Final Cut Pro 6 - Nesting a Sequence Inside Another Sequence

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Nesting a Sequence Inside Another Sequence

You can edit the contents of a sequence, render it, and then edit that sequence into
another sequence. This section explains the various ways you can nest a sequence into
another sequence.

To nest a sequence that is open in the Viewer:

1

Open the sequence you want to nest in the Viewer by doing one of the following:

 Drag the sequence from the Browser to the Viewer.
 Hold down the Option key, then double-click a sequence in the Browser (this opens

it in its own Viewer window).

 Control-click the sequence, then choose Open in Viewer from the shortcut menu.

2

In the Viewer, set In and Out points for the source sequence.

This lets you nest all or just a part of the sequence.

3

Edit the sequence into another sequence in the Timeline as you would a clip.

To nest a sequence by dragging it into another sequence:

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Drag the sequence from the Browser or Viewer to another sequence in the Timeline, as
you would a clip.

To copy and paste a sequence into another sequence:

1

In the Browser, copy the sequence by doing one of the following:

 Select a sequence in the Browser, then choose Edit > Copy (or press Command-C).
 Control-click a sequence in the Browser, then choose Copy from the shortcut menu.

2

In the Canvas or Timeline, open the destination sequence, then move the playhead to
the location where you want to paste the nested sequence.

3

Specify the destination tracks where you want the nested sequence to go.

4

Choose Edit > Paste (or press Command-V).

The selected sequence is now nested, or placed, into the second sequence.

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Sequence-to-Sequence Editing

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