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shifting clips on multiple tracks to different tracks
I have multiple clips on two video tracks, some with transitions, and I want to move them and a whole bunch of others all up one or two tracks (house keeping/organization).
With my old program (Avid Liquid), I could select all of them and use a shortcut key (Ctrl + up arrow) to move them all up or down as many tracks as I want – and they all stayed in their current alignment.
Haven’t found that command or trick yet in PP3 – I was hoping someone could give me a suggestion.
Thanks
Dave Messinger
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Hey,
Select all the clips you want to move and simply drag the entire selection to the desired layer. Making sure when you drop the selection it is over the new lowest layer. Let me know if this makes sense, if not I will elaborate.You could also cut or copy/paste (ctrl x then ctrl v). Making sure when you paste you have the new bottom layer selected.
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I should have been a bit clearer – I have noticed in the drag that I sometimes shift the clips a bit left or right – not always – so I was really looking for a way of assuring the clips maintained their exact timeline position – just on a different track. And maybe dragging is the best way – just thought I would ask.
Dave Messinger
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Cool.
Yea what you want to do is put the current time indicator on the start(or end) of a clip. Make sure snapping is on. When you drag the selection it will snap to the current time indicator. You can use the page up and page down keys to align the time indicator to the start or end of a clip. Hope this makes sense.Matt
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[quote] You can use the page up and page down keys to align the time indicator to the start or end of a clip. Hope this makes sense.[/quote]
not quite – but I will try that out and see.
What I am really trying to do is to edit in PP3 mostly from the keyboard – using the style/workflow editing processes that I developed and used in my prior editor (Avid Liquid).
I find that what I could generally accomplish from the keyboard in Liquid, I can almost accomplish from the keyboard in PP3 – but generally with the limitation of having to shift my hand back to the mouse (much more than I did with Liquid).
I have been through the keyboard assignable shortcut’s and editing command key shortcuts, and have tried to apply them to my “old” style – and in doing so I have learned a lot about PP3.
But what I don’t know is “should I be learning PP3 this way – trying to make PP3 fit my perceived editing workflow process/style of being basically a straight keyboard editor ? Or do I need to change my style and start accepting that I will be integrating mouse movements into my editing style ?
That’s wny my questions sometime relate to basic things done with the mouse that I am trying to do from the keyboard – or at least make the process more of a keyboard process.
Dave Messinger
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OK, I understand now. I am not sure if you can use the keyboard to that extend within Premiere. I have always used my left hand on the keyboard and have my right always on the mouse.
Hopefully other members of the team here could point you in the right direction. Sorry I could not be of further help.
Matt
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Hi,
I can relate…
I came from discreet edit*.
I can say I spent some time trying to make Premiere Pro behave like edit*. In some cases it works. Mostly though I too have a better understanding of how PPro works now.
I’ve customized the keyboard so I can do a lot more with my left hand…leaving my right hand on the mouse most of the time.
Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX
Younversity TV
http://www.youniversity.tv
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