<table border="0" cellpadding="20px" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_6_4_1.html" title="About video that includes a soundtrack (linked clips) ">Previous</a> | <a href="1_6_4_3.html" title="Overlaying clips in a movie">Next</a> | <a href="1_6_0_0.html">Editing Movies</a> > <a href="1_6_4_0.html">Adding clips to a movie</a></div><h4 class="head2">Inserting clips into a movie</h4><hr /><ol><p class="paragraph">When you insert a clip into the Timeline window, adjacent clips on <span class="Emphasis">all tracks</span> shift as necessary to accommodate the new clip. By shifting all clips together, the audio and video of the existing clips remain in sync. </p><p class="paragraph">There are times, however, when you don't want all clips to shift with each insertion, for example, if you've added background music or a video that is to superimpose the entire movie. In such instances, press the Alt key as you insert to shift the clips on a maximum of two tracks: the track receiving the insertion and the track containing its linked audio or video (if any). In this way, when you add a clip to a track containing linked audio or video, the affected tracks shift together, remaining aligned, while clips on other tracks are unaffected.</p><div class="anchorc"><img src="images/em_04.gif" alt="Clips after default insertion (top), and after Alt-drag insertion to target track (bottom). Notice second audio track unaffected by Alt-drag insertion." height="266" width="480" /></div><div class="caption">Clips after default insertion (top), and after Alt-drag insertion to target track (bottom). Notice second audio track unaffected by Alt-drag insertion.</div></ol><p class="headstep">To insert a clip into a movie, shifting all tracks:</p><ol><p class="paragraph">Do one of the following:</p><ul><li class="bullet" type="disc">Drag the clip from the Media window or Clip view of the Monitor window to the desired location in the Timeline window. When the pointer changes to the Insert icon <img src="images/ASLInsert.gif" alt="Insert icon " height="24" width="25" />, release the mouse.</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">Move the current-time indicator to the desired location in the Timeline window, select the clip in the Media window, and then choose Clip > Insert.</li></ul><p class="paragraph">To insert only the audio or video of linked clips, see <a href="1_6_4_7.html"><span class="jump">Adding only the audio or video portion of a linked clip to a movie</span></a>.</p></ol><p class="headstep">To insert a clip into a movie, shifting clips only on the target and linked tracks:</p><ol><p class="paragraph">Alt-drag the clip from the Media window or Clip view to the desired location in the Timeline window. When the pointer changes to the Insert icon <img src="images/TLInsertLimitedShift.gif" alt="Insert icon " height="27" width="26" />, release the mouse.</p><p class="tip"><img src="images/tip.gif" alt="Tip" height="20" width="20" />If you drag a clip into the blank space above the topmost video track (for video) or below the lowest audio track (for audio), Adobe Premiere Elements creates a new track for the clip. If the clip contains both audio and video, it creates both a new video and new audio track.</p></ol><hr /><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_6_4_1.html" title="About video that includes a soundtrack (linked clips) ">Previous</a> | <a href="1_6_4_3.html" title="Overlaying clips in a movie">Next</a> | <a href="#top">Top</a> | <a href="1_6_0_0.html">Editing Movies</a> > <a href="1_6_4_0.html">Adding clips to a movie</a></div></td></tr></table>
