Force it to stay in Movie mode? (rather than going to clip mode all the time)

Spark

Newbie Location: Calgary Canada Joined: Aug 18, 2009 22:56 Messages: 10 Offline

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Sep 10, 2009 14:15

Hi,

The preview window has a Movie and a Clip button. The program automatically changes between them depending on what you are doing. My issue is that with the way I work I always prefer to be in Movie mode, so I can quickly see the final outcome. It drives me nuts that I continually have to click on "movie" to see the result, since anytime I adjust a clip (which is often) it goes back to Clip mode.

I can't find any preference to lock it into Movie mode. Is there a built in way to change this? If not, perhaps even a registry modification would do.

Thanks,

OnTheWeb1

Contributor Location: Michigan USA Joined: Jan 02, 2009 12:58 Messages: 511 Offline

Sep 10, 2009 14:19

Not that I'm aware of. Win8 64-bit Pro Retail
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 10, 2009 14:40

Mike -

I don't know of any way to do that, either.

It only goes into "Clip" mode when you have a clip/image/file selected - meaning you've been working on it. Once it's deselected, you're back in "Movie" mode.

All you have to do is click anywhere on the timeline where there's no media... or click on "Movie" as you've been doing. Either way, try not to let it drive you nuts!

Cheers - Tony

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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Sep 10, 2009 18:43

You may find the "Page Up" (clip) and "Page Down"(movie) hot keys useful.

Jeff

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 10, 2009 18:54

Thanks JL - didn't know that.

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Spark

Newbie Location: Calgary Canada Joined: Aug 18, 2009 22:56 Messages: 10 Offline

Sep 10, 2009 18:56

Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. They'll make my life easier!

Robert2 S

Senior Contributor Location: Australia Joined: Apr 22, 2009 05:57 Messages: 1461 Offline

Sep 10, 2009 20:11

Thanks from me also, I to am someone who likes to work in Movie mode when I am tweaking my videos. I may click on a clip but I am usually looking at how the transition is going between clips and it is a pain to have to click on Movie every time I do this.

I don't know how everyone else works but I really wish it was on Movie by default or at least switchable in options. My youtube channel====> http://www.youtube.com/user/relate2?feature=mhsn