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Category Archives: Repeats
The Easy Way to Keyframe Motion
Since we’re on the subject of keyframes lately, let’s talk about the most useful “must memorize” keyframing shortcut of them all: CTRL K
When the Timeline or Canvas has focus and a clip is selected, you can set keyframes for all the basic motion parameters at once by hitting CTL K. You can also use this [...]
Break Those Long Clips Into Subclips
When you do a “capture now” to bring an entire tape into your system and it winds up sitting in your Browser as a single long clip (i.e., camera starts and stops have not broken it into numerous distinct clips), you may find it awkward to work with. Same thing for long source clips you [...]
Surfing Your Keyframes
If you have laid out several keyframes (maybe for audio levels, opacity, a motion parameter or some filter parameters) on a clip and want to move from keyframe to keyframe in order to make some tweaks, use OPT K (to go to the previous keyframe) or SHIFT K (to go to the next keyframe)
Now before [...]
Live the SHIFT-Q Lifestyle (and our first “Goodies” Giveaway)
Consider the lowly SHIFT Q shortcut:
You probably know that it brings up the System Settings panel. Big deal, right?
Well, it really is a big deal to me and it’s the first command I hit every single time I open Final Cut Pro. In fact, using the System Settings panel effectively is, for me at least, one [...]
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Remove Those Attributes and Start Over!
You know how to use a shortcut to paste attributes (OPT V), so here’s one for removing attributes: CMD OPT V
As with OPT V, this shortcut is a particular timesaver when you apply it to a group of clips.
Suppose you have color correction in place on all clips in a timeline that is destined for [...]
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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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The Handy “Paste Insert” Command
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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Get to the Text Generator Fast
Here’s a quick and dirty, but very useful shortcut for a Monday. Use the basic Text Generator a lot 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, [...]
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The Splendiferous Trim Edit Window