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Paste without inserting
Hi all. I’m stepping back into Avid after a Final Cut adventure and I have a basic copy/paste question.
I want to paste a small clip in the middle of a complex sequence without it inserting and pushing the rest of the sequence down. I guess I would call it a paste overwrite. Is this possible?
Example: I go into a previous sequence and use the segment mode arrow to select and copy a three second sound effect. I then go into my current hourlong sequence and would love to be able to drop the sound effect in the middle without everything getting pushed down.
Final Cut allows you to choose Paste or Paste Insert by using a modifier key. Anything similar in Avid? Matchframing it to the source monitor, re-patching tracks and cutting it in seems like extra steps (wow I’m lazy).
Thanks for any suggestions….
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6 Replies
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Mark in and out around what you want to copy (select the tracks you want to copy as well). CRTL-C. Go to your other sequence. Park blue bar (position indicator) where you want to paste. Press CTRL-V.
If it inserts, try pressing red arrow to get into overwrite mode…
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or,
copy what you want, befoe going to the other seq. pull up your clipboard monitor. note: what ever you copy, extact, or lift, ends up in the clipboard monitor. anyway, copy what you want, it will turn up in the clipboard monitor, now make sure you clipboard is window is active, and edit as normal, red or yellow arrows.
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What I ussually do (I never copy/paste in avid cause you’ll always have to guess what the system does) is create a subsequence.
1. Mark the sound in your sequence with in and out points and select your tracks. In other words: make the stuff you want purple.
2. Hold down ALT and move your mouse pointer above your sequence (record) monitor. Click in this monitor and drag it to one of bins
3. You now have subsequence which you can edit into your timeline
I know it still looks like a lot of works, but it’s much quicker than your match frame method.
Good Luck
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And? What’s the best solution?
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red arrow overwrite, yellow arrow insert
it’s that simple.Charlie
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Awesome. That was it. I wasn’t reselecting segment mode (red arrow) before pasting. Thanks for the replies….
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