The last version that I used where I actually liked the way auto sync worked was Movie Studio Platinum HD 10. The big different was when I opened the pan crop menu it the cursor always started from the start of the clip. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to make a change with cropping and then accidentally made a second key frame and then have to waste time going back to fix it. But I digress. Is the arrows at the bottom you’re talking about the snap offset? Can you see the FX changes in the preview window while you are making them or only when you’re on the timeline? So when you are trying to move around in the animation timeline on an effect you can’t get to the next key frame or the next frame by pushing a button? I know there is a button for next key frame I don’t think there is one for next frame. I know the hot keys for next frame doesn’t work for me but if I click off the FX timeline the hot keys do work as do the buttons on the preview or timeline.