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Monthly Archives: February 2010
The King of Shortcuts
Although it’s an incredibly basic keyboard shortcut that I think probably 95% of FCPers utilize, this blog’s mission is to present and discuss every keyboard shortcut there is and even though the N key, which toggles snapping on and off is widely known, it bears mention here as, for many people, this shortcut is the [...]
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Nudge that clip!
Here’s one of my personal favorites and I use it all the time:
When you have a clip selected on the Timeline and you want to nudge it forward or backward just a frame at a time, use the Comma and Period keys. To nudge one second at a time, simply add the SHIFT modifier key [...]
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Where Are You?
To use keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro effectively, you need to know exactly where you are in the interface at all times. The results of using certain shortcuts often differ depending on which window (i.e., Browser, Viewer, Canvas, Timeline) is active or, to use the more correct term, has “focus” at the moment. Therefore, [...]
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Anyone for a Spot of TTTT?
In spite of the many powerful tools for ripple editing available on the timeline (which we will cover in time), there will be occasions when you simply have to move everything over to make room for some kind of new construction. You’ve got a 20 minute piece laid out with sync and a music bed, [...]
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Waste Less Time Trimming Clips in the Viewer
When you’re trimming a clip in the Viewer in preparation for dropping it down to the timeline (with F9 or F10, of course), you often want to see how the head (first frames of clip) or tail (last frames of clip) will play. You’ve set in and out-points, but want to see if you’ve found right [...]
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Drop that Razor Blade!
Perhaps this is a familiar scene in your editing life: You position the playhead at exactly the right spot on the timeline for a cut, then you switch to the Razor Blade tool (hopefully you do that by typing B and not by using the mouse, for God’s sake), then you bring the blade in [...]
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Make a Speedy Transition
Sure, you can drag transitions down from the Effects Panel in the Browser or, if you’re really looking to kill some serious time, you can wrangle them from the Effects>Video Transitions>yada yada menu, but nothing beats using CMD T and OPT CMD T for adding quick default transitions to video and audio respectively.
Start by selecting [...]
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Up and Down the Timeline
Aside from scrubbing with J, K and L, the best way to fly around your timeline is often by using the simple Up and Down Arrows to go from edit point to edit point.
It’s a good habit to use these keys to position yourself because, and this is the key thing to remember: they always [...]
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Scrub Down with JKL
It is surprising to me how many FCP editors I meet who have not actually formed the habit of using J, K and L (known as the “Transport” or “Tape Transport” controls) to navigate backwards and forwards (scrub) in clips.
Most of these slowpokes are inclined to grasp the mouse with one hand while the index [...]
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The Evil Space Bar