Shane,
Thanks for the response! First of all so you know I do weddings so show length is not an issue for me. I dont want to make seem like im trying to make FCP into Edius but there were some things it did that sped up my work flow and im trying to see if I can do the same in FCP. I think you got what I was looking for, In Edius I can drop 2 clips next to each other then drop in a dissolve and Edius would automaticly ripple back a second to add the handles. This made it great for doing alot of redundant in camera editied clips. tweaking every shot would be tedious for the kinda work I do but if thats the way it is so be it. To be honest im trying to make FCP work because I love the rest of the package so much (livetype,DVDSP 4, motion) im hoping to learn to love FCP too.
Thanks Again.
Randy Johnson
Rando1968@comcast.net