jstrawn, thank you for your reply. permit me to be blunt. Premiere is a video editing program. It is not a photo retouching tool. I think it is unwise to bury functions behind a "well" because photo retouching programs do the same. Why? Video editors perform thousands of operations every day usually in an effort to meet a deadline. Don't make us click or search needlessly for critical tools. I have been a professional editor for over 25 years. In that time I have used and mastered Avid, dabbled with Final Cut and I have used Premiere solidly for seven years. In my opinion, while Premiere is excellent in a number of regards, the interface lags behind. Of the tools presented in the timeline tools palette, the rolling edit is the one I use the most. Aside from rolling edit, selection and razor, the rest of the tools seem illogical and useless. Because I favor the rolling edit you can see why it is annoying that it is buried behind a tool I never use. I really wish Premiere's user interface was up to par with Avid, I really do. I wish the Trim mode made sense so that I could rely on it for thousands of trims. Unfortunately I almost never use it. Same goes with any semblance of a slip tool. Your timeline editing tools are sorely lacking and you would be wise to let go of your photoshop analogies and look at a system that has mastered those tools and incorporate some of that logic into premiere.
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