Cut, copy, and paste clips

You can cut or copy a clip in the Trax Editor, or you can copy a clip from the Visor or Outliner to the Trax Editor. See Use the Visor with Trax and Use the Outliner with Trax.

After you cut or copy a clip, you can paste it to the same character set, or to a different character set that has similar attributes.

Note:

Before you can copy and paste clips between characters, they must first be mapped. See Mapping animation between characters.

To copy a clip

1. In the Trax Editor, do one of the following:

• Select the clip you want to copy.
  • In the Trax menu bar, select Edit > Copy.
• Right-click the clip you want to copy, and select Copy Clip from the menu that appears.

A copy of the clip is placed in your system’s clipboard.

To cut a clip

1. In the Trax Editor, do one of the following:

• Select the clip you want to cut.
  • In the Trax menu bar, select Edit > Cut.
• Right-click the clip you want to cut, and select Cut Clip from the menu that appears.

The clip is removed from its character and is placed in your system’s clipboard.

To paste a clip to the same character

1. Do one of the following:

• In the Trax Editor, highlight the character to which you want to paste the clip. See Highlight characters, groups, or subcharacters in Trax.
  • In the Trax menu bar, select Edit > Paste.
• Right-click the track where you want to paste the clip, and select Paste Clip from the menu that appears.

To paste a clip to a different character set

1. In the Trax Editor, highlight the character to which you want to paste the clip. See Highlight characters, groups, or subcharacters in Trax.
   Note: You should only copy and paste clips between characters if they have been mapped. See Mapping animation between characters.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Right-click the track where you want to paste the clip, and select Paste Clip from the menu that appears.
   • In the Trax menu bar, select Edit > Paste > . Set the Paste Clip Options and click Paste Clip.

To copy a clip from the Visor or Outliner and paste it in the Trax Editor

1. For information on copying clips from the Visor or Outliner and pasting them in the Trax Editor, see Use the Visor with Trax and Use the Outliner with Trax.

To copy clips from your operating system’s file browser to your Maya scene

1. In your operating system’s file browser, navigate to the .ma or .mb file that contains the clips you want to copy to your Maya scene.
2. Drag the file containing the clips from the operating system’s file browser to the Maya scene view.

   The clips in the file you dragged are copied to your current Maya scene file and they appear in the Unused Clips tab of the Visor and in the Outliner.

You can now copy these clips from the Visor or Outliner to a character in the Trax Editor. See the previous procedure.