Paste Zoom and Pan Settings From One Clip to Another in Screenflow
Sometimes when editing in Screenflow I want to apply the zoom and pan setting of one clip to another. I just discovered an easy way of doing this.
Setup
Here is the situation. I have a clip that I have zoomed and panned (1). When the playline moves to the next clip (2) I want it to have the same zoom and pan settings.
Select Edit > Copy
With the zoomed and panned clip selected, select Edit > Copy as if you were going to copy the entire clip.
Select 2nd Clip
I now select the clip I want to apply the settings to (2). The clip I copied is just before it in the timeline (1), but doesn’t have to be.
Select Edit > Paste Adjustments
Select Edit > Paste Adjustments and whatever attribute you want to apply from the clip you copied. In my case I am selecting Video. That will apply the zoom and pan settings to the new clip. As you can see you could do the same for Audio, Screen Recording and Callout settings.
Update: Here is another post that clarifies how to do this if you have a clip with a video action on it.
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January 7th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Thanks Greg, This is a really nice “how-to” post. Another little-known feature I just discovered was the “paste-match style” for text, which has been a real time-saver.
If you copy text from another document, and paste it into a ScreenFlow text box, it will retain the formatting of the original text. But if you paste that text using “Paste Match Style” (alt-shift-command-V)it will paste the text using the formatting of the text used just prior to the insertion point in your ScreenFlow project. So, it helps save time when you want all your text to have similar formatting.
Thanks again Greg! LYNN
January 8th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
I have wanted to do this many times… considered myself proficient with ScreenFlow but missed this. A very, very big thank you here!
January 9th, 2010 at 8:16 am
I concur w/Michael. I too missed this. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
This is similar to the Paste Adjustments in iMovie and it’s a real timesaver. Good to know it’s available in ScreenFlow too.
Thanks, Scott
January 11th, 2010 at 11:32 am
I tried to replicate this but failed. I took a single recording and split that clip applying a pan and zoom to the first. I then followed these very clear instructions. Selected and copied the first clip (to the clipboard, I assume) and then selected the second clip and did Paste Adjustments > Video. However, there was no joy in Mudville.
Did I do something wrong?
January 11th, 2010 at 11:49 am
@Frank- Did you pan and zoom the entire clip or did you add a Video Action to pan and Zoom? If you applied a Video action then the how-to is a little different. I will try to add a post later today that shows how to do that.
January 11th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
[...] is a follow up to the post from last week about pasting adjustments in Screenflow. A tricky situation can arise if you are pasting adjustments from a clip that has a video action on [...]
January 11th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
@Frank- I just posted a follow up that could explain what you are seeing. Look here:
Paste Adjustments in Screenflow With a Video Action
January 12th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
This may well be where I went astray. I’d re-test right away but my copy of ScreenFlow is struggling through a 26 minute presentation export. I will try this at my earliest opp’ty though. Thanks a lot.
January 18th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Yes, I think I have it now. Two different tactics are required depending upon whether there is an action present or not. The source clip appears to be the more important in this regard. Not only was I able to copy settings between two clips neither of which had a video action but I was also able to copy settings from a clip that had a video action to one that did not. The key, apparently, is to copy settings from the action if present and, failing that, to copy settings from the clip.