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Pasting chosen attributes
I have a sequence built with motion keyframes throughout on many individual clips. I want to color correct the first clip and then apply it’s color correction to all of the other clips in my timeline. Copy>Paste Attributes copies and pastes over ALL effects settings, overwriting existing motion keyframes on the clips in which the attributes are pasted to. Is there no way to selectively choose which field of attributes is to be pasted? IE… Motion, FX, AUDIO etc… Is it an “all or nothing” shot when pasting pasting attributes in Premiere cs6? I find it a bit unusual that you can specify which groups of attributes to delete when choosing “remove effects”, but you can’t do the same thing when pasting the same attributes. Have I overlooked a function I should know about?
Thanks all.
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Just highlight and copy any effect from the Effect Control window. Select the clip or clips you want to apply the effect to and paste.
You can select and then command select any number of effects and do the same thing as well.
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You can copy only the effect you want from one clip within the effects control pannel, select all the clips you want it to be pasted and paste it.
Also, if you want to color correct the whole sequence you can nest it into a new sequence and color correct this one.
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Thanks to both of you. It just seems a little strange to me to have a “Paste Attributes” function without the ability for one to define which attributes they’d like to paste. It’s an “all or nothing” destructive process that has gotten me into trouble on more than one occasion. I’m just having a bit of a time grasping how this all works coming over from a rusty FCP background.
Richard Angle
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Or place an adjustment layer above all the clips you want color correction on and apply your color correction to the adjustment layer. That way, if you want to make changes later, you only have to do it to the AJ, not each individual clip.
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In the same way you can save a single effect preset or a group of effect presets. Highlight the ones you want, right click to save preset and give it a new name. You can then have one preset for multiple effects.
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There you go, Sam! So for a typical two track, checkerboarded sequence, I’d have cam1,adjustment layer, cam2, adjustment layer stacked on the timeline. And Paul. Thanks for the tip on on saving multiple effects within a single custom preset. I think I’m starting to get it. It’s an old dog/new tricks thing. Thank you all for your help!
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