you split a clip, Adobe Premiere Pro creates a new instance of the clip and any clips to
which it is linked. By Alt-clicking with the razor, you can split only the audio or video
portion of linked clips.
Note: If you want to change effect settings over time, you needn’t split the clip; you can
apply keyframes to a single clip instead. See “Working with keyframes in the Timeline
window” on page 222.
To split a clip:
Do one of the following:
•
Position the current-time indicator where you want to split a clip, and choose
Sequence > Razor At Current Time Indicator.
•
Select the razor tool and click a clip in the sequence where you want to split it.
To split multiple tracks at the same point in the Timeline window:
Select the razor tool and Shift-click a clip in the sequence at the point where you want
to split clips in all tracks. Clips in all unlocked tracks split at that point. Each clip becomes
two independent instances.
Multiple clips split in the timeline
Copying and pasting clips and clip attributes
You can rearrange existing clips in the sequence by copying and pasting. If you simply
paste a clip, Adobe Premiere Pro performs an overlay edit at the current-time indicator.
Alternatively, pasting a clip can perform an insert edit at the current-time indicator.
You can copy and paste multiple clips at one time. The relative spacing (both horizontal
spacing in time, and vertical spacing in tracks) of clips is maintained.
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If you have applied settings to a clip and want to use the same settings in one or more
other clips, you can easily copy the settings. For example, you might want to apply
identical color correction to a series of clips captured in the same session. Settings
intrinsic
to the source clip—motion, opacity, volume—replace those in the destination clips. All
other effects (including keyframes) are added to the list of effects already applied to the
destination clips.
Note: You can also copy and paste keyframes from one effect parameter to another
compatible effect parameter (see “Copying and pasting keyframes” on page 249).
To copy and paste one or more clips to the current-time indicator:
1
Select one or more clips in the sequence, and choose Edit > Copy.
2
In the Timeline window, position the sequence current-time indicator to the point you
want to paste a copy of the clip.
3
Select a target track compatible with the copied clip.
4
Do one of the following:
•
To overlay the pasted clips, choose Edit > Paste.
•
To insert the pasted clips, choose Edit > Paste Insert.
To transfer clip attributes to another clip:
1
Select a clip, and choose Edit > Copy.
2
Select one or more clips in the Timeline window.
3
Choose Edit > Paste Attributes.
Linking video and audio clips in the Timeline window
In the Project window, clips that contain both video and audio appear as a single item,
represented by . When you add the clip to the sequence, however, the video and audio
appear as two objects, each in its appropriate track (provided you specified both tracks
when performing the edit; see “Specifying source and target tracks” on page 128). But the
