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Lifting, Extracting, and Copying Material
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3. Click the Copy to Clipboard button.
The system copies the selected material to the Clipboard, and leaves the sequence
untouched.
Using the Avid Clipboard
The Avid Clipboard is a cut, copy, and paste tool adapted to the special needs of the editing
environment.
The Copy to Clipboard function is useful for moving or repeating material in a sequence
without moving multiple segments or for rebuilding the section at another location. For
example, you can:
• Copy a portion of a sequence for pasting into another sequence.
• Isolate and copy a portion of an audio track for looping music or repeating a sound
effect.
• Copy graphic elements for repeating at other locations in a format cut.
The Clipboard stores only one clip at a time. Each time you copy, lift, or extract additional
material, you delete and replace the previous contents. However, you can preserve clipboard
content for the duration of your working session when you add it as a clip to the Source
monitor’s Clip Name menu. All the clips added remain available in menu until you select
Clear Menu or close the project.
The Clipboard lets you restore lifted or extracted segments quickly. This is useful if you
have performed one or more edits since removing the material. In contrast, if you use the
Undo function to restore the material, your Avid editing application also undoes all edits
performed in the meantime.
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Material in the Clipboard does not appear as a clip in the bin and is deleted when you close
the project. To save a portion of a sequence for future use, mark the section and create a
subclip.
To place a marked section of the sequence into the Clipboard at any time:
t Click the Lift, Extract, or Copy to Clipboard buttons.
Left to right: Lift, Extract, and Copy to Clipboard buttons
To keep the Clipboard contents throughout a session, do one of the following:
t Click the Clip Name menu above the Source monitor, and select Clipboard Contents.