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Copying and Pasting Clips in the Timeline
Clips can be cut, copied, and pasted in a variety of ways using standard keyboard shortcuts. You can cut or copy one clip or a selection of several, and you can also choose to copy or cut just the video or audio media of a clip. When pasting, you can paste to the same timeline, or to a different timeline if you want to move media from one to another.
— To cut one or more clips, leaving a gap: Make a selection, and choose Edit > Cut (Command-X). The selected clip or clips are removed from the Timeline and stored in memory for pasting.
— To ripple cut one or more clips and ripple the Timeline to close the gap: Make a selection, and choose Edit > Ripple Cut (Command-Shift-X). The selected clip or clips are removed from the Timeline and stored in memory for pasting. All clips on tracks with Auto Select enabled will be rippled to the left to fill the gap left by the cut clips.
— To copy one or more clips: Make a selection, and choose Edit > Copy (Command-C). The selected clip or clips are left in the Timeline, but copies are stored in memory for pasting.
— To paste one or more clips to the same track: Move the playhead to the frame where you want the pasted selection to start, and then choose Edit > Paste (Command-V). By default, each copied clip is pasted onto the same track it was copied from. Pasted clips overwrite any clips in that track that are in the way. Pasted clips are automatically selected, ready for nudging left or right, or for other operations.
— To paste one or more clips to a different track: Pasting clips to a different track requires a slightly different procedure. Move the playhead to the frame where you want the pasted selection to start, then either Option-click any empty area on the track you want to paste the clip(s) to or Option-click the Auto Select control of that track to solo that track, and then choose Edit > Paste (Command-V). Pasted clips overwrite any clips in that track that are in the way. Pasted clips are automatically selected, ready for nudging left or right, or for other operations.
Paste Insert
Another paste command, Edit > Paste Insert (Command-Shift-V), lets you paste clips that you cut or copied via an insert edit, so that an edit is added at the position of the playhead to clips that are
already in the Timeline, and all media to the right of the playhead is rippled farther right to make room for the clip or clips being pasted. As with all other ripple edits, only clips on tracks with their Auto Select control turned on are affected. Pasted clips are automatically selected, ready for nudging left or right, or for other operations.
Cut/Copy/Paste of Partial Clip Segments Using In and Out Points
You can use the Timeline’s In and Out points to cut and copy partial segments of longer clips in various ways. This is a valuable technique for doing in-depth audio and dialog editing, although it’s useful for copying partial segments of any kind of clip in the Timeline.