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Place On Top
Lets you edit the incoming clip as a superimposition above whatever other clips are in the
Timeline; the incoming clip is always placed on top, so if there are clips in tracks 1, 2, and 3, the
incoming clip is automatically placed on track 4, regardless of which track is selected. The
frame the incoming clip aligns with depends on the following:
The incoming clip aligns with the closest timeline edit point in proximity to the playhead
(as shown by the Smart Indicator) if no timeline In or Out points have been defined. The
playhead is ignored.
The incoming clip aligns with a timeline In point if one has been set.
The incoming clip’s Out point will align with a timeline Out point if one has been set
without an In point. This “backtimes” the clip.
(Top) Before placing a clip on top,
(Bottom) After editing clip DD into the timeline with a Place On Top edit
Source Overwrite
This edit requires overlapping timecode in multiple clips to work properly, such as when
recording synced timecode to multiple cameras during a multi-cam shoot. If there is no
overlapping timecode, this edit does nothing.
If you are working with footage from multiple cameras that have synced timecode, then the
easiest way to use this edit type is to set In and Out points over a clip in the Timeline where you
want to cut away to another angle. In the following example, a wide shot of a cooking show
covers the moment when the chef starts slicing a chili.
Setting Timeline In and Out points to identify a cutaway
Alternatively, you can also use Source Overwrite to automatically place a source clip with a
marked In/Out region on top of a clip in the Timeline so that its timecode syncs with the
timecode of the timeline clip, when you don’t know exactly how much of the incoming source
clip you want to edit into the Timeline, and you just want it synced appropriately.
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