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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Paste Attributes Saves You 3 Precious Seconds Every Time You Use It!
Building on yesterday’s discussion of pasting options, you should be aware that you can also just “paste attributes.”
This means that you can copy (CMD C) a clip and then apply its attributes (filters and motion tab settings) to another clip or clips. Much easier way to bring up the Paste Attributes dialogue box than doing [...]
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FREE Shortcutter Webinar Tomorrow!
I want to remind everyone that I partnering with NewMediaWebinars.com to present a live Webinar tomorrow, 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!
In this webinar, I will be putting the most effective and critical shortcuts into the context [...]
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Paste Insert is a Handy Option
When I am working on multiple sequences at the same time–usually preparing different versions of the same basic material, I find that I frequently use copy and paste to move a clip or set of clips from one timeline to another. Another copying scenario might arise when you are adding an overlay or graphic “bug” [...]
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Getting the Most Out of Labels
“Labels” are a clip organizing tool in FCP that not only assigns a label (such as “good” or “b-roll”), but also color codes the clip which really makes it stand out in the browser or timeline. If you already use them, then you’ll find it much easier to apply them via keyboard shortcuts and remember, [...]
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Don’t Forget to Up Your Undo Queue!
Although it’s time for a basic Saturday entry, I guess I risk insulting everyone’s intelligence with the uber-obvious CMD Z shortcut (which is the beloved”Undo” command),
but I want to make sure FCP novices are aware that by hitting OPT Q, which brings up your user preferences pane, you can should must increase the number of [...]
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Create Freeze Frames in a Flash
You can create a freeze frame in either the Viewer or with a clip on the timeline. The shortcut to so this is the same either way:
When you’re making a freeze frame in the Viewer, the process is quite straightforward. Park the playhead on the frame you want frozen and hit SHIFT N. Your Viewer [...]
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A Fast Path to the Text Generator
Here’s a quick and easy, but very useful shortcut. Do you use the basic Text Generator frequently and get tired of accessing it from that pop-up menu in the Viewer? Just hit CTRL X:
Brings it right up. If you want fancy stuff like the scrolling text, you’re still mousing it. By the way, CTRL OPT [...]
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Invoke the (FCP7) Timecode Window With a Shortcut
With Final Cut Studio 3 (containing FCP 7), a new feature was introduced: the Timecode Window. Happily, this handy window can be invoked via a shortcut, CTRL T
The timecode window can be used with the Viewer or Canvas and if you right-click on the window itself, you can opt to show AUX 1 or AUX [...]
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Copy All Filters From One Clip Back or To The Next Clip
As a preface to today’s shortcut (and to make remembering the keys easier), you might want to review yesterday’s shortcut article which discussed copying Color Corrector filters from a previous clip or to a subsequent clip. Today’s shortcut is very similar but instead of just copying Color Corrector settings, you will be copying all the [...]
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Remove Clip Attributes