Hi Alex,
Seems that the only way to sort the initial order is to import the clips into the Bin in Icon View.
ie arrange the clips in whatever order you want them in Finder (or Explorer I guess, though have only tried on Mac) , then set the Bin to Icon View and drag them in.
Then you can go back to List View and sort them there in whatever order you want, as it works completely independently. When you go back to Icon View, it will keep the order from time of Import.
As you noted, if you import them in List View, Premiere will weirdly jumble them up when you switch to Icon View - I'm sure there's some kind of order to them, but I haven't looked hard enough to see what it is.
Bit annoying that there isn't a manual override, and that if you've already started using clips that you've imported to a Bin in List View, you'd have to reimport them all to make use of the Icon View properly.
But this is the workaround, I guess. Hope it helps a little!
Best,
Rupert
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Rupert Howe
Production Workflow Consultant
Support Partners (UK) Ltd
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