Final Cut Pro HD: Keyframes are not pasted when you choose Paste Attributes

When you paste the attributes of one clip onto another, keyframes are not pasted, even though you selected the checkbox for Filters.

Normally, the Paste Attributes command is valuable for selectively copying attributes from one clip to another without having to open clips in the Viewer, eliminating the need to repeat steps when applying identical effects to multiple clips.

If you select the Filters checkbox, the filters for the copied clip are pasted as specified, but any keyframes added to the clip are not pasted.

One workaround is to drag the filter from a clip in the Effects tab of the Viewer onto the clip where you want the keyframes, as pictured here:

In this example, the filter and its keyframes are copied from Clip001 to Clip002. One drawback to this workaround is that the timing of the keyframes is not scaled, so this may only be practical for clips that have identical durations.

This behavior was improved in Final Cut Pro versions after Final Cut Pro HD (4.5).

In Final Cut Pro 5.0 and 5.1, keyframes from the Motion tab are pasted if selected, and the timing of the keyframes is scaled for parameters in the Motion tab, if Scale Attribute Times is selected. Filter keyframes are also pasted, but their timing will not be scaled. The Scale Attribute Times setting does not apply to the timing in Filters.