Why is a playhead always automatically an In point?

[Neil Ryan]

You’re right; this is an observation, not an error. Avid was developed decades ago, by film editors. Much of it was based on how editing was done on film. You can find many critics of Avid these days but, fundamentally, Avid Media Composer – at the basic editing level – remains one of the best editing systems because they got so much right at the beginning. That you find one function difficult because it operates different from the system you’re used to, simply highlights that there are different ways to do things, in this case, when the user doesn’t do something, and the system has to make an assumption. Avid’s assumption works well because it works the same on both the source and record sides. Plus, that assumption carries through to other parts of its editing practices.

Definitely not an error. And, in my opinion, a great way to work.

[Glenn Sakatch]

I believe if you go into the combined view mode for script and text…can’t remember what it is called, select all the clips, and hit the “A” button, it will send all those clips to the start frame.

Then you can edit all your vfx the way you want it to work. Personally, i like using the position bar as a mark point about 90 percent of the time. The other 10 percent, i say “crap” under my breath, redo the edit and move on. I swear 20 years ago, the inpoint and outpoint were cleared on the record side after an edit was done. That doesn’t seem to happen anymore…that buggers me up more than anything else.