Re: Apple engineers versus an editor's ability to set persistent in to out points in their footage.

[David Lawrence] "What do you see as the differences? When would a favorite not be a subclip?"

When you don't sort by favorites, or when you're sorted by list, not thumbnail.

[David Lawrence] "Again, I'm curious what the distinction is. Aren't favorites just a special keyword with a special keyboard shortcut? If not, why not?"

Keywords are text based sortable. Type the keyword in the sort bubble, get the appropriate results. Favorites don't work like that at all.

[David Lawrence] "I think of it the same way as the clipboard. It's only persistent until the next action. But it remains if you don't change anything. Maybe persistent isn't quite the right term."

So, in the Event, you browse a clip, you mark in, your mark out. You go to timeline, come back to event, range is gone.

If you have just hit f before you went to the timeline...?

I mean, that's really what we are talking about here. One keystroke.

In fcp7, I use extended markers the same way. Ins and out disappear in fcp7, too. They dissappear at different times, but they certainly aren't persistent.