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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Don’t be a “Render-holic”
So you’ve added a fancy transition to an edit point and want to see how it plays. Is it over the top? Is it smooth enough? Have you added a superimposed lower third or graphic treatment or perhaps a heavy duty filter and want a quick reality check? Well, if this is the case, please [...]
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A Powerful Set of Ninja Level Shortcuts
In honor of being linked on the venerable FCP Daily site (for which I am very appreciative and humbled), I want to toss out a full-on “ninja level” shortcut today that is worthy of the hardcore FCP Daily readership, so I’m reaching forward in my schedule to share a real gem: setting source destination for [...]
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More Audio Convenience: Setting Pan With Shortcuts
Every audio clip can be easily adjusted for pan with keyboard shortcuts. You can do this either when the clip is on the timeline or when it is open in the View. This sure beats fussing with that pan slider in the viewer, so these are definitely some valuable shortcuts to add to your repertoire.
When [...]
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Super Easy Audio Adjustments!
Whether you are working on a piece that is already laid out in the timeline OR if you have a clip opened in the Viewer, there are a couple of very powerful tools to help you get the audio levels where they need to be. The one will will discuss today is CTRL + and [...]
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Favorites Part 5: A Final Word on Using Favorites Shortcuts
All week, we have been examining the process of saving favorite effects and how keyboard shortcuts can make that process easier. By “effects,” we refer to “transitions,” “filters,” and motion tab settings. There is a whole lot going on here and you may have noticed that not all the processes and shortcuts are easy or [...]
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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, [...]
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Sign up Now for the FREE Shortcutter Workflows Webinar!
I am pleased to announce that I partnering with NewMediaWebinars.com to present a live Webinar on August 12, 2010 (from 10:00 AM PDT to 11:30 AM PDT) and if you sign up to watch the live presentation here, it’s free!
You can also opt to purchase a paid package which includes online attendance at the live webinar, [...]
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Favorites Part 3: Saving “Favorite Motions”
This week, we have already covered the process of saving and invoking favorite transitions and favorite filters. We covered the basics of where these favorites are stored and how you can get to the Favorites Bin quickly. Today, we examine the “Favorite Motions” functionality.
First of all, let’s be clear on what exactly Favorite Motions are and [...]
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Favorites Part 2: Adding and Applying Favorite Filter Effects
Yesterday, we began our week-long examination of setting favorite effects (transitions, filters and motion settings) with a discussion of how to set and invoke video and audio transitions. Today we continue by looking at how to set up favorite filters (both video and audio) and how to quickly add them to clips in your timeline with [...]
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