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Chapter 23

Sequence-to-Sequence Editing

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To edit all content from one sequence into another using keyboard shortcuts:

1

Open your destination sequence (where the copied clips will go) in the Timeline, then
set an In point for the incoming clips by doing one of the following:

 Position the playhead in the Timeline.
 Set an In point in the Timeline or Canvas.

2

If necessary, create additional tracks for each track present in the source sequence.

If you don’t create additional tracks, only clips on V1, A1, and A2 will be copied from
the source sequence.

3

In the Browser, select the sequence you want to copy clips from (the source sequence).

4

Do one of the following:

 To perform an insert edit: Press Command-F9.
 To perform an overwrite edit: Press Command-F10.

The content of the source sequence is edited into the destination sequence in
the Timeline.

To edit content from one sequence into another by dragging it into the Timeline:

1

In the Timeline, open the destination sequence (where the copied clips will go) by
clicking the sequence’s tab.

2

If necessary, create additional tracks for each track present in the source sequence.

Important:

If you don’t create additional tracks, only clips on V1, A1, and A2 will be

copied from the source sequence.

3

Drag a sequence from either the Browser or the Viewer to the area of the Timeline you
want to edit it into.

A highlighted area shows

where the content from the

source sequence will go.