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[Andy Finch <801342@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So I'm working on adding these features to OpenShot and need a bit of
feedback.

Regarding adding new clips to the timeline and auto shifting any
subsequent clips, I can think of a couple of ways to do this:

1. Have an 'Insert Clips' item on the clip context menu - this will open
the existing 'Add To Timeline' window. Either you have to preselect in
the project files tree the clips you want to insert, or it would
populate with every clip in the project (you would then have to manage
which one(s) you want added).

2. Just use the existing Add To Timeline functionality, but adjust so
existing clips after the playhead position are moved. The problem with
this option is there is not so much control over which track to add the
clips to.

Any feedback or other ideas on how to do it?

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Title:
  Suggestion: collapse clips to "fill" gaps and automove clips to insert
  new

Status in OpenShot Video Editor:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  
   Hi.

   This is not a bug, it's a suggestion, but I don't know how to
  classify it as "wishlist" / "suggestion".

   The main problem in OpenShot is removing and adding new clips in the
  beginning/middle of the timeline when your project has grown, as you
  end moving manually all clips or counting "duration" to use the "Shift
  clips" tool to move them with offset.

  1. REMOVING CLIPS:

   Currently I check clip properties, write down in a paper the
  Duration, and use the "Shift Clips" feature with -duration (negative
  value) to move all clips back in time and fill the gap, but it would
  be very nice to have the option to "autocollapse" clips to fill gaps:

  [CLIP1].....[CLIP2][CLIP3].....[CLIP4]

  (You click in AUTOCOLLAPSE)

  [CLIP1][CLIP2][CLIP3][CLIP4]

   This way you can happily remove clips and rearrange the timeline
  automatically. If you need to insert a new clip,

  2.- ADDING CLIPS:

   Currently I check the new clip properties, write down in a paper the
  Duration, and use the "Move Clips" feature with +duration to leave gap
  for the clip, and then I move it.

   It would be nice to have an option to add an item to the timeline
  automatically moving all the clips in that point after or before it.

   Besides those 2 suggestions, if you also correct the following bugs,
  Openshot would be almost perfect, surely the best video editor
  available in Linux:

  3.- Fade In/Out Glitches Bug:
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/openshot/+bug/520941

  4.- Icons etc. disappearing
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/openshot/+bug/505578
   
   Please, keep the GOOD work.

   A release adding / correcting the previous 4 features / bugs would be
  highly celebrated :-)

   Thanks!

  PS : Versions.

  [sromero@compiler:~]$ lsb_release -a
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.04
  Release:	11.04
  Codename:	natty

  [sromero@compiler:~]$ dpkg -l openshot
  ii  openshot            1.3.0-maverick1     Create and edit videos and movies

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