Copy Paste clips without gaps. all together in timeline

[Mariano Puppo]

Hey is there a way to Copy two or more clips and Paste them in timeline all together without the space/gap that was between them ?

I usually preselect clips on the timeline away from my edit and then Paste whatever I like in the middle of the edit or near where I want them. would be so amazing if premiere can paste without the gaps

[Enchanted_socialite16B7 · Accepted solution]

I do not believe there is a way to do this. When you copy two clips in a sequence, the copy retains the distance between these two clips; thus pasting the gap. Hopefully this is accurate information!

[Ann Bens]

Copy/paste is what it is.

You paste exactly what you have copied.

How would you tell Premiere to drop the gaps.

Delete the gap before copying.

[Mariano Puppo]

Yes ann. thanks I understand. But we do have different kind of paste.

Like "Paste insert" in premiere or Paste in place in illustrator.

is all about funtionality, I love premiere but there is something missing there, for example it doesn't have a delete gap function like others editing softwares,

I'm wondering how many people use timelines as an auxiliar for edits... you can quickly check footage then preselect into another track or even organize by tracks in timeline. then you just copy and paste into the timeline where you are editing. That's my workflow for more than 15 years. But of course deleting the gaps is not a quick task in premiere. I got some tricks to do it fast but still it requires to create a color matte and three or four shortcuts

[Stefan Gruenwedel]

Please request this as a feature and explain why you think it's a useful addition: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

[Mariano Puppo]

Thanks Stefan. But I'm not sure if adobe check those request.

I did that already with others changes. Some of them unquestionable like why 3 steps of confirmation windows for creating a color matte when you could hit only one OK instead of what we are doing now: one [OK] click for size, then a [OK] click for color, then a [OK] click for name.

I mean I don't think anyone would disagree on that upgrade and I guess is not that hard to modify and I already asked that request three times.