Say that title 5 times fast. There are a few ways to duplicate a clip/sequence in Final Cut Pro. You can right (or control) click on an item and select Duplicate (or Duplicate as New Master Clip in the case of audio and video clips). This will create an exact copy of the file with the word “copy” appended after the original file name.

You can go to the Edit menu and choose duplicate or you can use the keyboard shortcut Option + D. However, there is also a handy dandy way to duplicate a clip from within the timeline.

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This is one of those things that really irritated me for the longest time until I figured it out. If you are working with a lot of clips, you will inevitably end up having Nested Sequences. Nested sequences make it much easier to handle projects and to create more complicated effects than you could not do otherwise. Editing and animating their motion properties works a little differently than a normal clip however.

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