{"id":80523,"date":"2016-09-08T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=80523"},"modified":"2016-09-08T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T15:44:10","slug":"swapping-clips-in-premiere-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/swapping-clips-in-premiere-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Editing Quick Tip: Swapping Clips in Premiere Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"swapping-clips-in-premiere-pro-is-exceptionally-easy-and-quick-thanks-to-this-helpful-shortcut\">Swapping clips in Premiere Pro is exceptionally easy and quick thanks to this helpful shortcut.<\/h2>\n<p>Ready for the easiest\u00a0<strong>quick tip<\/strong> ever? The <strong>Swap Clip<\/strong>\u00a0feature in <strong>Premiere Pro<\/strong> is as useful as it is simple and easy to remember. For the times when you&#8217;d like to move a clip to different place in your timeline without\u00a0leaving empty gaps, this shortcut places the clip where you want and <strong>fills in the space<\/strong>\u00a0you left empty.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-swap-clips-in-premiere-pro\">How to Swap Clips in Premiere Pro<\/h3>\n<h4 id=\"1-choose-the-intended-clip\">1. Choose the Intended Clip<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-81312 size-full\" title=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Swapping Clips in Premiere Pro - Choose the intended clip.\" src=\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Swap-1.gif\" alt=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Swapping Clips in Premiere Pro - Choose the intended clip.\" width=\"755\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First, just find the clip you wish to relocate.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"2-swap-the-clip\">2. Swap the Clip<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-81313 size-full\" title=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Swapping Clips in Premiere Pro - Swap the Clip\" src=\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Swap-Clip.gif\" alt=\"Video Editing Quick Tip: Swapping Clips in Premiere Pro - Swap the Clip\" width=\"755\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, hold down <strong>Command+Option <\/strong>(or <strong>Control+Alt<\/strong> for PC)\u00a0and <strong>drag the clip<\/strong> to where you&#8217;d like and <strong>drop it down<\/strong>. You&#8217;ll see the rest of your work move over and fill in the left-open space. As you can see, the space where the clip was previously is now filled by the clips before it that have been pushed back in the timeline. It&#8217;s magical, don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>quick tip<\/strong> is easy and practical for your workflow when doing any type of work in<strong>\u00a0<a title=\"ShortcutsPB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/beginners-guide-to-premiere-pro-shortcuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Adobe Premiere<\/a><\/strong>. Check out our previous post \u2014\u00a0<em><a title=\"PB Trim Clips to Playhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/trim-clips-to-the-playhead-in-premiere-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">How to Trim Clips to the Playhead<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 for another quick blast of timeline knowledge.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Know of any ot<strong>her quick shortcuts for moving clips around in Premiere Pro?<\/strong> Share in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swapping clips in Premiere Pro is exceptionally easy and quick thanks to this helpful shortcut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":81315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[714,39],"tags":[308,5376,48],"class_list":["post-class-post-80523","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-premiere-2","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-tag-premiere-pro","post-class-tag-video-editing","post-class-tag-workflow"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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