How do I make the edges of my clips less sticky?

I switched from Final Cut and I absolutely love premiere pro.
The ONLY THING... that I can't seem to get past is that it's incredibly hard to select the center of small clips, because as i hover my mouse towards the center of the clip, the edges always want to seize the attention of my cursor as if I might want to drag the edge of the clip or apply a transition. I guess it's determining the number of pixels that my cursor is away from the edge of a clip, but I want to turn that number down.
Is there ANY way to adjust this? It's so annoying to have to zoom in all the time, just to grab the center of a little image overlay or something. If there was a way to adjust edge of clip "stickyness", I would absolutely love to know it.

I have a similar issue with clip stickiness.
In regard to your issue...zooming in is the only thing I have found.
My issue.!
If one has a bunch of clips butted together (same video track) and one wishes to Nudge any one of them... CTRL-Shift->....the edge of all adjoining clips get affected and dragged by the action. Works like a Rolling Trim Edit.
I would have thought that the Snap (Magnet) should be what controls that ...but it doesnt.
All clips should be totally independent of each other .

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DECLARE
CURSOR C1 IS
SELECT A.ITEM_CODE,A.STORE_CODE,ST_UNIT,SA_UNIT,CART_QTY,QUANTITY_ON_HAND
FROM PROJ.IM_LOCATION A
WHERE A.ITEM_CODE BETWEEN :ITEM_FRM AND :ITEM_TO
AND A.STORE_CODE = :FRM_STORE
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CURSOR C2 IS
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FROM PROJ.IM_LOCATION A
WHERE A.ITEM_CODE BETWEEN :ITEM_FRM AND :ITEM_TO
AND A.STORE_CODE = :FRM_STORE
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A.STORE_CODE ;
big_syb_qty_issue number(12,3);
small_syb_qty_issue number(12,3);
big_issue number(12,3);
small_issue number(12,3);
item_syb_code varchar2(30);
big_syb_qty_rec number(12,3);
small_syb_qty_rec number(12,3);
BI_SUPP_REC number(12,3);
SM_SUPP_REC number(12,3);
big_syb_qty_ADJ number(12,3);
small_syb_qty_ADJ number(12,3);
big_ADJ number(12,3);
small_ADJ number(12,3);
big_syb_qty_rec_iner number(12,3);
small_syb_qty_rec_iner number(12,3);
BI_INTER number(12,3);
SM_INTER number(12,3);
cl_big_qty number(12,3);
cl_small_qty number(12,3);
cl_big_qty1 number(12,3);
cl_small_qty1 number(12,3);
BIG_QTY_OPEN number(12,3);
SMALL_QTY_OPEN number(12,3);
BEGIN
     IF ((:FRM_STORE IS NULL) OR (:ITEM_FRM IS NULL) OR (:ITEM_TO IS NULL) OR (:DATE_FRM IS NULL)) THEN
          SHOW_MESSAGE('You Should Enter the Parameters Values Correctly Please try again !!!! ');
          RAISE FORM_TRIGGER_FAILURE;
          GO_FIELD('DATE_FRM');
     END IF;
DELETE FROM STOCK_AT_DATE_REP2;
COMMIT;
cl_big_qty := 0;
cl_small_qty := 0;
-- MESSAGE('Please Wait The System Calculating The Transactions !!!');
SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(CURSOR_STYLE,'BUSY');
FOR R IN C1
LOOP
cl_big_qty := R.CART_QTY ;
cl_small_qty := R.QUANTITY_ON_HAND;
-- Transerfer Data 1
BEGIN
SELECT B.ITEM_CODE,SUM(NVL(CART_QTY,0)) ,SUM(NVL(ITEM_QUANTITY,0))
INTO item_syb_code,big_syb_qty_issue,small_syb_qty_issue
FROM IM_TRANS_ISSUE_HEADER A,IM_TRANS_ISSUE_DETAILS B
WHERE A.DOC_CODE = B.DOC_CODE
AND B.DEL_STORE = R.STORE_CODE
AND ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE
AND DOC_DATE > :DATE_TO
GROUP BY
B.ITEM_CODE;
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('ISSUED BIG'||' '||big_syb_qty_issue);
exception
when no_data_found then big_syb_qty_issue := 0;
small_syb_qty_issue := 0;
when others then MESSAGE(10,sqlerrm);
END ;
-- Goods Received Data From Supplier 1
BEGIN
SELECT B.ITEM_CODE,SUM(B.CART_QTY),SUM(ITEM_QUANTITY)
INTO item_syb_code,big_syb_qty_rec,small_syb_qty_rec
FROM IM_GOODS_RECIEVE_HEADER A,IM_GOODS_RECIEVE_DETAILS B
WHERE A.DOC_CODE = B.DOC_CODE
AND STORE_CODE = R.STORE_CODE
AND ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE
AND DOC_DATE > :DATE_TO
GROUP BY
B.ITEM_CODE;
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('RECEIVED FROM SUPPLIER BIG'||' '||big_syb_qty_rec);
exception
when no_data_found then big_syb_qty_rec := 0;
small_syb_qty_rec := 0;
when others then message(10,sqlerrm);
END ;
-- Adjustement Data 1
BEGIN
SELECT B.ITEM_CODE ,SUM(NVL(CART_QTY,0)) ADJUST_QTY,SUM(NVL(ITEM_QUANTITY,0))
INTO item_syb_code,big_syb_qty_ADJ,small_syb_qty_ADJ
FROM IM_ADJUST_HEADER A,IM_ADJUST_DETAILS B
WHERE A.DOC_CODE = B.DOC_CODE
AND B.STORE_CODE = R.STORE_CODE
AND ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE
AND A.DOC_DATE > :DATE_TO
GROUP BY
B.ITEM_CODE;
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('Adjust BIG'||' '||big_syb_qty_ADJ);
exception
when no_data_found then big_syb_qty_ADJ := 0;
small_syb_qty_ADJ := 0;
when others then message(10,sqlerrm);
END ;
-- Goods Received Data From Stores 1
BEGIN
SELECT B.ITEM_CODE,SUM(B.CART_QTY),SUM(ITEM_QUANTITY)
INTO item_syb_code,big_syb_qty_rec_iner,small_syb_qty_rec_iner
FROM IM_TRANS_REC_HEADER A,IM_TRANS_REC_DETAILS B
WHERE A.DOC_CODE = B.DOC_CODE
AND REC_STORE = R.STORE_CODE
AND ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE
AND DOC_DATE > :DATE_TO
GROUP BY
B.ITEM_CODE;
-- show_message('here');
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('Received From Stores BIG'||' '||big_syb_qty_rec_iner);
exception
when no_data_found then
big_syb_qty_rec_iner := 0;
small_syb_qty_rec_iner := 0;
when others then message(10,sqlerrm);
END ;
cl_big_qty := (NVL(cl_big_qty,0) + NVL(big_syb_qty_issue,0));
cl_big_qty := (NVL(cl_big_qty,0) - NVL(big_syb_qty_rec,0));
cl_big_qty := (NVL(cl_big_qty,0) - NVL(big_syb_qty_rec_iner,0));
big_syb_qty_ADJ := -1 * NVL(big_syb_qty_ADJ,0);
cl_big_qty := (NVL(cl_big_qty,0) + NVL(big_syb_qty_ADJ,0));
-- srw.message(2000,'cl_small_qty'||cl_small_qty);
cl_small_qty := (NVL(cl_small_qty,0) + NVL(small_syb_qty_issue,0));
cl_small_qty := (NVL(cl_small_qty,0) - NVL(small_syb_qty_rec,0));
cl_small_qty := (NVL(cl_small_qty,0) - NVL(small_syb_qty_rec_iner,0));
small_syb_qty_ADJ := -1 * NVL(small_syb_qty_ADJ,0);
cl_small_qty := (NVL(cl_small_qty,0) + NVL(small_syb_qty_ADJ,0));
-- srw.message(2000,'cl_small_qty'||cl_small_qty); srw.message(2000,'cl_small_qty'||cl_small_qty);
INSERT INTO STOCK_AT_DATE_REP2
VALUES(R.STORE_CODE,R.ITEM_CODE,cl_big_qty,cl_small_qty,R.ST_UNIT,R.SA_UNIT,:DATE_FRM,
:DATE_TO,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,cl_big_qty,cl_small_qty);
cl_big_qty := 0;
cl_small_qty := 0;
END LOOP;
COMMIT;
FOR R IN C2
LOOP
-- Transerfer Data 2
BEGIN
SELECT B.ITEM_CODE,SUM(NVL(CART_QTY,0)) ,SUM(NVL(ITEM_QUANTITY,0))
INTO item_syb_code,big_issue,small_issue
FROM IM_TRANS_ISSUE_HEADER A,IM_TRANS_ISSUE_DETAILS B
WHERE A.DOC_CODE = B.DOC_CODE
AND B.DEL_STORE = R.STORE_CODE
AND ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE
AND DOC_DATE BETWEEN :DATE_FRM AND :DATE_TO
GROUP BY
B.ITEM_CODE;
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('ISSUED BIG'||' '||big_syb_qty_issue);
exception
when no_data_found then
big_issue := 0;
small_issue := 0;
when others then MESSAGE(10,sqlerrm);
END ;
-- Goods Received Data From Supplier 2
BEGIN
SELECT B.ITEM_CODE,SUM(NVL(B.CART_QTY,0)),SUM(NVL(ITEM_QUANTITY,0))
INTO item_syb_code,BI_SUPP_REC,SM_SUPP_REC
FROM IM_GOODS_RECIEVE_HEADER A,IM_GOODS_RECIEVE_DETAILS B
WHERE A.DOC_CODE = B.DOC_CODE
AND STORE_CODE = R.STORE_CODE
AND ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE
AND DOC_DATE BETWEEN :DATE_FRM AND :DATE_TO
GROUP BY
B.ITEM_CODE;
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('1- SM_SUPP_REC '||' '||SM_SUPP_REC );
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('RECEIVED FROM SUPPLIER BIG'||' '||big_syb_qty_rec);
exception
when no_data_found then
BI_SUPP_REC := 0;
SM_SUPP_REC := 0;
when others then message(10,sqlerrm);
END ;
-- Adjustement Data 2
BEGIN
SELECT B.ITEM_CODE ,SUM(NVL(CART_QTY,0)) ADJUST_QTY,SUM(NVL(ITEM_QUANTITY,0))
INTO item_syb_code,big_ADJ,small_ADJ
FROM IM_ADJUST_HEADER A,IM_ADJUST_DETAILS B
WHERE A.DOC_CODE = B.DOC_CODE
AND B.STORE_CODE = R.STORE_CODE
AND ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE
AND A.DOC_DATE BETWEEN :DATE_FRM AND :DATE_TO
GROUP BY
B.ITEM_CODE;
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('Adjust BIG'||' '||big_syb_qty_ADJ);
exception
when no_data_found then
big_ADJ := 0;
small_ADJ := 0;
when others then message(10,sqlerrm);
END ;
-- Goods Received Data From Stores 2
BEGIN
SELECT B.ITEM_CODE,SUM(NVL(B.CART_QTY,0)),SUM(NVL(ITEM_QUANTITY,0))
INTO item_syb_code,BI_INTER,SM_INTER
FROM IM_TRANS_REC_HEADER A,IM_TRANS_REC_DETAILS B
WHERE A.DOC_CODE = B.DOC_CODE
AND REC_STORE = R.STORE_CODE
AND ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE
AND DOC_DATE BETWEEN :DATE_FRM AND :DATE_TO
GROUP BY
B.ITEM_CODE;
-- show_message('here');
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('Received From Stores BIG'||' '||big_syb_qty_rec_iner);
exception
when no_data_found then
BI_INTER := 0;
SM_INTER := 0;
when others then message(10,sqlerrm);
END ;
BEGIN
     BIG_QTY_OPEN := 0;
SMALL_QTY_OPEN := 0;
BEGIN
SELECT NVL(S_BIG_QTY_OPEN,0) ,NVL(S_SMALL_QTY_OPEN,0)
INTO
BIG_QTY_OPEN,SMALL_QTY_OPEN
FROM STOCK_AT_DATE_REP2
WHERE S_STORE_CODE = R.STORE_CODE
AND S_ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE;
END;
BIG_QTY_OPEN := ((BIG_QTY_OPEN) + NVL(big_issue,0));
BIG_QTY_OPEN := ((BIG_QTY_OPEN) - NVL(BI_SUPP_REC,0));
big_adj := -1 * NVL(big_adj,0);
BIG_QTY_OPEN := ((BIG_QTY_OPEN) + NVL(big_adj,0));
BIG_QTY_OPEN := ((BIG_QTY_OPEN) - NVL(BI_INTER,0));
SMALL_QTY_OPEN := ((SMALL_QTY_OPEN) + NVL(SMALL_issue,0));
SMALL_QTY_OPEN := ((SMALL_QTY_OPEN) - NVL(SM_SUPP_REC ,0));
SMALL_adj := -1 * NVL(SMALL_adj,0);
SMALL_QTY_OPEN := ((SMALL_QTY_OPEN) + NVL(SMALL_adj,0));
SMALL_QTY_OPEN := ((SMALL_QTY_OPEN) - NVL(SM_INTER,0));
END;
BEGIN
UPDATE STOCK_AT_DATE_REP2
SET BIG_SUP_REC = BI_SUPP_REC,
SMALL_SUP_REC = SM_SUPP_REC,
BIG_ISSUE_TRAN = big_issue,
SMALL_ISSUE_TRAN = SMALL_issue,
BIG_ADJUST = big_adj,
SMALL_ADJUST = SMALL_adj,
BIG_INTER_REC = BI_INTER,
SMALL_INTER_REC = SM_INTER,
S_BIG_QTY_OPEN = BIG_QTY_OPEN,
S_SMALL_QTY_OPEN = SMALL_QTY_OPEN
WHERE S_STORE_CODE = R.STORE_CODE
AND S_ITEM_CODE = R.ITEM_CODE;
exception
when no_data_found then
NULL;
when others then
message(10,sqlerrm);
END;
END LOOP;
COMMIT;
SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(CURSOR_STYLE,'default');
SYNCHRONIZE;
-- SHOW_MESSAGE('The Data Have Been Calculated !!!');
END;
declare
     pl_id ParamList;
APPLICATION_ID VARCHAR2(20):='PRD';
          COMMAND_LINE VARCHAR2(100) :='STOCK_LEDGER';
BEGIN
pl_id := Get_Parameter_List('tmpdata');
IF NOT Id_Null(pl_id) THEN
Destroy_Parameter_List( pl_id );
END IF;
pl_id := Create_Parameter_List('tmpdata');
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DATE_FRM',TEXT_PARAMETER,:DATE_FRM);
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DATE_TO',TEXT_PARAMETER,:DATE_TO);
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'ITEM_FRM',TEXT_PARAMETER,:ITEM_FRM);
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'ITEM_TO',TEXT_PARAMETER,:ITEM_TO);
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'FRM_STORE',TEXT_PARAMETER,:FRM_STORE);
IF :REPORT_TYPE = 1 THEN
Run_Product(REPORTS,'C:\INV\RDF\STOCK_LEDGER.rdf',SYNCHRONOUS,RUNTIME,
FILESYSTEM, pl_id,NULL);
ELSIF :REPORT_TYPE = 2 THEN
Run_Product(REPORTS,'C:\INV\RDF\STOCK_LEDGER_2.rdf',SYNCHRONOUS,RUNTIME,
FILESYSTEM, pl_id,NULL);
END IF;
END;
Waiting for your valuable answer
Best Regards
Jamil Alshaibani

Make a matte in Photoshop.
From the Photoshop menu bar: File > New > Film & Video Presets. Choose one that suits your FCP project pixel dimensions. Make the background black. Place a white rectangle with rounded corners on top (the white will determine how much of your picture is visible). Flatten Image. Save as TIFF. Import into FCP.
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Hi Barbara,
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And again, if this is not what you are looking to do, please post a reply!
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How can I make the combo box turn to the value of black.

When the show button is pressed (and not before), a filled black square should be
displayed in the display area. The combo box (or drop down list) that enables the user to choose the colour of
the displayed shape and the altering should take effect immediately.When the show button is pressed,
the image should immediately revert to the black square, the combo box should show the value that
correspond to the black.
Now ,the problem is: after I pressed show button, the image is reverted to the black square,but I don't know
how can I make the combo box turn to the value of black.
Any help or hint?Thanks a lot!
coding 1.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class test extends JFrame {
     private JPanel buttonPanel;
     private DrawPanel myPanel;
     private JButton showButton;
     private JComboBox colorComboBox;
private boolean isShow;
     private int shape;
     private boolean isFill=true;
private String colorNames[] = {"black", "blue", "cyan", "darkGray", "gray",
"green", "lightgray", "magenta", "orange",
"pink", "red", "white", "yellow"}; // color names list in ComboBox
private Color colors[] = {Color.black, Color.blue, Color.cyan, Color.darkGray,
                          Color.gray, Color.green, Color.lightGray, Color.magenta,
                          Color.orange, Color.pink, Color.red, Color.white, Color.yellow};
     public test() {
     super("Draw Shapes");
     // creat custom drawing panel
myPanel = new DrawPanel(); // instantiate a DrawPanel object
myPanel.setBackground(Color.white);
     // set up showButton
// register an event handler for showButton's ActionEvent
showButton = new JButton ("show");
     showButton.addActionListener(
          // anonymous inner class to handle showButton events
     new ActionListener() {
               // draw a black filled square shape after clicking showButton
     public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent event) {
                         // call DrawPanel method setShowStatus and pass an parameter
          // to decide if show the shape
     myPanel.setShowStatus(true);
               isShow = myPanel.getShowStatus();
                                        shape = DrawPanel.SQUARE;
                    // call DrawPanel method setShape to indicate shape to draw
                                        myPanel.setShape(shape);
                    // call DrawPanel method setFill to indicate to draw a filled shape
                                        myPanel.setFill(true);
                    // call DrawPanel method draw
                                        myPanel.draw();
                         myPanel.setFill(true);
                         myPanel.setForeground(Color.black);
               }// end anonymous inner class
     );// end call to addActionListener
// set up colorComboBox
// register event handlers for colorComboBox's ItemEvent
colorComboBox = new JComboBox(colorNames);
colorComboBox.setMaximumRowCount(5);
colorComboBox.addItemListener(
     // anonymous inner class to handle colorComboBox events
     new ItemListener() {
     // select shape's color
     public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent event) {
     if(event.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED)
     // call DrawPanel method setForeground
     // and pass an element value of colors array
     myPanel.setForeground(colors[colorComboBox.getSelectedIndex()]);
myPanel.draw();
}// end anonymous inner class
); // end call to addItemListener
// set up panel containing buttons
     buttonPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(4, 1, 0, 50));
     buttonPanel.add(showButton);
buttonPanel.add(colorComboBox);
JPanel radioButtonPanel = new JPanel();
radioButtonPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1, 0, 20));
Container container = getContentPane();
container.setLayout(new BorderLayout(10,10));
container.add(myPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
     container.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.EAST);
setSize(500, 400);
     setVisible(true);
     public static void main(String args[]) {
     test application = new test();
     application.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
coding 2
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class DrawPanel extends JPanel {
     public final static int CIRCLE = 1, SQUARE = 2;
     private int shape;
     private boolean fill;
     private boolean showStatus;
private int shapeSize = 100;
private Color foreground;
     // draw a specified shape
public void paintComponent (Graphics g){
          super.paintComponent(g);
          // find center
int x=(getSize().width-shapeSize)/2;
          int y=(getSize().height-shapeSize)/2;
          if (shape == CIRCLE) {
     if (fill == true){
     g.setColor(foreground);
          g.fillOval(x, y, shapeSize, shapeSize);
else{
               g.setColor(foreground);
g.drawOval(x, y, shapeSize, shapeSize);
          else if (shape == SQUARE){
     if (fill == true){
     g.setColor(foreground);
                    g.fillRect(x, y, shapeSize, shapeSize);
else{
                    g.setColor(foreground);
g.drawRect(x, y, shapeSize, shapeSize);
// set showStatus value
public void setShowStatus (boolean s) {
          showStatus = s;
     // return showstatus value
public boolean getShowStatus () {
          return showStatus;
     // set fill value
public void setFill(boolean isFill) {
          fill = isFill;
     // set shape value
public void setShape(int shapeToDraw) {
          shape = shapeToDraw;
// set shapeSize value
public void setShapeSize(int newShapeSize) {
          shapeSize = newShapeSize;
// set foreground value
public void setForeground(Color newColor) {
          foreground = newColor;
     // repaint DrawPanel
public void draw (){
          if(showStatus == true)
          repaint();

Hello,
does setSelectedIndex(int anIndex)
do what you need?
See Java Doc for JComboBox.

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