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Inspiring
April 21, 2023
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Slip Tool Improvement

  • April 21, 2023
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TL;DR, in the trim preview, show what is under the CTI when performing a slip / slide edit. 

 

When using the slip tool (Y) and your CTI is parked somewhere in the middle of the clip, performing a slide edit only shows the four following edit points:

 

1. Last frame previous clip

2. first frame current clip

3. last frame current clip

4. first frame next clip.  

 

It would be extremely helpful to have a fifth preview of what is actually being slid under the CTI. I feel like this is a no-brainer.

 

Currently my workarounds are either:

 

Workaround A

1. split clip at CTI, delete left of playhead. 

2. Do a slide edit with new in point that is at the CTI/Sync point I am trying to achieve. 

3. extend in point back to original point. 

 

Workaround B

1. Put CTI where I want  hold Ctrl+Alt Left/Right and manually nudge the clip back and forth until it lands where I want. 

 

2 replies

DJP2014
Inspiring
April 22, 2023

Think this would be a really useful feature. Often find myself trying to sync something to the CTI (I'd suggest it be optional though as I see situations where you wouldn't want it displayed).

My workaround is to add a marker to the point of interest and nudge the marker to the CTI (especially useful for audio).

 

Scott.C.Author
Inspiring
April 21, 2023

Ditto this for the slide tool. Currently half of the program monitor is just that static in.out frame of the clip you are trying to slide, It should also show what is happening at the CTI.