[James Strawn]

My preferred method is the one Alex mentioned.

I’ve also been known to just copy (cmd+C) everything from a sequence in one project and paste (cmd + V) it into a matching sequence within a new project. It imports the media for you and usually retains all edits and effects, but do it at your own risk of losing something… I only recommend that method when your project and edits are still pretty straightforward enough that you can verify everything is right just by watching it through a time or two.

You can also use the collect and copy or consolidate and transcode features within the project manager if you really want to optimize your project, but that seems like more than you may need in this case.

[James Strawn]

If you already have the source clip cut as needed within a sequence then it’s just a matter of right-clicking on each sequence clip instance and choosing “Make Subclip”. But it sounds like you actually want to set multiple in and out points (even overlapping ones perhaps?) across a sequence, is that right? If so, there is no direct way to do that. You could try using markers by adding a marker (segment or other type) and assigning it a duration so that it marks a range of frame instead of just one. Once it’s created, you’ll be able to trim it in and out similar to trimming an actual clip or in and out points on the timeline. The only problem with that workflow is that markers are created to mark just one frame by default, so you’ll always have the extra steps of 2x clicking the marker, assigning it a duration and then trimming it to mark the actual frames you want.

If you’re inclined to use prelude, their workflow is much more tailored to what you want to do, but even then I’m not sure how it will handle separate video and audio files which need to be linked after being ingested.

I’ll be interested to know if any of these methods work for you, but if it were me I’d plan on just using the razor tool to edit the source after adding the media to a sequence and manually syncing and linking them.