Copy & Paste between Projects

RonH

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Jan 23, 2012 11:08

... In Edit, can you copy and paste Timeline videos or pictures in one Project to another. I have a set order of pictures (only part of the total in the Timeline) and would like to copy them 'as is' to another Project.

I realise that one could do a 'Save As' under a different Project name and then delete the files not needed ... but maybe there is an easier way. CYa Ron (W10/i5gen8/Nvidia)
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ynotfish

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Jan 23, 2012 14:47

Ron -

Yes - just use the Range Selection tool (yellow handles above timeline) to drag & select what you want.

Click copy (or use Ctrl+C) - open the other project & place the scrubber where you want to paste - click paste (or use Ctrl+V).

Cheers - Tony
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RonH

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Jan 23, 2012 16:42

Quote: Ron -
- open the other project & place the scrubber where you want to paste
Cheers - Tony

Sorry Tony ... what is the 'scrubber' in PD10 and I am being careful how I ask this question CYa Ron (W10/i5gen8/Nvidia)
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ynotfish

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Jan 23, 2012 17:41

Ron -

You're wise to be careful. We don't want any name calling!

Cheers - Tony
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RonH

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Jan 24, 2012 04:27

Quote: Ron -

You're wise to be careful. We don't want any name calling!

Cheers - Tony

Why didn't I think of the 'scrubber' location
All sorted ... except I foolishly changed some file names and had to do a bit of rework.
Thanks Tony.
Ron CYa Ron (W10/i5gen8/Nvidia)
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PlaySound

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Jan 24, 2012 08:08

The PD10 has an new interesting tool, Insert Project, with it you can merge two or more projects, the project inserted at the cursor position

RonH

Contributor Location: Norway (from Australia) Joined: Sep 05, 2011 10:13 Messages: 364 Offline

Jan 24, 2012 11:03

Quote: The PD10 has an new interesting tool, Insert Project, with it you can merge two or more projects, the project inserted at the cursor position

Thanks for this ... looks to be an easy way to 'insert' from other projects. For my current 450 camera pics I have reached about 40% and made a MPEG2 of this which I can add/manipulate etc to the next sections ... at least I now know that I have a 'safe' video of this content. Is a good idea of yours to break it up into manageable content.

The more I get to use PD10 the better it gets