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Chapter 7, Editing
Replacing Shots

You can take a shot from the Shot bin (the source shot) and swap it with another shot in the Storyboard (the destination shot). You can replace the destination shot with a source shot starting at the first frame of the source, or you can replace the destination shot with a source for which you have offset the starting frame.

Note: You can also replace a shot in the Timeline menu using the Shot bin view, but the swap can only be done in the Storyboard area.

When replacing shots, you do not modify the overall duration of the timeline.

To replace a shot in the Storyboard without offsetting the source shot:

  1. Shift-click the shot in the Shot bin (the source shot) that you want to use to replace the shot in the Storyboard (the destination shot).

  2. Move the source shot over the destination shot in the Storyboard.

    The destination shot is highlighted with an orange box.

  3. Click the destination shot.

    The destination shot is replaced by the source shot.

To replace a shot in the Storyboard with an offset source shot:

  1. Shift-click the shot in the Shot bin (the source shot) that you want to use to replace the shot in the Storyboard (the destination shot).

  2. Move the source shot over the destination shot in the Storyboard.

    The destination shot is highlighted with an orange box.

  3. Shift-click the destination shot.

    A split view appears. In the left viewer, you see the original shot and in the right viewer you see the new shot.

  4. Drag in the right viewer.

    The start frame of the first shot begins to change. You can see by how much you are offsetting the start frame by referring to the numbers in the upper-left corner of the screen.

  5. For greater granularity, middle-click and drag to decrease the start frame by one frame and right-click and drag to increase the offset by one frame.

    You can also use the numeric keypad to change the offset. Specify a negative number and then press Enter to decrease the offset or specify a positive number and then press Enter to increase the offset.

  6. Press Enter on the numeric keypad to complete the replace shot operation.

Note: If the source shot is shorter than the destination shot, or if you offset the source starting point too much, part of the destination shot will not contain any images. Instead, an X appears in the viewer for these frames.

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