Placing Clips at the Edit Insertion Point

You can drag a clip from the same track, from another track, or from the Clip List, and align its start, end, or sync point to the Edit insertion point. This technique is useful in post production since it lets you set an Edit selection point during playback or while stopped and then quickly place sound effects at the edit insertion point.

With Pro Tools HD, when the Scrolling option is set to Center Playhead, clips snap to the playhead, instead of the Edit insertion point.

To place the start of a clip at the Edit insertion point:

1 With the Selector tool, click in the track at the time location where you want to place the start of the clip.

2 Do one of the following:

While pressing the Start key (Windows) or Control (Mac), drag the clip from the Clip List, or from another track, to the destination track.

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If the clip is already in the track, Start-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) the clip with the Time Grabber tool.

To place the end of a clip at the Edit insertion point:

1 With the Selector tool, click in the track at the time location where you want to place the end of the clip.

2 Do one of the following:

While pressing Control+Start (Windows) or Command+Control (Mac), drag the clip from the Clip List, or from another track, to the destination track.

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If the clip is already in the track, Control-Start-click (Windows) or Command-Control-click (Mac) the clip with the Time Grabber tool.

To place the sync point of a clip at the Edit insertion point:

1 With the Selector tool, click in the track at the time location where you want to place the sync point of the clip.

2 Do one of the following:

While pressing Start+Shift (Windows) or Control+Shift (Mac), drag the clip from the Clip List, or from another track, to the destination track.

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If the clip is already in the track, Shift-Start-click (Windows) or Shift-Control-click (Mac) the clip with the Time Grabber tool.