midm un-nest is something I think about, but it is a complicated one! How to decide where all clips from nest should go (not to overwrite other clips, create tracks if there is too much clips).

midm You could quickly nest / unest a bunch of clips, with an adjustment layer on top.

Wow, this one is an amazing idea for that!

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        Sir_Ivan

        un-nest is something I think about, but it is a complicated one!

        Clearly !
        For my "quick group/ungroup with an adjustment layer" use case, copying the tracks on the same track they were in their nested sequence would do the job 99% of times, provided you don't move the nested clip, or add new items in "occupied zones".
        For other cases you might indeed need a more complex logic.

        -> My guess is that there is no really "good" way of solving this, and the risk is making it unpredictable by users. Making it "pretty dumb", and forcing users to adapt how they edit might be the best solution

          11 days later

          Hello Sir_Ivan !

          I'm making experiments about this and I'm struggling to find a good way to copy clips from one sequence to another.

          What do you use for your "nest" command ?
          Track.overwriteClip() for each clip ?
          Or using the clipboard ?

            For nest command I do use overwriteClip(), but this adds clip from the project panel. If you have any modifications of a clip or effects added to it, this won't be translated on the added clip. Since I overwrite nest sequence, no modifications are needed.
            Clipboard will be the way to go, I think.

            I actually work on a small extension, that should take care of un-nesting, but that should not stop your experiments 🙂

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