How to add a duplicated scene/sequence onto timeline as an organized element...

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October 15, 2019
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I downloaded a pre-made movie template from Envato and have been editing it. It isn't long enough so I need to extend. I tried adding a simple copy/paste of an earlier "scene" to the end of the lineup, but that didn't work because it wouldn't let me edit the scene independently without affecting the original one I copied from. So I read that I am supposed to duplicate the scene in the project panel and then add it to the timeline. But when I do THAT, it adds all of the elements to the timeline individually, rather than bulking it together as a "scene". See screenshot attached. How do I drag the new, duplicated scene onto the timeline and have it take the form of the previous scenes?

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R Neil Haugen

Legend

You created a duplicate, applied that, then went back to re-edit the original.

I'm ... puzzled at this. I would have thought you'd have been editing the duped scene.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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ariellewarrenAuthor

Participant

I duplicated the scene, renamed it, then added the duplicated scene to the end of the timeline, then edited that newly placed duplicated scene. Then I went back and checked the original scene 2 and it was now reflecting the changes I made to the duplicated scene. I didn't touch the original.

BUT, keep in mind my original comment that started this thread - I downloaded this template from a creator on envato. So I had to go into the scenes and edit them to make them unique to my project. When I did that, I had to unlock some of the layers. So I am wondering if unlocking those layers may have messed something up and made the scene un-duplicatable (at least in the type of case we are trying right now).

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Ahh ... then first, duplicate the sequence, rename it, and nest THAT duplicated sequence.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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ariellewarrenAuthor

Participant

That's what I did originally (See screenshot above). I duplicated scene 2 and called it "scene 2 copy 1". Then I nested that new copy based on your instructions. When I edited the original scene 2, I unlocked a bunch of items within the nest that had been locked by the creator. Could that be the issue?.

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Very simple ... you nest the sequences into the current timeline.

Make sure the Nest icon, the sequence-icon on your timeline header block ... is blue (active). Then when you double-click a sequence in a bin, it comes onto the current sequence as a nested one ... complete, not showing individual cuts.