@johnebaker

I did get the same issue after restarting Movie Studio, than create a new project and repeating the import

The screenshot is dragging to the timeline

No, the dotted box only appears after I attempt to drag the video in the timeline.

@Jared-S @johnebaker

I think I can replicate this. If the whole file is already on the timeline, as shown in the screenshot above, then I can't drag a portion onto the timeline. If only a portion is already on the timeline, I can. As soon as I delete the whole file from the timeline, the In/Out Import feature starts working again.

I would have thought using the In/out feature is not necessary if you already have the whole file on the timeline.

@Jared-S, @AAProds

Hi

. . . . If the whole file is already on the timeline, as shown in the screenshot above, then I can't drag a portion onto the timeline. . . . .

I can replicate this - it is not a bug - it is a more subtle 'issue' which is not obvious - the marquee appears because the method you are using is trying to get a section from the full clip on the timeline

To get another section of the full clip by further setting In - Out points you need to play the clip, or drag it to the preview monitor, from the media pane setting the In - Out points as required - see video below

HTH

John EB

@AAProds @johnebaker

Hi Al.

This is possible but.

One or two things have to be in place to work.

To place on the same track the playback cursor on the timeline must be after the last clip or at the beginning of a space large enough to place the cropped version into.

On another track that is not the case.

In both instances the track to be imported to must be selected by clicking on the track header to the left.

Ray.

I was just commenting on what I saw/found in response toot the OP, I have never used this feature.

@AAProds

Hi Al.

In truth nor have I tried to do what @Jared-S has tried to do in the same way but selecting a portion of a video clip that could be quite long is easier using the above method rather than importing the whole clip and cutting it down to the correct area needed.

I think a lot depends on how the clip is to be used as to which method would be more useful.

Some third party effects can be reproduced using the basic tools within the base program if one does not have the appropriate third party effects. In this instance it could be to put a zoomed section of the main clip into a corner (or center) to highlight a detail from the main background in sync with the main video. It is difficult and time consuming to do but it is a workaround. Not the best method for what I describe above but nonetheless a way to do it.

Also if it were not for your observation I would not have looked at the example more closely to realise the problem that was occurring.👍

Ray.

@Jared-S, @AAProds, @CubeAce

Hi

Now I have had a coffee, there is another method of copying a section from a full clip loaded on the timeline - no loading the clip into the preview monitor and setting In/Out points involved.

See video below I am using the keyboard shortcut I and O to set the in/out points.

The only extra steps are to select the track header to designate which track, and position the timeline cursor if required, to insert the clip.

HTH

John EB

@johnebaker @Jared-S @AAProds

Hi John.

Interesting. Try doing the same where there are multiple tracks 🤪👍.

Looks useful. Not sure what for yet though. It even copied the pre-render!

Ray.

@Jared-S @CubeAce @AAProds @johnebaker

Hi all,

Import the clip to the timeline. As I see it, to import a piece of the same clip (or even another one) from the Media Pool, it first has to be in the Preview Monitor. If you import the clip and click anywhere but in the Preview Monitor and then try to get a range to import again, the program most likely will have switched to the clip on the timeline, no longer the one in the Media Pool. This is why you get the marquee. You can tell by watching for the range bar above the timeline. If the range gets set there, then you are using the material from the Timeline instead of the Media Pool.

You have to select the clip again from the Media Pool (I use the brackets in the Media Pool) and select a range and you will be able to drag that to the timeline or press 1 or the import button to add it to the end. You can set ranges and import multiple times, but you have to be careful to not click on anything on the timeline. If you do, the import state is no longer there - any range set in the Preview Monitor will be for the timeline.

As John EB has pointed out, if the state goes back to an object on the timeline and you want a piece of it, the tools are not the same.

MEP/MS only have a Preview Monitor, whereas VPX also has a source monitor, making this process a little more obvious.

John CB

@CubeAce

Hi Ray,

The Copy Range function does exactly that - it copies whatever is in the entire range, effects and all.

John CB

@browj2

Hi John.

I found by clicking on one clip on the timeline within the range markers, that method only copied and pasted the one highlighted object and placed it on the appropriate track, whereas not having any clips highlighted it copied and pasted all of the sections of those clips within the range markers.

Ray.

@CubeAce

Hi

. . . .  by clicking on one clip on the timeline within the range markers, that method only copied and pasted the one highlighted object and placed it on the appropriate track, whereas not having any clips highlighted it copied and pasted all of the sections of those clips within the range markers . . . .

I cannot replicate that !

Using Range copy - Alt +C - it copies the range marked section of all objects on all tracks that have objects in the selected range.

John EB