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Copy and paste clip effects

Last updated on Dec 14, 2023

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You can easily copy and paste effects from one clip to one or more other clips.

For example, you can apply identical color correction to a series of clips shot in similar lighting conditions. You can copy effects from a clip in one track of a sequence and paste them onto clips in another track.

Before you begin

Create a project and add clips to the timeline. Apply effects to one or more clips.

In the Timeline panel, select the clip that contains the effect or effects you want to copy. Shift-click to select multiple effects.
Select Edit > Copy.
In the Timeline panel, select the clip to which you want to paste the effect and select Edit > Paste.
To paste all effect values (including keyframes) from a clip in any sequence, select Edit > Paste Attributes.
With Paste Attributes, effects intrinsic to the source clip—Motion, Opacity, Time Remapping, and Volume—replace those effects in the destination clips. All other effects (including keyframes) are added to the list of effects already applied to the destination clips.
Keyframes appear at comparable positions in the target clip, starting at the beginning of the clip. If the target clip is shorter than the source clip, keyframes are pasted beyond the target clip Out point. To view these keyframes, move the clip Out point to a time later than the location of the keyframe, or deselect the Pin To Clip option

Result

Your effects are copied across multiple clips in your project.

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