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Moving Clips

Move clips from reel to reel using the Move button or gestural techniques. You can also move a single frame or a range of frames by extracting them from a clip, move the audio tracks associated with a clip, or move all clips on a reel.

To move a clip or all clips on a reel using the Move button:

1. From the Desktop, click Move.
2. From the Move Mode box, select an option.

   Select: | To move:
   --- | ---
   Clip | A single clip.
   Reel | All clips on a reel.

3. With the red arrow cursor, select the clip or reel that you want to move.
4. With the white arrow cursor, select the reel to which you want to move the clip or reel.

   The clip is moved to the destination reel.

To move clips gesturally:

1. Drag a clip from one reel to a destination reel.

To move a single frame gesturally:

1. Ctrl-drag a frame from one clip to a destination reel.
   TipMove clips by clicking in the middle of a frame and then dragging upward or downward. If you drag from the edges of frames, you risk cutting the clip. If you drag to the left or right, you simply scrub the reel.

To move a single frame using the Move button:

1. From the Desktop, click Move.
2. From the Move Mode box, select Frame.

   (a) Move Mode box(b) Range Mode box

3. From the Range Mode box, select an option.

   Select: | To extract:
   --- | ---
   Cut Audio & Video | The range of video frames with its corresponding audio range.
   Cut Video | The range of video frames but attach the entire audio track.

4. With the red arrow cursor, select the frame that you want to move.
5. With the white arrow cursor, select the reel to which you want to move the frame.

   The frame is removed from the source clip to the destination reel.

To move a range of frames using the Move button:

1. From the Desktop, click Move.
2. From the Move Mode box, select Range.

   The Range Mode box appears.

   (a) Move Mode box(b) Range Mode box

3. From the Range Mode box, select an option.

   Select: | To extract:
   --- | ---
   Cut Audio & Video | The range of video frames with its corresponding audio range.
   Cut Video | The range of video frames but attach the entire audio track.

4. With the red arrow cursor, select the first frame in the range that you want to move.
5. With the green arrow cursor, select the second frame in the range that you want to move.
6. With the white arrow cursor, select the reel to which you want to move the range.

   The range is removed from the source clip to the destination reel.

To move an audio track from one clip to another:

1. From the Desktop, click Move.
2. From the Move Mode box, select Audio.
3. With the red arrow cursor, select the clip to which the audio that you want to move is associated.
4. With the white arrow cursor, select the clip to which you want to move the audio.