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The selected clips are insert edited to the selected track at the position of the
playhead, pushing all other media in the destination track back by the total duration of
the selected clips, except for clips on other tracks that overlap to the left of the edit
point (as seen by the overlapping music clip in the example below).
Before and after an insert edit, the Timeline gets longer as non-
overlapping clips to the left of the edit point are rippled to the right
Replace Edits
Replace edits are a unique three-point edit type that aligns the frame at the Source Viewer
playhead with the frame at the Timeline playhead when the edit is executed. This is the fastest
edit type to use when you need to align an action at a specific frame of video, or a sound at a
specific frame of audio, to a particular frame’s action or sound in the video or audio of
the Timeline.
The fastest way of using the replace edit is to not bother setting either In or Out points in the
Source Viewer, and to either use the duration of an existing clip intersecting the Timeline to
define the edit, or a pair of timeline In/Out points specifying either a section of a clip you want
to overwrite, or an empty section of the Timeline to which you want to edit.
Replace edits do not ripple the Timeline.
Replace Edits to Replace Existing Clips in the Timeline
A replace edit automatically replaces an existing clip in the Timeline with a clip in the Source
Viewer, so long as that clip overlaps the playhead and is on a track with its destination control
enabled. When you make a replace edit in this way, DaVinci Resolve automatically uses the
duration of the Timeline clip to define the duration of the incoming media, and the positions of
the Viewer and Timeline playheads to line up how the incoming media should be placed. This is
an extremely fast edit to make, since you needn’t use any In or Out points at all.
To replace a clip in the Timeline:
1 Move the playhead in the Timeline to the clip that you want to replace, and align it
witha frame that you want to line up with a frame in the clip you’ll be replace editing
into theTimeline.
2 Click the appropriate audio and video destination controls of the track containing the
clip you want to replace.
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