Zooming the clips in the browser

I am bit late, but I think it is still worth mentioning the "reverse favoriting" trick that I learned from Steve Martin of rippletraining:

when selecting small pieces from a very long clip, it is easier to make a temporary project, add the long clip;

make the desired selections in the timeline, then Shift-F to reveal in browser, and F to Favorite (or add keywords, or reject or whatever you like). Much easier to zoom in and out of the timeline, and much easier to do precise selections.

Sounds like you’re in list view. Switch to filmstrip and zoom in.