footage replaces other footage

[Harm Millaard]

Use insert edit instead of overlay edit.

[Steven L. gotz]

Press the Ctrl key while placing footage if you want it to insert.

Steven
https://www.stevengotz.com

[Miles Blow]

Hi guys, I tried both those suggestions,but its still doing it. If i move a clip ontop of another clip accidently it cuts the clip that it landed on. I want it to just push up against it. Rather than replace a portion of it. Sometimes i dont realize and it has cut stuff i didnt want to cut.

Thanks
Miles

[Vince Becquiot]

By “clip”, do you mean the video part, or the audio part ?

Try editing from the source window instead, it might seem link a pain at first, but it will become second nature.

Double click on the clip in the project panel. Select your in and out point (“i”, “o”)

Then select the video and audio tracks you want to send the clip to, by either clicking on the name of the track in the timeline, or using keyboard shortcuts.

Then use “.” key to overlay, or the “,” key to insert (will push everything ahead).

It might sound complicated for the type of editing you are doing, but it will serve you well in the future, as you get to work on more complex projects.

Cheers,

Vince

[Steven L. gotz]

It should snap up against the first clip. If not, you may haqve turned snapping off by mistake. Is the magnet icon next to the “Set DVD Marker” under the timecode on the timeline tab enabled?

Steven
https://www.stevengotz.com

[Miles Blow]

Hi guys
It does snap next to the clip(the magnet icon it turned on) but if you push it over a bit to far it starts replacing shot next to it. It seems like it would be a problem for many video editors.

Someone earlier said it was the difference between overly editing and insert editing….Where do you ajust this so it is not overlying onto other clips?

Thanks
Miles

[Vince Becquiot]

That’s why most editors don’t use drag and drop 😉

Again, place your CTI to the end of the clip using Pg Up, Pg down, select the right track, then use the “.” key to add the clip from the source monitor to the timeline.

Vince

[Miles Blow]

Hi Vince
Yes I got that to work thanks! Only problem is we are doing lots and lots of big cuts and single frame cuts and it would be a nightmare having to do that several times for one shot(we are doing stopmotion animation heaps of fix’s.) The way premiere 6.5 handeled the edits is better for us. Is it possible to get premiere pro2 to snap edits together without the fear that they are cutting eachother down with out us knowing?

thanks
Miles

[Vince Becquiot]

Got it. Well, I guess the obvious thing would be to zoom in the timeline as much as possible. PP2 does snap, and tells that you are on the edge of the other clip by displaying a black line with arrows pointing down. No way,that I know of, to prevent it to overlap another clip.

That’s all I got ;-(

Vince

[Miles Blow]

Thanks Vince! We will just have to learn to be more carefull.

thanks
Miles