On Sat, 05 May 2001 06:11:03 GMT, acny37@hotmail.com wrote:

>>domw@global.co.za (Mr Quimper) wrote:
>>As well as all the new features, the interface is better than Prem5.1.
>>I suppose 'better' is subjective, but I really like the icons under
>>each window- very quick to move around.
>
>Does anyone know if they added this editing feature - Can you Lift
>several clips/shots from the timeline and then insert that series of
>clips into another part of the timeline.
>
>Premiere 5.1 drove me crazy since it limits you to only lifting and
>inserting one shot clip at a time. Like with a long 1 hour movie and
>I want to move a scene from end to beginning, and the scene is made up
>of 40 shots, you have to move them one by one, very clumsily dragging
>and dropping etc.

Uh, actually, it is quite easy to rearrange sets of
clips in Premiere... First open a target space on
the timeline longer than required for the insert,
using the "double-arrow" tool (under the "lasso"
tool) to push all to its right along the timeline
to the right. Then use the "lasso" tool to select
the group of files as a set that you want to move
(some planning and moving of track material is
sometimes needed to make sure all the tracks will
mesh in the final joining [and not prevent union
where you want it], but this can be done as a
separate stage of moving the set of clips if you
are careful to leave the moved set in open space
on the timeline before changing tools). With the
"lasso" tool, you can move the set of clips along
the timeline through other clips, but it is best
to use a timeline scale that allows you to see
your destination so you do not "drop" the set in
"occupied territory" (you can move things only
within one screen-view of the timeline with the
"lasso"...). Once you have joined the head of
the moved set with the tail of the earlier part
on the timeline (easiest to use the "double-arrow"
tool for minor movements at a timeline scale where
you can see them well), you can close up the
remaining gap at the tail of the moved set with
the "double-arrow" tool. Easy! Only complications
are those that arise when tracks won't properly
mesh (carefully switch clip tracks to open
the needed tracks in a complicated multi-track
edit).