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Inserting Clips into an Edit Sequence

Editing to the Timeline

Inserting or Overwriting on Dissolves and Wipes

 

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Overwriting Clips in an Edit Sequence

When you overwrite existing material in the record clip with new material, the overall length of the record clip does not change. The result of the overwrite edit depends on how you perform the edit. In the following illustration, New Clip is edited gesturally at the transition between Clip A and Clip B. Clip B is overwritten. Clip A and Clip C are unaffected.

You can also edit a source clip into the record clip at any frame. The source will overwrite all existing material for its duration. In the following illustration, New Clip is edited into the record clip at a frame in Clip A. Frames after the insertion point are overwritten by New Clip. All of Clip B and some of Clip C are overwritten.

When you overwrite a section of the timeline with a source clip that contains gaps, there are two options:

• Press H to fill gaps in the source clip with the media already on the timeline.
• Press Shift+H to preserve the gaps in the source clip as gaps.

To overwrite an EditDesk record clip at a transition gesturally:

1. Disable Ripple.
2. View the edit sequence in Storyboard view.
   NoteIn Storyboard view, use the edit cursors to guide where your clip will go.
3. Scroll the edit sequence until you see the transition where you want to make the overwrite.
4. Select a source clip and drag it over the edit sequence. As you drag, the cursor changes shape depending on where it is in relation to the underlying clip.

   
   

   (a) Source clip (1 frame)  (b) Clip beneath cursor (2 frames)  (c) Overwrite cursors (green)  (d) Duration of sequence before overwrite  

5. Drop the source clip where you want to make the overwrite.

   The edit sequence does not change duration to accommodate the new clip.

   
   

   (a) Source clip  (b) Duration of sequence after overwrite (c) One frame of clip is overwritten by source clip  

To overwrite a clip at a frame between transitions using the hot key:

1. Select a source clip.
   NoteTo overwrite with material that starts at a specific frame, move the source timeline positioner to the frame that you want to use as the beginning of the overwrite.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Select a source clip and then scroll through the timeline until you reach the frame where you want to make the overwrite.
   • In any viewing mode, play the edit sequence in the Player until you reach the frame where you want to make the overwrite.
   • In Batch, set your source and record clips and then go to the frame in the record clip where you want to make the overwrite.
3. Press H.

To overwrite a clip at a transition gesturally in the schematic:

1. Display the timeline for the edit sequence where you want to overwrite a clip.
2. Disable Ripple.
3. Select a Snap option.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift and drag the source clip to the timeline.
5. Drop the source clip where you want to make the overwrite.

   The edit sequence does not change duration to accommodate the new clip.