Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 760)

Chapter 23 Sequence to Sequence Editing 425
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To edit all content from one sequence into another using the Canvas Edit Overlay:
1 Open your destination sequence (where the copied clips will go) in the Timeline, then
set an In point for the incoming clips by doing one of the following:
 Position the playhead in the Timeline.
 Set an In point in the Timeline or Canvas.
2 If necessary, create additional tracks for each track present in the source sequence.
Important: If you don’t create additional tracks, only clips on V1, A1, and A2 will be
copied from the source sequence.
3 Hold down the Command key, then drag your source sequence (the sequence you
want to copy clips from) from the Browser or the Viewer to the Overwrite or Insert
section of the Canvas Edit overlay.
To edit all content from one sequence into another using keyboard shortcuts:
1 Open your destination sequence (where the copied clips will go) in the Timeline, then
set an In point for the incoming clips by doing one of the following:
 Position the playhead in the Timeline.
 Set an In point in the Timeline or Canvas.
2 If necessary, create additional tracks for each track present in the source sequence.
If you don’t create additional tracks, only clips on V1, A1, and A2 will be copied from
the source sequence.
Set an In point where you
want to place clips from
the source sequence.
The content of the source sequence
is edited into the currently active
sequence in the Timeline.