# Joining Panels to a Shot

You can add a panel to an existing adjacent shot. The new shot will adopt the name of the shot that was nearest to the start of the timeline.

To join a panel to a shot:

1. Select two or more panels to join in the same shot.

2. Do one of the following:

- Select Storyboard > Join Selected Panels to Shot.
- In the Storyboard Toolbar, press the Join Panels to Shot button.
- In the Panel View, click on the first panel you want to join and drag that panel to the one which you are going to attach it to.

The panels will be part of the same shot. The first shot name of the selection will override the other shot names.

#### Joining panels using drag and drop

You may find it quicker to work in the Panel View and use the handy drag and drop feature to join your panels.

To join a panel to a shot:

1. In the Panel View, click on the first panel you want to join to your shot to select it. A bounding box will appear around the panel image which you have just selected.

2. Keeping the panel selected, drag it along in the Panel View until it is beside the panel you want to attach it to.

- It does not matter in which direction you drag the panel as you move along the Panel View.
- You can drag the panel to any position and attach it to any panel or shot in the Panel View.
- As you drag you will notice a small thumbnail of the selected image moves along with the cursor showing you exactly what the selected panel looks like.

3. When you drag alongside another panel or shot you will see a line appear, this attach-to line indicates that the image is in the correct position to attach to the panel or shot.

4. Once you have correctly positioned the panel thumbnail beside the panel you want to link to, drop the selection and it will automatically attach to the panel.

You can select multiple panels and simultaneously drag them to attach them to another panel.To select multiple panels, hold down [Ctrl] (Windows) or [Command] (Mac OSX) as you click.