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Inserting Clips into an Edit Sequence

When you insert material between existing material in a record clip, the overall length of the record clip may be modified. The result of the insert depends on how you perform the edit. In the following illustration, New Clip is inserted gesturally at the transition between Clip A and Clip B. Everything after the transition is moved ahead in order to make room for New Clip.

You can insert a source clip anywhere in a record clip—append it to the end of a clip or insert it at any frame of an element.

The following illustration demonstrates the result of inserting New Clip at a frame in the middle of Clip B. Every frame after the edit point is moved ahead to accommodate New Clip.

To insert a source clip gesturally in the BFX timeline:

1. Display the timeline for the edit sequence in which you want to insert a clip.
2. Enable Ripple and set the ripple direction.
3. Select a Snap option.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift and drag a source clip to the timeline.

   (a) Insert is set to snap to positioner(b) Duration of sequence before the insert (00:00:04:00)

5. Drop the source clip where you want to insert it.

   (a) Inserted source clip(b) Duration of sequence after the insert (00:00:06:00)

To insert a source clip in the BFX timeline using the hotkey:

1. Set the clip where you want to insert a clip as the record clip.
2. Set the clip that you want to insert as the source clip.
   NoteTo insert the source clip starting at a specific frame, move the source timeline positioner to the frame that you want to use as the beginning of the insert.
3. Go to the frame in the record timeline where you want to insert the clip.
4. Press I. Or, to do an insert edit of a multi-layer source clip containing a gap on one of its layers and preserve the gap, press Shift+I.

To append a clip to an edit sequence on a Batch timeline:

1. Set the record and source clips.
2. Press A.

3. The source clip is appended to the record clip.