how do stay in project mode?

[delboy007]

when editing my project I often select a clip and want to play from there. The problem is every time I select a clip it automatically goes into clip mode and only plays that clip. So I have continually change it back to project mode to play the whole project. Surely there is a way to keep the editing in project mode?

[BrianCee]

There is no way to automatically switch back to project mode - how would VideoStudio know when you wanted to do it - unless you clicked on a button to tell it - it could be you want to edit the next clip and if it had switched back to project you would not like that.

[Terfyn]

So I have continually change it back to project mode to play the whole project. Surely there is a way to keep the editing in project mode?

Why? Corel defaults to the more used option, if you download a clip, presumably you want to process that clip. It is just one click to return to Project mode.
Scrubbing back on the Timeline will transfer to project mode and clicking on a clip will transfer to Clip mode. Very logical.

VideoStudio is a very intuitive piece of software but you still need to learn how it works.

[delboy007]

I am using Version 17.1.0.37 and that definately doesn't default to the most used option.

If I wanted to edit a clip I would expect to double click on it so the properties of that clip are shown and I can adjust them

I am talking about the clips (photos) that are in the project. I put it in project mode, run the video for a bit and then decide to remove a clip. As soon as I select that clip it goes back to clip mode so after deleting it in order to continue playing the video I have to put it back in project mode. Then I might want to start the video halfway through so I select the clip to start from and once again I have to put it back in project mode.

I would have thought logically it should stay in the mode I select until I decide to change it.

[Terfyn]

If you want to edit or delete a clip it will, obviously, return to Clip mode. As soon as you "Scrub" to the next clip it defaults to Project mode, again as expected.

I would have thought logically it should stay in the mode I select until I decide to change it.

If you are dealing with a clip then, logically, it defaults to Clip mode.

[delboy007]

but 90% of the time I select a clip because I want to play the project from that clip, not because I want to edit that clip.

[BrianCee]

In that case try not selecting the clip - but drag the timeline cursor to the spot you want to start from - or use the editing scrubber under the preview window

[delboy007]

thanks but I find it much easier just to look at the photos in storyboard view and select the clip I want to start from. So it seems I am stuck with it. It still seems logical to me though that if I want to edit a clip I just double click it.

[canuck]

thanks but I find it much easier just to look at the photos in storyboard view and select the clip I want to start from. So it seems I am stuck with it. It still seems logical to me though that if I want to edit a clip I just double click it.

What is logical for you may be illogical for someone else. You can't please everyone all of the time