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How do I Copy & Paste clips?
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:41 pm
by clhalliii
I would like to repeat a short clip of my daughter dropping the ring during the wedding maybe three times - then slow - mo the last clip.
I've got separate audio and video as I've merged two different camera views of the wedding.
I can select a clip and copy it - but can't figure out how to paste a duplicate in.
thanks!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:11 pm
by Ken Berry
Ctrl+V???
Or if you have edited the clip and want to use the edited version several times, then drag it from the timeline to the library window, and then simply drag it back into the timeline as many times as you want...
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:45 pm
by Ron P.
Along the line of what Ken mentioned, you can use CTL + C, then CTL + V. It will automatically paste it into a the appropriate (video for video clips, image for images and so on) library.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:41 am
by CaptainKen2
Very odd (non-standard) that you can't simply right click to Paste. Even worse that the Paste option on the Edit Menu is grayed out.
I can't believe this is by design, it has to be a bug!
Thank you for the work around everyone.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:57 am
by Ken Berry
Well, if it's a bug, it's one which has continued over several versions of VS...!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:56 pm
by Black Lab
Although it may be non-standard, it definitely is not a bug. There are other apps that do not let you right click and copy/paste.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:25 pm
by Trevor Andrew
Hi
Using VS 10 after selecting a clip in the timeline.
I can Copy and Paste using the Edit Menu, this pastes the clip to the library.
Using right click I can Copy and Paste to the library, I have to float the mouse over the library to paste.
I cannot paste to the timeline but use drag and drop to move clips from the library.
I can drag and drop files from a windows folder to the library or to the timeline.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:30 pm
by Ken Berry
Trevor wrote:
Using right click I can Copy and Paste to the library, I have to float the mouse over the library to paste.
InX2 -- at least my version of X2 Ultimate -- you cannot float the mouse over the library window and get a message, if that is what your mean. You have to put the mouse pointer in the library pane and right click, then you get the Paste Option.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:56 pm
by Trevor Andrew
Hi Cheers Ken
Should have said
I have to float the mouse over the library to right click and paste.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:56 pm
by CaptainKen2
I haven't used any of the previous versions and have just been playing around with X2.
The Paste option on the Right click and Edit menus is standard Windows GUI, which is why I presumed that this was anything other then a bug.
Why provide the Copy option on the Edit menu, but gray out the Paste option?
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:28 pm
by Black Lab
Why provide the Copy option on the Edit menu, but gray out the Paste option?
Because you can't use it everywhere (i.e. the timeline).
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:42 pm
by CaptainKen2
You can paste (right click and Edit menu) in to the timeline in other similar products such as WMM, Sony Vegas, MSP8, Cyberlink PowerDirector 7, and Pinnacle Studio 12.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:56 pm
by Black Lab
That's great. But you can't in VS. It's not a bug. It's what the programmers decided. So live with it or use those other apps.