Overwrite/Insert Sequence Content command still uses nested clip

[Michael Gissing]

Avoid nests. FCP is hopeless and that will not change. Open the nest and copy paste the contents to the new sequence. It is much easier to copy paste between sequences.

Eventually for post finishing, all the nests will have to be done like this anyway.

[Jerry Hofmann]

Open the nested sequence, copy the clips then paste them in the new sequence.

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[David Roth weiss]

And, editing h.264 material isn’t helping your cause either Eric. If you search this forum you will find a few billion posts alerting you to the fact that h.264 has to be transcoded to an editing codec before editing begins.

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[Bret Williams]

I’m not sure where the “Overwrite Sequence Content” is found as it’s not listed in the manual. Here’s a little cleaner workaround other than copy/paste.

First drag the nest to a bin. Then drag to the viewer. From there, shift+cmd drag it back to the timeline or drag to insert or overwrite button in the canvas window for more 3 pt edit type accuracy.

When you open anything from the timeline in the viewer, it’s essentially opening the clip in the sequence, in the viewer. More for the purpose of editing the clip into another sequence or back onto the timeline later. You’ll see there is only 1 video track and probably just two audio tracks in the patch bay. If you drag a sequence from a bin to the viewer, you’ll see at least as many tracks as there are tracks in your target sequence. Oddly, you’ll have to manually add tracks if you don’t have enough.

So, well, heck, there’s something.

And another method often missed which usually works. Step in (open) the nest by double clicking on it. Mark your in/outs there. You can also use the autoselects to choose target tracks to select if you don’t want them all. Then press option+a. You’ll see a highlighted range more akin to Avid. It isn’t limited to the clips. Option+A can the content of portions of a clip(s). Now copy. Go back to the sequence and do a paste (overwrite) or a paste insert (insert).

[Bret Williams]

Ah, I found the overwrite sequence content command. It does exactly what the hot key combo does I found. (shift+cmd+drag)

Unfortunately when you open a nested sequence from within a sequence into the viewer, it’s a clip, not a sequence. The command you want to use only works if you open a sequence in the viewer. IOW you won’t see the little dots in the scrub area. It should be plan white, except for any marks.

So the only workaround to do it the way you wish is to drag to a bin, then drag to viewer. THEN you can patch and mark to your hearts content and use the overwrite sequence content command.