Duplicating tracks at DVinfo.net

Ian Stark · December 8th, 2008, 01:54 PM

Have I completely lost my marbles?

I could have sworn that previously when duplicating a track (R-Click/Duplicate track) the resulting copies were independent of each other and the original.

I just duplicated a track containing some generated text several times (see Bulleted Lists topic if you want to know why!) but when I came to edit the original, the changes were refelcted in all the new copies.

Has something changed or am I going nuts? I can't see anything obvious in preferences that allows you to turn this on or off.

Any thoughts?!

Mike Kujbida · December 8th, 2008, 02:24 PM

Ian, that's the way it's always worked for me and yes, it drove me crazy the first few times too :-(
In your case, what I'd recommend is clicking the original event and then Ctrl+dragging it to a new track.
Select the first option in the list that comes up.
BTW, it's the same list as when doing a copy/paste on a text event.
HTH.

Edward Troxel · December 8th, 2008, 02:25 PM

Generated Text can be copied two ways:
1. Where they are the SAME media - you change one you change them all
2. Where they are different media.

When you hold down the CTRL key and drag the Generated Media, it will ask which you want to do. Apparently duplicating the track does #1.

Ian Stark · December 8th, 2008, 02:42 PM

You know, I could have sworn that duplicating a track with a text event created independent copies. How strange.

It seems that even editing the copies affects the others. Seems odd to me.

Thanks for the workaround gents.

December 8th, 2008, 02:25 PM	#3
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Generated Text can be copied two ways: 1. Where they are the SAME media - you change one you change them all 2. Where they are different media. When you hold down the CTRL key and drag the Generated Media, it will ask which you want to do. Apparently duplicating the track does #1. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

December 8th, 2008, 02:42 PM	#4
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	You know, I could have sworn that duplicating a track with a text event created independent copies. How strange. It seems that even editing the copies affects the others. Seems odd to me. Thanks for the workaround gents. __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

December 8th, 2008, 01:54 PM	#1
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Duplicating tracks Have I completely lost my marbles? I could have sworn that previously when duplicating a track (R-Click/Duplicate track) the resulting copies were independent of each other and the original. I just duplicated a track containing some generated text several times (see Bulleted Lists topic if you want to know why!) but when I came to edit the original, the changes were refelcted in all the new copies. Has something changed or am I going nuts? I can't see anything obvious in preferences that allows you to turn this on or off. Any thoughts?! __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

December 8th, 2008, 02:24 PM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Ian, that's the way it's always worked for me and yes, it drove me crazy the first few times too :-( In your case, what I'd recommend is clicking the original event and then Ctrl+dragging it to a new track. Select the first option in the list that comes up. BTW, it's the same list as when doing a copy/paste on a text event. HTH.