Move photos between rolls

Hi,
I don't know why this is so difficult but I just want to do the most basic thing. In photos view, I want to create a roll (new category of pictures). Then I want to move photos from one roll to another. I can drag them up or down but I will move to the top with my pictures selected and it will move a little bit but then stop. I can't go up all the way to a different roll.
I tried cut and paste but that didn't work either.
Thanks in advance

You're absolutely right, Apple isn't that dumb and I have no difficulty dragging and dropping between Events, though you seem to, so I suggested a way for that works for those who have problems with dragging and dropping.
d then, when adding photos, I can't drag a photo to a specific event. I would have to drag it to iPhoto, it will create a new roll, then go to that roll, flag the photos in that roll, go back to events, add flag photos to that event, then go to that event, find the flagged photos and then unflag them.
Well, no matter what you cannot import to a specific Event. Every import creates at least one new Event. Of course, the most recent Event is easy to find: just click on that 'Last Import' on the left hand pane.
Unflagging is pretty straightforward too. Try clicking on the 'Flagged Photos' on the left hand pane (Hint: it's directly below 'Last Import'), command-a selects all, and unflag them.
Or, practise dragging and dropping.
Regards
TD

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