Classroom in a book

Moving clips to, from, and within the Timeline
One of the beauties of Adobe Premiere Pro is how easy it is to add clips anywhere 
in the project, move them around, and remove them altogether.
You can place a clip in the Timeline in two ways: by dragging it from the Project 
panel or by dragging it from another location in the Timeline. In the next exercise, 
you will move the yellow clip to the Video 1 track in two different ways:
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Overlay
: The newly placed clip and its audio (if applicable) replace what was in 
the sequence at the point in the Timeline at which the clip is placed.
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Insert
: The first frame of the newly placed clip cuts the current clip and, 
without covering up anything, slides the cut segment and all clips after it to 
the right. This process requires using a keyboard modifier—in this case, the 
Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) key.

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You can move a clip from a location in the Timeline in two ways:
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Lift
: This leaves a gap where the clip used to be.
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Extract
: This works like using the Ripple Edit tool in that other clips move over 
to fill the gap. This move also requires a keyboard modifier—holding down Ctrl 
(Windows) or Command (Mac OS) before clicking the clip to be removed.
Open the Lesson 05-colors project in the Lesson 05 folder to load the color clips 
shown in these figures. Use this sequence to practice each of these different edits. 
The colored clips make it easy to see exactly how each edit works.
Using the current-time indicator to establish the edit point
Now you need to edit the rest of the sequence to make it look and sound like the 
Completed sequence.
One method of establishing an edit point is to scrub the Timeline with the current-
time indicator to find the point where you want to trim your clip. The current-time 
indicator can then act like a snap point to make the edit point easy to find.
1
To begin, open Lesson 05-05.prproj to make sure you are starting from the 
same point as this portion of the lesson. At this stage, the first three clips on 
Sequence 01 are trimmed the way you want. You need to work on the fourth 
clip (Medieval_villain_02.mpeg).
2
Scrub the current-time indicator over the clip to find the point just before 
the actor starts to slowly turn his head toward the camera. This should be at 
timecode 00:00:16:22. Leave the current-time indicator sitting at this point.
3
Grab the Ripple Edit tool, and drag the left edge of the clip to the right until it 
meets the current-time indicator. The Ripple Edit tool snaps to the current-time 
indicator, making it easy to set the edit at the correct spot.

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LESSON 5
Creating Cuts-Only Videos
This clip is still too long, and you have a couple additional clips to trim before 
Sequence 01 is done. You’ll look at some other techniques for finishing it.