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Monthly Archives: May 2010
A Final Marker Tip: Setting Ins and Outs on the Timeline
Last week, we covered all of the keyboard shortcuts related to markers that can be found in Final Cut Pro except for one: “mark to markers.” The shortcut for this this little gem is CTRL A
If you have some makers set on your Timeline (this also works from the Canvas) and you hit CTRL A, [...]
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FCP Shortcutter Now Available in 52 Languages!
I have added a new widget to the site which translates the FCP Shortcutter into 52 different languages. This is being done with the TranslateThis button (Wordpress version) designed by Portland, OR programmer Jon Raasch.
We have noticed that our readers are visiting from all over the world, so we wanted to make it easier for [...]
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Navigating Around the FCP Interface
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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Extending Markers Extends Markers’ Usefulness
We continue our exploration of the various keyboard shortcuts that involve markers with the “extend marker” shortcut, OPT Grave
Here’s how it works: if you’ve already laid down a marker and gone forward a few seconds, you can hit OPT Grave and the result is an extended marker which look like this:
The extended marker can be [...]
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It’s Never Too Late to Change That Marker
Let’s say you’re reviewing some freshly transferred footage in the Viewer and you’re laying down markers at the beginning of each take (maybe you’re planning to convert some of your markers into subclips later for easy editing). Inevitably, you will hit M to place a marker only to see, a few seconds later, that the [...]
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Out, Damn’d Marker! Out I Say!
Wanna lose some markers? Tired of going back to the marker in question, hitting M again then breaking your rhythm to reach for your mouse and hit that “delete” button on the marker’s pop-up window? Well from now on, try to remember using CMD Grave (it’s that key with the ` and the tilde):
It’s a [...]
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Markers! Markers! Markers!
Good old Markers! I think virtually everyone uses ‘em and today’s introductory hint kicks off a week long series on Markers. Of course you can leave a marker on either an individual clip or on the timeline and you can do it by hitting either the M key or that little accent key called a [...]
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Shortcutter Showcase: Bringing High-End Audio Sensibility to Video
Shortcutter reader, FCP user and multimedia producer Brad Horn works for National Public Radio member station WAER in Syracuse, New York and his audio pieces have aired on NPR member stations around the country and on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. When you watch–and listen–to his video pieces, it’s obvious that he knows how to handle, layer, [...]
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Some Help in Using All Those Marker Shortcuts