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Can't drag clips around in Timeline!! Help!!

JonathanMdillon
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Mar 30, 2016 Mar 30, 2016

Hey everyone, I've been on premiere for about 7 months now, fluent in Avid and FCP. For some reason, starting today, I can't seem to drag clips around in a project like I could before (and can easily do in every other program). I can't even drag a clip from the Source monitor straight onto the timeline. I can insert and overwrite, I can select the clip once it is on the timeline, but I can't drag and move it. Anyone else having this issue??

Working on iMac 5k 2015, Premiere CC 9.4

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JonathanMdillon
Explorer , Mar 30, 2016 Mar 30, 2016

Alright, for those who care and potentially run into the same issue I did, it has something to do with having multiple monitors. The quick fix (which was not quick in figuring out) is to drag your timeline onto your main monitor, in this case my iMac 5k display. Then, magically, everything is fine. Drag it back over on your second monitor and you should be able to drag/drop/manipulate clips.

This might have been an article for purely me, but ya never know...

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SRG Andy
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Apr 03, 2018 Apr 03, 2018
In Response To rosannag21605942

But what if you aren't using 2 monitors?

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rosannag21605942
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Sep 16, 2017 Sep 16, 2017

Thank you very very much. Mind blown...

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Remy J
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Jan 18, 2018 Jan 18, 2018
In Response To rosannag21605942

My thoughts exactly!

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