How to move a video clip in Corel VideoStudio?

[Djard]

All the tutorials I have watched show that a video clip can be moved along the track. For me, the clip always snaps back to the start. I can move an audio clip or photo but not video. I have ripple editing disabled. Is there a setting in Preferences that allows you to move video along the timeline?

[GAhere]

Per https://help.corel.com/videostudio/v26/index.html?app=Corel-VideoStudio&lang=en#/l2TOC76

"You can easily move clips in the Timeline. For example, you can move a clip to align it with clips on other tracks, to close gaps after trimming, or to overlap one clip with another to create a transition. You can use cue points as snap points when you move clips or photos in the Timeline to position and align media with ease and precision. For more information about cue points, see Adding cues and chapters.
To move a clip
• In the Timeline, perform a task from the following table:


To

Do the following
Move a clip

Click a clip, and drag it to a new position or to a new track.
Note: When you move a clip, it automatically snaps to cues in audio clips.
Move a clip one frame at a time

Click a clip, hold down ALT and press the right or left arrow keys to move the clip.
Remove all gaps in a track

Right-click the track head and choose Remove all gaps."

While I don't have Corel, it looks like in order to move the video/audio clip, you may need to make sure there are cues setup in the audio clips that allows the video to snap to. No cues in the audio, most likely software just puts it back were it came from..

If you were using Vegas, you can easily move video, Video and audio or audio around by creating "split" markers (start split and end split) then cut and paste or drag and drop.

[Djard]

Thank you for responding GAhere. Unfortunately what you kindly shared does not work. I also searched Google AI that more often than not offers inaccurate information. I did add cue points. I also split the clip in two places, deleted the middle segment; but the video snaps to the first split point.

All--not some but ALL--software manuals are written by people who cannot teach. Invariable, they focus on the WHAT and not the HOW. Thus manuals are glorified brochures, talking about what a program can do without providing all the steps. The existence of support forums is proof that software developers cannot write useful manuals.

Anyway, I learned that dropping the video clip into an Overlay track allows me to move the media, without it snapping to the left.

Cheers!

[GAhere]

Glad you found a workaround.

Digital video editing software tends to be full of non logical, non intuitive rules and needless steps for some reason. As such, it often takes a lot of trial and error to do the things that should have been dirt easy to do.

With the newer video editing versions adding in "AI" garbage, I suspect it WILL get even worse as it will insist that it "knows best"..

You might want to comb through the menus, there may be a hidden switch to disable the auto "snap to" setting.. It may not be obvious and may not even say "snap to".

[Djard]

I hear much insight and experience in your words.

Toggling the options in Preferences bore no fruit, but I did not try all. But I did discover a way to enter precise time duration for photos when the feature is grayed in the context menu: as an option to dragging an edge, double-click on the track -> Edit tab -> enter the "Photo Duration" at top left of the Options panel.

Cheers