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jumping sequence placement
is there a function on final cut to disable the movement of the sequence that is in the timeline? like i’m using 40 tracks, if i forget to lock a track its really annoying to have to sift through all of them to remember if a they are locked and b having to fix the arrangement everytime i add something that is behind them?
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It sounds like you’re inserting a clip. When you insert a clip it moves everything down to the right. If you don’t want everything to shift do an overwrite edit but the new clip is going to cover up some of the clips or clip already in the timeline.
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hey thanks for the response, i’d like to drag the clip from the left window right into the timeline, often when i use the dialogue that pops up when dragging certain clips with in and out points from the left monitor to the right monitor (forgive my not technically terming them though i’m surer my point is clear) and the doohickey is on the track of video i want the clip to appear on at the cursor in the timeline, … , … , it doesn’t.
so directly dragging what i want (ala premiere) to the timeline is more accurate. is there a preference function to have that always relate the move as an “overwrite” as you call it?
thanks in advance,
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I also drag straight to the timeline….
Insert: When you drag your clip to the timeline your mouse pointer becomes an arrow pointing to the right and signals an insert edit.
Overwrite: When you drag your clip to the timeline your mouse pointer becomes an arrow pointing down to signal a overwrite edit.
Just a couple FYI’s for you insert/overwrite is the most basic of any editing program and they aren’t the terms I call them they are in fact the technical terms used in all editing programs also no offense at all to you but I would imagine googleing this question or checking out the manual would be faster then posting in a forum and waiting for answer.
But anyway hope I helped. Happy editing.
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