Final Cut Pro 6 - Editing Clips from One Sequence into Another

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Editing Clips from One Sequence into Another

This section describes how you can edit clips from one sequence into another
sequence. There are a few different methods:

 Edit content from the Viewer using the Canvas Edit Overlay or corresponding

keyboard shortcuts.

 Hold down the Command key while dragging clips directly into the Timeline.

You can drag content from the Browser to the Timeline, or use three-point editing rules.
You can also create split edits from one sequence to another.

Using the Command key results in

individual clips being copied into

the destination sequence.

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To edit all content from one sequence into another using the Canvas Edit Overlay:

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.

Important:

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

copied from the source sequence.

3

Hold down the Command key, then drag your source sequence (the sequence you
want to copy clips from) from the Browser or the Viewer to the Overwrite or Insert
section of the Canvas Edit overlay.

Set an In point where you
want to place clips from
the source sequence.

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

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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.

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Keeping the mouse button held down, press the Command key.

5

Keeping the Command key held down, release the mouse button.

The content of the sequence you dragged is edited into the currently active sequence
in the Timeline, with all clips appearing individually.

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