Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 299)

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Paste Special
In addition to ordinary pasting, Motion lets you paste as an insert, overwrite or
exchange edit. These three commands appear in the Paste Special dialog. Paste special
can also be used with regions to perform a special type of paste. For more information,
see “
Paste Into ” on page 310.
Insert: Pastes the Clipboard contents into the project, pushing existing objects farther
down in time.
Overwrite: Pastes the Clipboard contents into the project, deleting any existing
objects at the same point in time.
Exchange: Replaces the selected object in the project with the Clipboard contents.
To paste an object as an insert:
1 Select the layer where you want the object pasted.
2 Position the playhead at the desired time position.
3 Choose Edit > Paste Special (or press Option+Command+V).
The Paste Special dialog appears.
4 Select “Insert into time region.”
5 Click OK to confirm your edit.
To paste an object as an Overwrite:
1 Select the layer where you want the object pasted.
2 Position the playhead at the desired time position.
3 Choose Edit > Paste Special (or press Option+Command+V).
The Paste Special dialog appears.
4 Select “Overwrite into time region.”
5 Click OK to confirm your edit.
To paste an object as an Exchange:
1 Select the layer where you want the object pasted.
2 Position the playhead at the desired time position.
3 Choose Edit > Paste Special (or press Option+Command+V).
The Paste Special dialog appears.
4 Select “Exchange media with existing object.”
5 Click OK to confirm your edit.
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