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Frustration with Split Edits in Secondary Storylines
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If I try to roll a secondary backward, it keeps the start position and ripples everything to the right.
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[Bret Williams] “If I try to roll a secondary backward, it keeps the start position and ripples everything to the right.
“What do you want to do?
If you want to keep everything else in place, use the position tool.
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Actually, I was just trying to get the secondary to roll backward. Instead of just leaving the tool in A, I was switching to T out of habit I guess. Oddly enough the two function differently. If you’re trying to roll it back with the T tool, it leaves the start in place and ripples downstream. If you use the A or P tool, it rolls it backward. Which is the exact OPPOSITE of how things operate when editing between two clips. Use the A tool and try to roll just one side of an edit and it ripples. Normal. So, to roll the edit, you have to use the T tool. My mind just assumed if I wanted to roll back the first clip in a secondary, I’d have to use the T tool, just like within the secondary. But, nope. For some reason the A or P (p tool makes sense) tool will magically roll it back. Using the T tool suddenly ripples. I guess now I know. It’s like a secret society or something.
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Yeah. I sort of understand Apple’s logic here, but I think it’s the wrong logic. The way Apple thinks of it is – P tool is the tool that creates gap clips, therefore it should be the P tool that does this operation.
To me the more logical way to think about it is – The P tool moves clips forward or backward in the timeline. The T tool trims clips in their existing location. Therefore it should be the T tool that does this operation. But what do I know.
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[Brett Sherman] “To me the more logical way to think about it is – The P tool moves clips forward or backward in the timeline.”
That’s one use. The other use is to keep a clip in time (position) in the storyline, trim the heads/tails without a ripple.
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But, in this case the A tool works without rippling too. It’s the roll tool (T) that does the ripple. That is very inconsistent.
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