[Pat Francis]

Thanks.

Splitting a layer didn’t work; when the layers changed, it would jump to the middle of the shatter. So I tried duplicating the layers, applying the shatter effect to the duplicate, and setting the in and out points of the layers so that it would seamlessly go from the layer to its duplicate. Lo and behold, it worked like a charm. Perhaps not the most convenient of ways, but it works well enough.

[Pat Francis]

I understand how to do that, but I’m looking to be able to actually manually put the clips in the order I want, as opposed to having it automatically arrange them by a column.

The fact that it does that is annoying, since a subclips will go whereever, as opposed to underneath its master clip.

I’d like to be able to manually move my clips around in the bin, like you can in Avid.

[Pat Francis]

Wow, that was quite simple. Thanks a lot, though now you have me worried to even use the feature. 🙂

As a quick sub-question, is there a way to manually manage the order of your clips/imported material, as opposed to having them sort by name/duration/whatever? I suppose I could sort of cheat by alphabetizing by comment, and commenting so they go in the order I’d like, but that’d be quite an annoying way to do it.

And now that you mention it, I guess Avid’s Media management is much better than Final Cut’s. I hadn’t noticed, as I’ve been using (and disliking) Avid for a while now, but now that I go back to Final Cut, there are some features that I miss. 🙂

[Pat Francis]

Thanks. I will try downloading those.