Why do I want bookmarks from other clips to remain in the timeline?

Hi,
I've been using iMovie for about a year now and am finally bothering to write in about this. Most of what I use iMove for are music video compilations so I have a bunch of clips that I work on. I trim them, combine them and then make a DVD (with iDVD). My question is, why does iMovie leave the bookmarks from the/all previous clip(s) in the timeline unless I delete them? Why would I (anyone?) want bookmarks from one clip to be there (in the timeline) when I am working on another clip? I take each clip out of the timeline and put it back in the clip window until I am ready to assemble them all, working on them one at a time. The bookmarks remain after I've worked on each on so have to I delete ALL each time. Why would I/anyone want them to stay? (Perhaps they appear in the correct place in the timeline if I keep adding clips but I think, and since I don't do this I may be wrong, that they don't. They certainly don't appear in the correct places when I put other clips in the time line. How could they when I haven't decided where I want the bookmarks to be in the new clips?)
Also, when I do an edit (crop), the bookmarks remain in their places (x frames in for example) even though I have shortened the movie. Shouldn't they adjust and in the case of cropping off some of the beignning, shouldn't they then be right at the beginning if that is where I had marked so I could crop it? I don't understand.
Thanks for any help. I'm using iMovie 5.0.2.
Cheers,
John L

My question is, why does iMovie leave the bookmarks from the/all previous
clip(s) in the timeline unless I delete them?
Bookmarks are an editing tool that we create as needed, keep in the Timeline for as long as useful, then discard, one at a time or all together. They are generally discarded when no longer needed.
(I feel Bookmarks are one of iMovie's most useful features, especially when iMovie preferences are set to Snap to items in the Timeline, and snap with audio. Bookmarks greatly simplify editing.)
Personally, I wouldn't want iMovie to decide for me when to discard my Bookmarks, any more than I want iMovie to discard clips or chapters. iMovie isn't very good at reading my mind, so I prefer to make those decisions.
When the current editing task is done, I tell iMovie to discard all the Bookmarks, usually just to clear the table.
The whole point of Bookmarks is to mark a point in the project, not mark a point in a clip. It's not meant to move as you move that clip or others.
You might create a Bookmark to use Direct Trimming to trim a clip to that point, for example, or place a new clip there, or insert a temporary "Black" clip as a placeholder.
You might create a Bookmark to mark the beat of the music in an audio track, for example, the spots you want to sync clips to. As in:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=607322&ft=y&#607322
Generally, you create a Bookmark to define a spot you'll use later. Whatever content you edit will move/adjust/fit to the Bookmark, not the other way around.
Does this make sense?
Karl

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