Favorites Part 4: A Recap of All Favorites Keyboard Shortcuts

As promised all week, I am going to round up and attempt to render much clearer, the various shortcuts related to setting up and using the various Effects Favorites which include Transitions, Filters and Favorite Motions.

Fist of all, let’s recap the shortcuts for setting up favorite transitions and favorite filters. To set a favorite transition, use OPT F

For transitions, you must have the transition (tweaked the way you like it) opened in the Viewer (which, is actually called the “Transition Editor” when a transition is opened in it).

For filters, if you have one or more applied filters selected in the clip’s Filters Tab in the Viewer (or all, for that matter), they will be saved as individual favorites. If you have none selected, they will be saved as a group.

To save motion favorites (read more here), you use CTRL F

All you need to do is make sure the clip containing your motion settings is selected on the timeline. Note that keyframes will be saved as well, but they will scale when you apply them to other clips!

To call up the first 4 of your various effects favorites (as they appear in the Favorites Bin in the Effects tab of the Browser), use the following keys:

For video transitions:

For audio transitions:

For video filters:

For audio filters:

And finally, for favorite motion settings:

So why all the crazy random characters? How will you remember all these?  Here’s how:

Tomorrow, I’ll recap the whole favorites subject again, but with a few bottom line recommendations that will help you to use this large family of shortcuts in an efficient way.