guys for the replies
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