Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 378)

Paste Special
In addition to ordinary pasting, Motion lets you paste as an insert, overwrite, or exchange
edit. These three commands appear in the Paste Special dialog. Paste special can also be
used with regions to perform a special type of paste. For more information, see
Pasting
into a Region Using the Paste Special Command .
• Insert into time region: Pastes the Clipboard contents into the project, pushing existing
objects farther down in time.
• Overwrite into time region: Pastes the Clipboard contents into the project, deleting any
existing objects at the same point in time.
• Exchange media with existing object: Replaces the selected object in the project with
the Clipboard contents.
To paste an object as an insert
1 Select the track where you want the object pasted.
2 Position the playhead at the desired time position.
3 Choose Edit > Paste Special (or press Command-Option-V).
The Paste Special dialog appears.
4 Select “Insert into time region.”
5 Click OK to confirm your edit.
To paste an object as an Overwrite
1 Select the track where you want the object pasted.
2 Position the playhead at the desired time position.
3 Choose Edit > Paste Special (or press Command-Option-V).
The Paste Special dialog appears.
4 Select “Overwrite into time region.”
5 Click OK to confirm your edit.
To paste an object as an Exchange
1 Select the track where you want the object pasted.
2 Position the playhead at the desired time position.
3 Choose Edit > Paste Special (or press Command-Option-V).
The Paste Special dialog appears.
4 Select “Exchange media with existing object.”
5 Click OK to confirm your edit.
Note: The “Exchange media with existing object” option is only available for an item
copied from the File Browser. To copy an image element from the File Browser, select
the image and choose Edit > Copy (or press Command-C).
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