Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual

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Part III

Fine-Tuning Your Edit

3

In the Browser, select the sequence you want to copy clips from (the source sequence).

4

Do one of the following:

 To perform an insert edit: Press Command-F9.
 To perform an overwrite edit: Press Command-F10.

The content of the source sequence is edited into the destination sequence in the Timeline.

To edit content from one sequence into another by dragging it into the Timeline:

1

In the Timeline, open the destination sequence (where the copied clips will go) by
clicking the sequence’s tab.

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

Drag a sequence from either the Browser or the Viewer to the area of the Timeline you
want to edit it into.

4

Keeping the mouse button held down, press the Command key.

5

Keeping the Command key held down, release the mouse button.

The content of the sequence you dragged is edited into the currently active sequence
in the Timeline, with all clips appearing individually.

A highlighted area shows

where the content from the

source sequence will go.

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