Hi,
1. Highlight a clip and select Ctrl+C (copy)
2. Move the slider and select paste (Ctrl+V). I would paste to a clear track area.

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3. A split section of a clip can be moved - highlight clip
4. Mouse click left on clip and then drag the clip to a new location - can be the same track or a lower track.
5. Positioning between clips and a popup appears - "Insert or Overwrite" - your choice.
6. you can add or remove tracks as you wish.

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Dafydd

Hi Richard -

Yes - I think you're missing something too.

You can select the clip - right click > Copy - place the scrubber where you want to paste - right click > Paste. By default, it's pasted into the same track. You can then move it where you wish.

The same thing can be applied using the Range Selection Tool - which will copy ALL the tracks in the region selected... then paste that further along the timeline.

Cheers - Tony

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Hi guys

Well I didn't miss it completely. I know how to copy & paste, and the copy went fine but no option to paste when I right click. Ctrl+V works though, don't why I didn't think of trying that.

I right clicked on the tulips.jpg image, clicked copy and then moved the scrubber to the left and right clicked, no paste option, but Crl+V works.


I wonder why I have no option in the right click menu to paste???

Thanks for your help. Richard

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Richard -

A picture speaks a thousand words!

It looks like you're right clicking in an empty space. Try doing it between clips or right at the start/end of a selected clip.

Cheers - Tony
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Hi Grumpy,

Another option...


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The empty space is where I want to paste it.

I got the copy part OK, it's the paste that's the issue.

I've been clicking all over the timeline and around and on the scrubber, but it was the comment from Tony, "right at the start/end of a selected clip" that clicked (no pun intended).

I have now found out that you MUST click at the start/end of a clip, you MUST have the double arrows as you see in the screen shot to get the paste option. Poor cell phone pic of screen, print screen doesn't capture the mouse.


If a space precedes the project, and you want to paste there, you can't do it! I had to move a clip there and then I had to clip on the start/end of that clip to paste, then delete the clip I put there first. Also keep in mind that if the scrubber is at the beginning of a clip, the paste moves everything to the right of the scrubber to make room for the clip you are pasting, so pick you paste location carefully. Also good to keep your preferences set to "Link all tracks when inserting/removing content in timeline" so you don't get all out of sync.

This is quite a bit different from what I've worked with for the last 8 years, glad you guys are here to help out.

Thanks so much, great community here Richard

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If the clip is in the middle of your stuff, you have to go all the way to a blank area at the end to paste it; otherwise it will split whatever is at the cursor position.

Yes sir, that is correct, found that out. : Richard

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Windows 7, 64-bit, Intel Quad core 3.3 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Intel on board graphics display (shares the RAM), 931 GB free space