Tip #1453: An Editing Keyboard Shortcut

… for Apple Final Cut Pro X

Tip #1453: An Editing Keyboard Shortcut

These keystrokes determine what is edited into the timeline.

Anything that speeds the editing process is a good thing. Here are three keyboard shortcuts that simplify editing clips into the timeline.

Normally, when you edit a clip from the Browser into the Timeline, you edit both its audio and video. However, you can also edit just the video or just the audio.

Shift + 1: Edits audio and video into the timeline.
Shift + 2: Edits just the video into the timeline.
Shift + 3: Edits just the audio into the timeline.

These settings stay in effect until you change them.

NOTE: You can also find these in the small down-arrow to the right of the four editing icons at the top left of the timeline.

Tip #1452: The Mysterious Red Box

… for Apple Final Cut Pro X

Tip #1452: The Mysterious Red Box

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The red “slider” simplifies navigating a zoomed-in Viewer image.

You’ve seen it from time to time, the mysterious red box in Final Cut’s Viewer. What the heck is it?

The red slider appears whenever you are zoomed into an image more than the Viewer can display.

Drag the red box itself to navigate around the image.

EXTRA CREDIT

To display the red box, type Cmd + [plus] to zoom into the Viewer.

To make the red box disappear, type Shift + Z (or choose Fit from the View menu).

Apple Final Cut Pro X, Hidden Feature

Tip #1451: Drop Zone Secrets

… for Apple Final Cut Pro X

Tip #1451: Drop Zone Secrets

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Where you click a drop zone clip with the skimmer determines the In.

A drop zone, with a reflection, created in Motion, filled with an image in Final Cut.

A drop zone is an image placeholder, created in Motion, for use in Final Cut Pro. Drop zones can be added to titles, effects, transitions or generators.

To fill a drop zone in Final Cut:

Select the clip containing the drop zone.
In the Video Inspector, click the blue box around the drop zone you want to fill. (Some templates contain multiple drop zones.)
In the Browser, click the clip you want to put into the drop zone.
Click the blue Apply Clip button in the Viewer.

EXTRA CREDIT

Here’s the secret. If you use the skimmer to select the clip, where you click the skimmer in the Browser clip determines the In of the clip in the drop zone.