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1 Set In and Out points to isolate the part of the clip you want to cut or copy. You can use the Auto Select controls to include or omit clip segments on specific tracks while you do this.
2 Press Command-X to cut or Command-C to copy that clip segment.
3 Clear the In and Out points by pressing Option-X. Otherwise, you’ll paste the clip segment right back into the same place it started.
4 Move the playhead to the frame of the Timeline you want the pasted clip to start, and use the Paste or Paste Insert commands to paste the clip segment there. Pasted clips are automatically selected, ready for nudging left or right, or for other operations.
You can also use In and Out points to paste only a partial segment of a much longer clip that you’ve cut or copied.
1 Select a clip, and press Command-X to cut or Command-C to copy that clip.
2 Set In and Out points to identify the region of the Timeline you want to paste into.
3 Use the Paste or Paste Insert commands to paste only as much of the Cut or Copied clip as will fit between the In and Out points you’ve placed. Pasted clips are automatically selected, ready for nudging left or right, or for other operations.
Copying and Pasting Clips to a Different Track
If all Auto Select controls on all tracks are turned on, clips are always pasted back to the same track they were copied from, starting at the position of the playhead. This is valuable for the many instances where you’ll find yourself copying and pasting clips you want to repeat, especially when doing
audio editing.
However, if you want to paste the clips you cut or copied to a different track entirely, you need to use the Auto Select controls to specify which track you want to paste to.
Here are the rules:
— You can force paste what you copied to a specific track by Option-clicking that track’s Auto Select control to solo it before pasting.
— When one or more Auto Select controls are disabled, then clips are pasted to the lowest- numbered track with an enabled Auto Select control.
— If you’ve copied clips on multiple tracks, clips on the lowest copied track will be pasted to the lowest Auto Select enabled track, and all other clips will be pasted to higher tracks, with new tracks automatically created, if necessary.
— If Auto Select is disabled on every single track, then a new track will be created above all other video tracks and/or below all other audio tracks, and the clip will be pasted into this new track, which has Auto Select turned on.