Thanks Noah for giving a direct answer to the question David posed. I am certified in FCPX and understand it pretty well but once in a while I run into a FCPX shortcoming that reminds me why I called it iMovie Pro when X was first released. You’d think a pro software editing package would allow you to animate the color board via keyframes and I would certainly think a roll edit on a connected clip would be possible. Thanks to Noah I now know the secret code that allows me to do something that I should be able to do directly in the timeline oh crap I mean storyline or is it a project?