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Villiam3295
Villiam3295
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April 26, 2018
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Can't copy/paste transitions anymore???

  • April 26, 2018
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For some reason, Premiere copies EVERYTHING and pastes it into the timeline after selecting a single transition on the timeline, copying it, and pasting onto another item on the timeline.  I'm also pretty sure the option to copy used to be available when right-clicking on the transition as well.  Why was this feature removed?  Workflow slowed now...

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Correct answer Trent Happel

FYI, Copy and Paste of Dip to Black/White transitions is now fixed in Premiere Pro 13.1.3.

Fixed issues in Premiere Pro versions 13.1.3, 13.1.2, 13.1.1, and 13.1

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Trent HappelCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
July 17, 2019

FYI, Copy and Paste of Dip to Black/White transitions is now fixed in Premiere Pro 13.1.3.

Fixed issues in Premiere Pro versions 13.1.3, 13.1.2, 13.1.1, and 13.1

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Emilio Javier
Participating Frequently
May 4, 2019

Just updated Premire to 13.1.2 (Build 9) and this problem still persists.

DIP TO BLACK and DIP TO WHITE cannot be copied to the clipboard.

R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
May 4, 2019

Was able to finally replicate.

Didn't try a simple Ctrl/Cmd- C "copy" though. Sometimes that form workscwgen the full copy men doesn't.

Does selecting the transition then Ctrl/Cmd-C and Ctrl(Cmd)-V work for anyone?

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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FarrelRibeiro
Participant
May 3, 2019

Same here, dip to white, can't copy and paste. 300 clips, dragging 300 times, not very productive!

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    Emilio Javier
    Participating Frequently
    April 27, 2019

    I just updated to new release of Premiere Pro CC 2019 and I noticed I could not copy transitions.

    Further attempts revealed that some transitions could not be copied: So far, Dip to Black and Dip to White.

    When copying one of these and trying to paste, Premiere oddly pastes the first thing that was copied to clipboard in the session, might be other transition or something else from the timeline.

    Could not get it fixed.

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    April 27, 2019

    That is probably a trash preferences thing to fix.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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    Emilio Javier
    Participating Frequently
    May 4, 2019

    Neil, you don't have this issue in your installed version? What version and OS are you on? Thanks.

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    Katie Houghton
    Inspiring
    May 3, 2018

    Your copy was corrupted. Makes sense.

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    Katie Houghton
    Inspiring
    May 3, 2018

    Just checking in:

    The copy for a transition was never in the menu of context in Premiere (just FYI).

    But about your copy and paste process: Are you selecting the edit point when pasting the transition?  If you are a Final Cut user you may be selecting the clips and pasting in the transition, which you can do. In Premiere, you need to select the edit point. But copy and paste should work fine. Are you still not able to copy and paste a transition in Premiere?

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    dbattle28
    Known Participant
    May 3, 2018

    Not sure about other but I was only selecting the transition and not the clips.

    interesting discovery. I found that I could copy and paste a fade transition without any issue. I started checking others and Dip to Black and Dip to white resulted in this odd copy and paste of the entire timeline.

    SOLUTION:

    I was pulling my transitions from my "favorites" list and then trying to copy and paste them as usual and that's when it resulted in the odd copy and paste of the entire timeline. When I went directly to the original transition and put it in and then copy and pasted that it worked exactly as expected. So the solution appears to be to delete the current transitions in favorites and replace them with the original transitions. Mine appears to be working correctly now.

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 27, 2018

      Villiam3295  wrote

      I'm also pretty sure the option to copy used to be available when right-clicking on the transition as well. 

      No there was not. Select transition and copy (ctrl+C), select cut (Roll edit) and Paste (ctrl+V).

      Make sure the track is selected

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        excited_Genie16B8
        Legend
        April 27, 2018

        I don't recall it ever being possible to copy/paste a transition outside of selecting the clips they were attached to.

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        dbattle28
        Known Participant
        April 27, 2018

        Jim,

        I do this almost every day in my edits. Copy and paste of transitions was most definitely an option and it needs to stay that way.

        Katie,

        I tried your ALT option and while it did reset my preferences it did not fix the issue. I will tty #3 on your list now.

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        dbattle28
        Known Participant
        April 27, 2018

        None of those option worked. Cut and past still does not work with transitions.

        WORD TO THE WISE. Save your keyboard shortcuts before resetting your preferences. "Premiere Pro" drop down then "keyboard shortcuts" then "save as"

        R Neil Haugen
        R Neil Haugen
        Legend
        April 26, 2018

        Past Katie's comment, when you copy then paste ... deselect things that you're not wanting to paste, in that dialog that pops up when you do the right-click/Paste option.

        Neil

        Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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        Katie Houghton
        Inspiring
        April 26, 2018

        Try resetting your preferences. This should work fine. See if fixing your preferences fixes the problem.

        1. Exit the application

        2. Press and hold Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) as you start the application. The

        new preferences files are created when you start the application.

        3. To restore default preference settings and plug-in cache at the same time, hold down

        Shift-Alt (Windows) or Shift-Option (Mac OS) while the application is starting. Release

        the Shift-Alt keys or Shift-Option key when the splash screen appears.

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