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

[Aindreas Gallagher] "my own question would be whether editing practitioners require (or asked) anyone to provide them with such an unannounced sandblasting?"

Even as one who enjoys using X I really enjoy reading your post Aindreas. You are a smart dude and a crafty writer. You also make great points.

This annoyed me like many others at first.

While I like the favorites and the option to add multiple in's and out's, like many editors I like to avoid adding keystrokes if I don't have to. (hitting F all the time)

X will remember the I and O as long as you don't "click" on another source clip. (or within that source clip)

Since I know it acts this way I avoid doing that and use the skimmer if I want to look at another source clip after I have made a selection. (that's the beauty of the skimmer. Not as much clicking)

Once I have made an I and O I drop that clip in the timeline and it's easy for me to change the I and O from there. It's not going anywhere once it's in the TL.

When I would try to change the in and out in the source window that's when the frustration came in.

It's kind of hard for me to explain it but since I have been working this way the muscle memory has taken over and I don't even think about it anymore.

This is not to say people should do it this way or right or wrong.

The more I use this program the more comfortable I feel with it.

I just wanted to share my personal story on this issue.