Hi Jim,
Yeah, this 'helpful' behaviour of DS irritates me too.
Not a setting, just the way things are. I never have worked out how it's
supposed to help.
Cheers,
Tone :)
> Friday greetings...
>
> I have a question of....
> is this a preference setting I am missing, or just a behavior.
>
> When I lasso several clips on mutliple video tracks and make a container
> out of them
> the bottom track that may have 8 clips back to back on the original
> timeline is
> tucked into a container of its' own on the bottom track of this new
> container.
>
> I often go into that bottom container, copy all the clips, delete the
> container above and repaste the clips
> so i have them discreet on the bottom video track of the master container.
> Can this be avoided by a preference somewhere.
>
> I gather ds is doing this to reduce the load on the container by
> sub-containerizing the clips, but
> "I'd prefer not too" (quote from Bartleby the Scrivner), oh.. | ds
> 7.01 qfe3
>
> Thanks...
> friday on.,...
>
> j
>
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