Re: The Position Tool Does Not Disable Ripple Mode - Here's Why

[David Lawrence] "In FCPX, space in no longer space. Space is now an object.

This means you must now manage all the negative space between your clips in addition to the clips themselves. For anyone like myself who depends on a spatial workflow, this is simply unacceptable.

Consider is how unintuitive things quickly become. Here's a simple example:

On an open timeline, if I want to delete a clip or a range, I simply select and delete. In FCPX, a simple delete aways ripples by default. If I don't want to ripple, I must insert a gap.

Think about that for a second in terms of intention and required action.

In order to delete, you must insert space."

As always this you make some fascinating points - I just wanted to observe that maybe we are dealing with semantics here.

Consider this from the Media Composer manual:

When you use the Lift/Overwrite tool, the application adds filler to the sequence to maintain sync.

Isn't it possibly the case that what we are sseeing in FCPX is just a more explicit representation of something that has always been happening in other NLE's without our being actively aware of it?

Simon Ubsdell
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