So Dave, I'm here again....

See attached.
Just something.
https://www.petitpoisvideo.com

Actually I have got the grid off and sometimes that feature is greyed out.

Is there anyway to prevent that scrubber or blue vertical line what ever its called from following me around. That's whats causing the issue as the clips keep snapping to it like a magnet when I drag the clip away from it. They snap back to it if I only drag the clip a the small tiny amount I need.

You will have to be a bit more spesific here, Dave.
Which / what blue line is "following you around" ?

As for grid/no grid;
you can size your photo or clip without it, but using a grid
might keep it better in place- if that is what you want.
If you want the small clip to "move" - you can use the
modifying window.
But- I think for the present you might be using grid.
Is it greyed out?
Dave, what OS are you on, and your graphic card-
how long since you updated that?

Just something.
https://www.petitpoisvideo.com

ok.

According to this picture, its the range selector "M"

http://powerdirector.helpmax.net/en/the-powerdirector-workspace/

I consider the range selector the cursor then or vert blue line.
I consider the storyboard/timline the editing workspace "L".

I may be getting story board and timeline mixed up here. Timeline = story board.

There is a vertical blue line that follows the mouse around when you click lets say on a video segment in the timeline. I'll call it the timeline cursor for lack of a better name. This line/cursor attaches to the left side of the media segment in the timeline when that segment is selected/highlighted.

Now when I move/drag a sound segment in the timeline just to the right one second ( I know its a tiny amount), the segment snaps back to the cursor line like magnet.

The grid I am speaking of is in the time line not up in the video display area.

If I move the segment far, its OK as it move far from the cursor and doesn't snap back to it so I can then position it more precisely. But I need to move it a tiny amount second by second until it precisely at the right spot to line the sound segment up with the tadpole suddenly wiggling its tail and taking off.

Dave,

You can expand the time line to show frame level. In that view you can move media a frame at a time.

See attached screen shot.

Hal
OS - Win11 Pro, Alienware R13, CPU - Intel Core I7-12700KF 12 CPUs), 16g DDR5 4400 RAM, Video - Geeforce RTX 3080ti 12g, PD11 & PD365
My YouTube

Hal I am eager to try that.

That's what I need very fine movements. I want this vernal pool documentary to mimic the style they did in the Life Series that was shown on the nature channels recently. And I have to cue music and hits to whats happening on the video. Its a lot of work, splicing, and positioning.

I am now reinstalling everything from scratch and will have to eat supper at the computer tonight.

Thanks for that insight and I hope it works.