You can cut or copy a
clip in the Trax Editor, or you can copy
a clip from the Visor or Outliner to
the Trax Editor. See
Use the Visor with Trax and
Use the Outliner with Trax.
After you cut or copy
a clip, you can paste it to the same character set, or to a different
character set that has similar attributes.
To copy a clip
- In the Trax Editor,
do one of the following:
- Select the clip you want to copy.
- In
the Trax menu bar, select Edit > Copy.
- -click
the clip you want to copy, and select Copy Clip from
the menu that appears.
A copy of the clip is
placed in your system’s clipboard.
To cut a clip
- In the Trax Editor,
do one of the following:
- Select the clip you want to cut.
- In the Trax menu bar, select Edit
> Cut.
- -click
the clip you want to cut, and select Cut Clip from
the menu that appears.
The clip is removed from
its character and is placed in your system’s clipboard.
To paste a clip to the same character
- Do one of the following:
- In the Trax Editor,
highlight the character to which you want to paste the clip. See
Highlight characters, groups, or subcharacters in Trax.
- In
the Trax menu bar, select Edit > Paste.
- -click
the track where you want to paste the clip, and select Paste Clip from
the menu that appears.
To paste a clip to a different character
set
- In the Trax Editor,
highlight the character to which you want to paste the clip. See
Highlight characters, groups, or subcharacters in Trax.
- Do one of the following:
- -click
the track where you want to paste the clip, and select Paste Clip from
the menu that appears.
- In the Trax menu bar, select Edit
> Paste > .
The Paste
Clip Options window appears. See
Paste.
- If the Paste Clip Options window
is open, set the options and click the Paste Clip button.
To copy a clip from the Visor or Outliner and
paste it in the Trax Editor
- For information on copying clips from
the Visor or Outliner and pasting them in the Trax Editor, see
Use the Visor with Trax and
Use the Outliner with Trax.
To copy clips from your operating system’s
file browser to your Maya scene
- In your operating system’s file browser,
navigate to the .ma or .mb file that contains the clips you want
to copy to your Maya scene.
- Drag the file containing the clips from
the operating system’s file browser to the Maya scene view.
The clips in the file
you dragged are copied to your current Maya scene file and they
appear in the Unused Clips tab of the Visor and
in the Outliner.
You can now copy these
clips from the Visor or Outliner to
a character in the Trax Editor. See the previous
procedure.