Final Cut Pro 6 - Copying and Pasting Transitions

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Copying and Pasting Transitions

To add the same transition quickly elsewhere within your sequence, you can copy and
paste a transition to other edit points. This is helpful if you’ve changed a transition’s
default settings and want to use the modified transition again. (You can also make
frequently used transitions “favorites.” For more information, see “

Saving a Transition as

a Favorite

” on page 386.)

To copy a transition from one edit point to another:

1

Do one of the following:

 In the Timeline, select the transition you want to copy, then press Command-C.
 Control-click the transition, then choose Copy from the shortcut menu.

2

Do one of the following:

 Select the edit point where you want to add the transition, then press Command-V.
 Control-click the edit point where you want to add the transition, then choose Paste

from the shortcut menu.

To copy a transition from one edit point to another by dragging it:

m

Hold down the Option key while dragging an existing transition to another edit point.

Drag the transition to

the new edit point.

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