31 Pasting Effects

#31 Pasting Effects

Limitations of Pasting Effects

This feature works well early in the editing process, but as you add motion, opacity, and other effects to clips, it becomes a bit of a blunt instrument because it pastes all effects you've applied to a clip. Consider creating a preset (#32) for repetitive adjustments.

Once you've figured out the optimal corrective adjustments for your video, it's great to apply them efficiently to other clips on the timeline. Premiere Pro offers two options. The first option is copying and pasting effects from one clip to another. Here's how:

1.	In Premiere Pro, click the corrected clip with the effects to copy.
2.	Choose Edit > Copy (or press Ctrl+C)
3.	Click the target clip you want to adjust.
4.	Choose Edit > Paste Attributes (or press Ctrl+Alt+V) (Figure 31). Figure 31. Use the Paste Attributes function to paste effects applied on one clip to another. Note Premiere Pro will paste all effects applied to the source clip, plus any adjustments to the opacity or motion controls.