Here's the peculiar "Jover" -
You can lasso the ones on the bottom first, then control select the
rest, this will avoid the extra background container.
That's my semi-useless tip-o-the-day.
tom phillips
sr. editor, dir. of tech
kinetic post, inc.
248.893.0183 ph
248.893.0255 fx
-----Original Message-----
From: tony(at)hdheaven.co.uk [mailto:tony(at)hdheaven.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 5:39 PM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Container behavior for multiple clips
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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