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Margaret Artola/2 min read

Pasting and Removing Attributes in Premiere Pro

Attribute Paste Workflow

Copy Source

Copy a clip whose attributes (effects, scale, etc.) you want to reuse.

Paste Attributes

Edit > Paste Attributes (Cmd+Alt+V) onto target clip.

Pick Attributes

Choose which attributes to paste: Motion, Opacity, Effects.

Remove Attributes

Right-click clip > Remove Attributes for clean slate.

Master Premiere Pro at Noble Desktop

Noble Desktop's Video Editing & Motion Graphics Certificate teaches Premiere Pro alongside After Effects.

In this tutorial, we'll learn about pasting and removing attributes in Premiere Pro. The video demonstrates how to copy attributes, paste them onto a clip, and then remove attributes if desired. We also reflect on how opacity and time remapping are sometimes on by default, and sometimes not.

Video Transcription

Hi this is Margaret from Noble Desktop. Today we are looking at pasting and removing attributes in Premiere Pro. You can do many things to one clip and decide that you like it, and simply want to add it to another clip. So here, we have the same view of this shot. I'm going to enlarge it a bit, rotate it a smidge for stylizing, and then visit my Lumetri scopes.

I'm going to use the curves and boost up the shadows a bit, and boost up some of the higher mid-tones. I've made changes in motion, increased the scale and changed the rotation, and I also made changes in the Lumetri Color panel. Now, I would like this view to match the color but I don't want to change the scale, so I'll copy the attributes (cntry/cmmd + C). I'll go over to the clip, control-click and say paste attributes (keyboard shortcut Option + Command +V). I have the option of adding motion and the Lumetri Color, but I don't want to change the scale, so I'm going to uncheck motion.

Now, the only thing pasted to that clip will be the Lumetri color. But I kind of regret changing the scale, so I'm going to control-click and say remove attributes (keyboard shortcut Option-Command-X). I'm happy with the color correction but I want to remove the scale. Now, opacity and time remapping are defaults that sometimes are defaulted on and sometimes aren't. So, I'll just leave it as a big question for Adobe to ponder.

I hope you've enjoyed this lesson on pasting and removing attributes in Premiere Pro. This has been Margaret with Noble Desktop.