Copying and Pasting Channels from Another Sequence

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Introduction

By default, HLS is not designed to copy entire channels from one sequence to another sequence. You can copy and paste channels as you need within a single sequence, but, there is no pre-defined way to copy and paste to another sequence all-together.


Generally speaking, this would not be a common action, however, there are cases when it would be useful. For example, you might download an HLS sequence from the internet for a song you are currently sequencing. The sequence you downloaded may use arches in such a way that you want to use it as a base to sequence your own arches. Since you have already started on your own sequence of the song, the ideal would be to copy and paste the downloaded sequence's arch channels and paste them into your working sequence.


To copy and paste these channels, the Library can be used to carry over the channels to another sequence.


Creating a Library for Copying Channels

To keep your Library database clean, consider creating a new library that only contains copied sequence channels. Then, when you are done copying, you can simply remove that entire library since it will no longer serve a purpose. Review the Creating a Library page for instructions. Once you have your library created, go on to the next section.


Selecting Whole Channels for Sequence to Sequence Copying

  • To select the entire channel, start at the left-most grid square of the song sequence.
  • Left-click one time on the top-most channel you wish to copy to activate the selection box.
  • Press and hold Page Down until you reach the end of the song sequence.
  • Move the mouse to select all of the channels you want to copy/paste and left-click one time to fully select all channels.


Saving Whole Channels in the Library

  • Click Library -> Add Effect Group to Library.
  • Select the library you created for copying whole channels.
  • Make sure Effect Grouping is selected.
  • Type a name for your copied channels and click OK.
  • Exit HLS


Pasting Copied Channels into the Desired Sequence

  • Open the HLS sequence you wish to paste the copied whole channels into.
  • Set the active display group to the channels that you will paste into.
  • Click Library -> Insert into Sequence Effect from Library.
  • Select the copied channels from the library.
  • Click Yes, Yes to the prompts from HLS.
  • Left-click in the left-most, top channel you wish to paste the channels into.
  • Save your sequence.


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