‘n’ command messing with me!

[Jeremy Garchow]

are you hitting n while dragging?

[Colin Mcquillan]

When they first changed this it drove me NUTS,
But then I got used to it and now I love this feature.

I can’t remember which update brought this about, but nowadays if you have a clip selected and hit ‘n’ to turn snapping either off or on, it will only remain in the newly selected state until you let go of the clip you’re dragging.

To get it to stay in the mode you want, you need to hit ‘n’ before you grab the clip you want to move.

Colin McQuillan
Van. B.C.

[Bill Thomas]

So I should be hitting ‘n’ while I’m dragging the clip? (like drag and drop)? Then it’ll stay that way?

[Tom Wolsky]

No, the other way around. If you press n while you’re dragging the snapping function will revert to whatever state it was in before when you release the clip. If you want the snapping function to be fixed in one state you have to press the n key before you grab the clip to drag it.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Tom Wolsky]

No, the other way around. If you press n while you’re dragging the snapping function will revert to whatever state it was in before when you release the clip. If you want the snapping function to be fixed in one state you have to press the n key before you grab the clip to drag it.

I still dislike the behavior, but at least the split edit bug it caused was fixed.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Bill Thomas]

Thanks everyone. Now I understand!!

Bill

[Darren Andrews]

Does anyone actually like this feature? I spend more time on the N key now than I ever did. It used to be hit N, snapping turns on or off then stays that way until you hit N again. Now I start dragging something, realize snapping is off, hit N to turn snapping on, drop what I was dragging, pick something up, snapping is now off, have to hit N again and so on. It’s annoying, and falls into the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” category.

Come on, Apple, were you bored, did you have nothing better to do? Here’s a thought… Fix some of the bugs that have been around since version 1 instead of messing with the stuff that works.