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# Loading Clips to the EditDesk

You can load entries from a clip library to the Source Area, Record Area, EditDesk, or EditDesk Library. If a clip contains audio, you can load it with its audio tracks or as video only. You can load clips from clip libraries in the current project or in other local projects. Using Wire, you can load clips from remote projects. See Copying Local and Remote Clip Libraries to Your Current Project. Or load clips directly from Gateway libraries.

To load entries from a clip library:

1. From the Clip Library box in the current clip library, select the clip library containing the entries you want to load.

   The current clip library appears. You can change the current clip library at any time using the Clip Library box.

2. Select the entries you want to load. See Selecting Entries.
   TipYou can load entire library reels or selected source clips within soft edits. You may have to expand some parent entries to find the entries you are looking for.
3. Select the destination for the selected clips using the Destination box. For details on how clips are loaded to different destinations, see Managing the EditDesk List.
4. If you are loading multiple clips onto the EditDesk, Source Area, or EditDesk Library, use the Position box to specify how you want the clips to be arranged in the Source Area.

   Select: | To:
   --- | ---
   Saved Position | Place the clips in the same position they were in when last saved.
   Stack | Stack the clips in the lower-left corner of the Source Area.
   Tile | Tile the clips starting from the lower-left corner of the Source Area.
   Cascade | Place the clips in a cascade formation in the lower-left corner of the Source Area.

5. To resize the clips before loading them to the EditDesk, enable Resize on Load/Wire in the Resize menu, and set resizing parameters. See Resizing Clips on Import, Export, or in a Clip Library.
6. If the clip contains audio tracks and you only want to load the video, disable Include Audio.
7. Do one of the following:
   - Click Load to Desk to load selected entries as individual clips.
   - Click Load and Join to join selected entries sequentially, according to the order in which the clips were selected. If you selected clips with differing resolutions, the clips whose resolution differs from the first selected clip are resized to the resolution of the first clip. The name for the joined source is the prefix “JOIN-” followed by the name of the first selected clip.

   The EditDesk reappears with the selected entries loaded into the Source Area, Record Area or EditDesk Library.

   NoteWhen you add comments to unmodified source clips in the library, these comments will appear as the video element comment when the clip is loaded onto the EditDesk. The comment also appears on all audio tracks of the source clip, even if there is no video track.

#### Topics in this section

- Loading and Resizing Clips