No, I have it installed on my Laptop also and I ran it there and I get a normal cursor on my Laptop. I have been using it for weeks now and it only happened today. I just don't remember doing anything that changed it. Maybe I pressed some key combo by mistake to put it in that wierd edit mode....sigh

That's 'normal' editing mode in VMS 12. Do you normally edit in 'Selection' mode?

Selection mode causes a square to appear when you mouse over. When I bought this program right up till yesterday and still on my laptop when I mouse over a section the mouse cursor would remain a pointer, now it changes to a hand. If that's normal editing mode it's strange that it doesn't happen on my laptop and never happened on my PC till yesterday. If I want to point to a particular spot in order to split I can't see the spot the hand is over whereas I could always see the spot the normal pointer cursor was over. It's really frustrating. Also on my laptop those buttons to alter opacity and dB do not appear in normal mode, only now on my PC

andy,
interesting. Those buttons you mention not appearing in normal mode on your laptop are changes included in version 12. The v12 online Help states Improved visibility for fade-in/fade-out, opacity, and gain event envelopes. And you can always use the frame by frame buttons to select where you want to split. Do you have the new Split and Trim buttons on the Toolbar in your laptop version?

I have version 12 on both my laptop and PC and it doesn't appear like that on my laptop and didn't appear like that on my PC till yesterday

andy,
what are your system specs on both of your machines? Could you please go to the program's Help / About on the laptop and check the build number?

I'd be very interested to read if others have the kind of experiences the OP has.

Operating System
Platform: Windows 7
Version: 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Language: English
System locale: English
User locale: English

Processor
Class: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
Identifier: GenuineIntel
Number of processors: 8
MMX available: Yes
SSE available: Yes
SSE2 available: Yes
SSE3 available: Yes
SSSE3 available: Yes
SSE4.1 available: Yes
SSE4.2 available: Yes

Display
Primary: 1920x1080x32

Memory
Physical memory: 16,355.1 MB
Paging memory available: 32,708.5 MB
Virtual memory possible: 4,095.8 MB

My PC has almost identical stats

andy,
did you check the build numbers? Graphic cards and driver versions?

I'm not certain I'm following this thread correctly. The original post is asking if the 'hand' symbol is correct for Version 12 when hovering over media on the timeline.

Answer: YES

And there doesn't seem to be a way to change it. And I'm not sure I see a reason why it would be necessary - other than someone liked the arrow cursor better in previous versions.

There was some mention of a 'border' around media when added to the timeline in the original post, OP.

That's normal in Version 12. As per the release notes:

"When adding media to the Project Media list, the Project Media tab now displays a brief animation to indicate that media has been added. "

If you saw something else on any computer running Version 12, that computer wasn't working right. If you now have the 'hand' style cursor and the 'thick border' (which is part of the 'brief animation') - your application is operating as designed.

So, what's the question or doubt at this point? I can't understand why it's necessary to list system specs. Seems a waste of someone's time to be checking them when everything is working as designed.

Am I missing something?

As for "Also the video file has a button type thing in the middle on top which when I mouse over it says "Opacity is 100%" and the audio one says "gain is 0.0 dB""

Also, normal in Version 12.

So, the OP didn't "press some key combo by mistake to put it in that wierd edit mode".

Doc,
the OP says he has MSP 12 working differently on his laptop and PC. I'd agree with you that his laptop probably isn't working right in this (or he still has v11 there). Just giving him the benefit of the doubt here. Like I said in a previous post, I wanted to read some second opinions on this matter. You and Markk655 have confirmed my own views on this.
Sorry if I wasted anybody's time here.

My saying 'wasting time' was wrong. I meant, based on the original question, there is nothing wrong - what OP was seeing was correct for Version 12.

If those characteristics were not being seen (I'm still confused if they are or are not now being seen) on all of the OP's computers - then it has to be a corrupt file or bad installation of software.

No hardware glitch would cause both those features not to appear:
- cursor not appearing as a 'hand'
- new media missing the 'glowing animation'

Not memory. Not processor. Not graphics card. Possibly hard-drive, but doubtful.

So what I meant by 'wasting time' was OP should be checking software for corrupt files or a bad install, not hardware.

I'm sorry if it sounded like I was saying someone was wasting someone else's time. I'm not here to accuse anyone. My apologies.

@DocSatori

I have had version 12 for several weeks now and my cursor NEVER changed to a hand till the day before yesterday. It only does so on my PC, not on my Laptop. On my laptop when I move the cursor to the edge of a section of video or audio THEN it changes to a hand but not over the entire section. If it was normal for the cursor to change to a hand when you mouse over a section it would have been like that from the start and it would also be like that on my laptop. Both computers are less than 4 months old and are way above what is necessary to run the programme correctly.

andy,
something really must have changed for you a couple of days ago, maybe an automatic update or something. Though I think MSP uses its own cursors, you might (or not) want to go to the Control Panel(s) > Mouse and compare the properties.
Anyway, as long as the software works either (cursor) way as it should, I wouldn't be too much bothered. Didn't even pay any attention to this change between 11 and 12 before you brought this up :)

Andy,

It actually doesn't take too long too uninstall, and then reinstall. You may want to try that for peace of mind.

Okay, don't take my word that the 'hand' cursor is normal.

But take a look at the promo video from SONY...how does the cursor look in their video when it's over a track?



Let's see... TemporalParadox1 does some nice tutorials on You Tube...how does the cursor appear when it hovers over the track? (You can see it about half way through the tutorial and later.)



So, I'm sticking to my original post for this thread.
1. The 'hand' cursor is normal.*
2. The glowing border animation around recently added media is normal.
3. The more visible tab for opacity selection is normal.

*The cursor was not modified in earlier trial versions. If your cursor is not appearing as the 'hand' you have/had a corrupt file (probably a DLL file) or trial edition.

Doc,
considering what you just said, I wonder if the OP could find out if the reason for all this is indeed the trial edition by checking the build number(s) like advised earlier?

I was thinking the same thing.

It's not a trial version, I bought movie studio 12 and sound forge 10 together from Sony's website. In the meantime the cursor is back to normal (don't know why, it just is). I really don't care how "normal" is supposed to look, it is back now as it was and that's the way I like it :)

andy,
could you please give us the build numbers, so we can all go home wondering something else :)

"Version 12 (Build 334) 64 bit"

OOOOOOOOOOPS

I just realized that I still have version 11 installed and when I use 11 it's a "normal" cursor and when I use 12 it's a hand. The icons on my Launcher are near to each other so I never noticed that sometimes I would launch 11 and sometimes 12, sorry ^^

andy,
Figures. See previous posts e.g. Oct.1. Good of you to tell us that. Thanks!
P.S. no need to uninstall v11, if you don't want.