[Jonathan Hudson]

thanks, i didn’t know about the time remap tool, it works pretty good.

[Jonathan Hudson]

thanks again for your input.

the way i look at this situation is like using the custom keyboard layout tool. That thing is awesome because it can accommodate any editors style, and i am constantly updating/refining which buttons i press for which functions. I love the fact that fcp has such an amazing tool, so it becomes frustrating when other parts of the program are much less customizable, we can argue all day about which way is faster or uses more steps, but the fact of the matter is that we want to do it our own ways, so i am hoping for a fcp that can allow for these kinds of preferences.

[Jonathan Hudson]

Thanks for the rant. i didn’t know about the match frame option. that is an acceptable solution.

It just feels like a few too many steps. i think i should be able to select a clip in the timeline hit command+j and have a few more options thats all. the option to have it not move other clips and the option for it to not move the in/out points (like adding an effect). regardless of what i told fcp before, this is a non-linear editing tool, and my first instincts aren’t always perfect. its called the creative process.

thanks for your input.

[Jonathan Hudson]

thanks for the reply. i know that you can choose how you want to search by clicking the “kind” button and such, but in 10.4 it did that automatically and split it up by category. i was just surprised when i installed 10.5 and the functionality that i loved about the search in 10.4 was missing, so i was wondering if there is a way to get it back because it seems like a step backwards which is not usually apple’s style.

thanks