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Shuffle/Swap Insert Edits
A Shuffle Insert edit (sometimes referred to as a Swap Insert edit) lets you quickly rearrange
one or more selected clips in the Timeline simply by Command-Shift dragging them to the left
or right. When you do so, the surrounding clips automatically move to the right or left to switch
places with the clip or clips that you’re dragging. This is a really fast way to reorder clips to try
out different arrangements, without needing to drag clips onto multiple tracks to get them out of
the way, first.
You have a lot of flexibility in how you shuffle clips around. You can select one clip, or multiple
consecutive clips to shuffle. If you select multiple consecutive clips, they’ll move together as a
single block. You can even select multiple consecutive clips on multiple tracks to shuffle around
the Timeline as a single item.
Furthermore, you can also select clips that are part of split edits, where the audio and video In
and Out points start or end at different frames. In this case, how other clips move in the
Timeline to make room for the split edit clip you’re dragging depends on whether you click the
video or audio portion of the clip to start dragging:
If you click-and-drag the video portion of the clip, then all clips will rearrange
themselves based on the duration of that video item on that track, so that all video
items on that track rearrange themselves without either overwriting one another or
leaving gaps. As you drag to shuffle the selection through the Timeline, overlapping
linked audio items will either overwrite the audio on neighboring clips, or leave a gap.
If you click-and-drag the audio portion of the clip, then all clips will rearrange
themselves based on the duration of that audio item on that track, so that all audio
items on that track rearrange themselves without either overwriting one another or
leaving gaps. As you drag to shuffle the selection through the Timeline, overlapping
linked video items will either overwrite the video on neighboring clips, or leave a gap.
Given the rules previously described, shuffling clips is really easy, and you can do so in one
of two ways.
To shuffle insert clips with adjacent clips in the Timeline:
1 Turn snapping on.
2 Select one or more consecutive clips you want to shuffle.
3 Press and hold the Command and Shift keys down and drag either the video or audio
portion of the selected clips to the left or right.
So long as you move clips to the In or Out points of adjacent clips, they’ll automatically
switch places with the selection of clips you’re dragging. Snapping will help make sure
that you align clip(s) you’re dragging with previously existing edit points until dropped in
the desired location.
Before and after clip L being shuffled with clips I, K, and J in a scene to rearrange the sequence
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