ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2.0
User Guide
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To insert a clip and not shift clips in other tracks, Ctrl-Alt-drag the clip into the track.
You can drag video clips to any video track; however, you can drag audio clips only to a compatible audio track.
Audio clips can’t be added to the master audio track or submix tracks, and they can be placed only on audio tracks
of the matching channel type: mono, stereo, or 5.1 (see “About audio tracks in a sequence” on page 173).
Clips with linked video and audio can be dragged to either a video or an audio track, but the clip’s video and audio
components appear separately, in the appropriate corresponding tracks.
Note:
You can drag a clip to any unlocked, compatible track in a sequence, no matter which tracks are currently targeted.
You can’t target a locked track. Locking a target track deselects it as the target.
To add a clip to a sequence by dragging
The most direct way to assemble clips into a sequence is by dragging them from the Project panel or Source Monitor
to an appropriate track in the Timeline panel.
The video and audio components of linked clips appear in corresponding tracks in the sequence (for example, Video
1 and Audio 1), unless the audio channel type of the clip is incompatible with the target track. In this case, the linked
audio appears in the next compatible track, or a compatible track is created automatically.
Note:
An audio clip dragged to an incompatible track automatically shifts to the next compatible track, even if the track
is occupied by another audio clip. Therefore, take care not to disturb clips already in the sequence inadvertently.
The Program Monitor can help you determine where to position a clip you’re adding to a sequence. During an
overlay edit, it displays the frames in the sequence adjacent to the new clip’s head and tail. During an insert edit, it
displays the frames adjacent to the insertion point.
1
Open a clip in the Source Monitor, and mark its In and Out points. (See “To set clip In and Out points in the
Source Monitor” on page 114.)
If you don’t want to set In and Out points, you can drag the clip directly from a bin or the preview thumbnail in the
Project panel.
2
Specify the source tracks you want to include (video, audio, or video and audio) by clicking the Take Video/Take
Audio button in the Source Monitor until its icon indicates the tracks you want to use. (See “To specify source tracks
to add to a sequence” on page 116.)
3
To make clip edges align when you drag them, make sure that the Snap button
is active in the Timeline panel.
4
Do one of the following:
•
To perform an overlay edit, drag the clip from the Source Monitor to an appropriate track in the Timeline panel
at the point you want the clip to start. The destination area is highlighted, and the pointer appears with the Overlay
icon
.
•
To perform an insert edit, Ctrl-drag the clip from the Source Monitor to an appropriate track in the Timeline panel
at the point you want the clip to start. The destination area is highlighted, and the pointer appears with the Insert
icon
. Arrows appear at the insertion point in all tracks.
•
To perform an insert edit and shift only target tracks, Ctrl+Alt-drag the clip from the Source Monitor to an appro-
priate track in the Timeline panel at the point you want the clip to start. The destination area is highlighted, and
the pointer appears with the Insert icon
. Arrows appear at the insertion point only in the tracks to which the
clip is added.