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# Copying and Pasting Over a Selection of Keyframes

This procedure enables you to copy and paste keyframes over a selection of existing target keyframes while preserving unselected target keyframe(s).

To copy and paste keyframes over a selection of keyframes:

1. Navigate to the shot from which you want to copy keyframes.
2. In the Channel hierarchy, select the source channel or folder whose keyframes you want to copy.
3. Click Range to view the entire range of keyframes for the selected channel or folder.
4. Select the keyframes you wish to copy. See Selecting Keyframes.
5. Copy the selected keyframes. Do one of the following:
   - Click Copy.
   - Press CTRL(left)+C.
   - Use the ACS.
6. Navigate to the target shot and then place the positioner on the frame where you want to paste the keyframes.
7. Select the target channel or folder into which you want to paste the copied keyframes.
8. In the Animation Curves window, manually select the keyframes that you want to overwrite with the copied keyframe data.
9. Paste the keyframes held in memory. Do one of the following:
   - Click Paste.
   - Press CTRL(left)+V.
   - Use the ACS.

   In the Animation Curves window, unselected keyframe(s) are preserved, as seen in the following example.

(a) Keyframe preserved