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October 15, 2012
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Why Does Copy And Paste In Premiere Pro perform so poorly?

  • October 15, 2012
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Please explain why you can't copy and paste footage (audio and/or video) into a chosen track on a sequence? It almost always pastes into a track with footage already there overlapping footage. It can't paste into a new track??? I thought this is simple logic.

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    Correct answer Gerard2526083737yj

    FIXED my issue.  I was pasting a copied clip from another sequence, and although I had the track toggeled to the correct video track I wanted it to go, it would paste to the same track assignment from the original sequence. if I clicked paste from the edit drop down menu it would paste to the correctly assigned track, but using ctrl+v it would go to the original assigned track from the original sequence. I went to drop down menu EDIT >keyboard shortcuts> when the keyboard menu opens highlight the CTRL button, then the V button. At the bottom to the right it will show what's assigned. Mine had +PASTE and +PASTE TO SAME TRACK. I removed the latter and VIOLA no more issue with pasting to the wrong track!!!!

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    Gerard2526083737yj
    Gerard2526083737yjCorrect answer
    Participant
    July 15, 2022

    FIXED my issue.  I was pasting a copied clip from another sequence, and although I had the track toggeled to the correct video track I wanted it to go, it would paste to the same track assignment from the original sequence. if I clicked paste from the edit drop down menu it would paste to the correctly assigned track, but using ctrl+v it would go to the original assigned track from the original sequence. I went to drop down menu EDIT >keyboard shortcuts> when the keyboard menu opens highlight the CTRL button, then the V button. At the bottom to the right it will show what's assigned. Mine had +PASTE and +PASTE TO SAME TRACK. I removed the latter and VIOLA no more issue with pasting to the wrong track!!!!

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      Daniel245378523q0z
      Participating Frequently
      August 2, 2022

      Just encountered this on a freshly installed Premiere. Why is this the default setting, Adobe? It's so dumb.

        R Neil Haugen
        R Neil Haugen
        Legend
        August 2, 2022

        For you, the default is "so dumb". But for some other users, this is by far the preferred option.

         

        So no matter what they make the default, someone is gonna say "this is so dumb".

         

        So go to the Preferences, where they have options for this behavior. And change it.

         

        Neil

        Everyone's mileage always varies ...
          caroline_edits
          Community Manager
          caroline_editsCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          October 1, 2020

          Hey there – you might have luck by learning about track targeting! If I'm not paying attention to my targets, my timeline gets real messy real quick. 

           

          Hope this helps!

          Caroline

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            Jonas2576906345wv
            Participant
            September 19, 2022

            I don't know when this changed but this is not the correct answer until you edit your keyboard shortcuts and remove Paste To Same Track from Cmd +V. The default must have changed from track targeting to using the same track from where the clip was copied.

            R Neil Haugen
            R Neil Haugen
            Legend
            September 19, 2022

            Yes, the default 'reversed' a version back. And yes, it caught most people by surprise. Unfortunately.

             

            But once you understand and reset your keyboard shorts ... it's off to the races again. It's just that first shock that's rather painful.

             

            Neil

            Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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            andrewlankes
            Participant
            September 23, 2016

            EUREKA!!! I tried clicking on the v1, v2, etc as suggested. This still did not work me. Very frustrating. THEN, I decided to try renaming each audio or video track. i.e "1, 2, or 3" THIS WORKED. Now when you simply click on that track, then you paste, it places the item on that selected track. 

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            3fort
            Participating Frequently
            February 5, 2017

            This still isn't working for me (or should I say, it's not working in the 2017 update). I clicked on the V4 (note finally realized it's "V4" to the left of what says "Video 4") and it highlighted to indicate it's the targeted track. I then hit Command-V to paste my text from another sequence and it STILL pasted into V2 (note: not sure why it's even choosing V2. V1 track is a JPEG graphic behind my actual video footage on track V2).

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            3fort
            Participating Frequently
            February 5, 2017

            Follow-up... This is also happening if I copy a graphic from my logo Track and try to paste it into another location IN THE SAME TRACK. my logo is on V3. I copied it, made sure that same layer was targeted and pasted... clip/image appeared AGAIN on V2 overwriting my video footage.

            tclark513
            tclark513
            Known Participant
            October 15, 2012

            Thanks Ann...

              Ann Bens
              Community Expert
              Ann BensCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              October 15, 2012

              If you want video and audio with alt+drag.

              Select clip and hit alt and hold

              Drag video to desired track, hit and hold shift (dont let go of the alt)

              Now go to the audio and drag this to the desired track.

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                Dean Mellis
                Participating Frequently
                July 16, 2015

                Same way i explained in first post, make sure the track is selected.

                Select clip,

                Crtl+C,

                Switch sequence,

                Select track, place playhead in desired position

                Ctrl+V (or Ctrl+Shift+V for insert).


                On a Mac with CC2014 copying and pasting into a selected track does not work. It insists on going to an occupied track. Even worse, I can't even see where it's going at all. The play head moves up but there's no sign of the clips.

                  Ann Bens
                  Community Expert
                  Ann BensCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  October 15, 2012

                  You can paste in any track you want, make sure the track is selected first before you paste.

                  Or Alt drag to any track without selecting the track first or even to a new track.

                    CreativeLady14
                    CreativeLady14
                    Participant
                    August 19, 2016

                    This just changed my life!! I would always copy (command + c) and scroll all the way to the right, at the end of my timeline and then paste (command + v) and then drag it up to the track I wanted and over back to the left to where my sequence is taking place. This literally is a life-saver and time changer!! THANK YOU!

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