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  Brand newbie_Potential FCP exile!

  Posted by Peter Humble on September 3, 2011 at 6:29 pm

  Hi,

  First post here and bare with me as I might be throwing a bunch of stupid questions in here…although I promise I’ll try solving it via the forum first!

  Just downloaded the trial version and begun to get my hands dirty.

  This first question I was surprised I couldn’t find any info on the forum….

  1. In the Keyboard Settings my default keyboard settings reads
  “Keyboard – English (United States)”
  This keyboard display is no good for me as I’m using a Macbook Pro therefore I don’t have a Home key (among others). Unless I’m mistaken this means I don’t have a default shortcut for ‘go to start’
  I understand I can map via the command palette but just wondering if I can change the Keyboard setting display to a Macbook Pro?

  2. If I do some mapping that I’m not happy with or want to change, how do I get in and edit (remove) the mapping I’ve done? I can see it there but can’t work out how to remove it.

  Thanks for any help/advise.

  It’s feels good to take the leap and give FCP the big finger they deserve! I’m already excited by what I’ve seen 🙂

  Peter

  Peter Humble replied 14 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Richard Sanchez

  September 3, 2011 at 7:26 pm

  On a Macbook Pro, hitting Fn (the function key) and up on your keyboard, will act as home. To remove a mapped key that you don’t want, navigate in the command palette. I forget what tab it’s under, but there’s a “Blank” option there. Drag “blank” over what you want to erase.

  If you’re just coming over from FCP, I’d highly recommend the Media Composer for FCP Users DVD. Avid sells it on their website, and it got me up on my feet fast coming from FCP to Media Composer.

  Richard Sanchez
  North Hollywood, CA

  “We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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  Peter Humble

  September 4, 2011 at 1:52 am

  Thanks Richard.

  Solved.

  For the record I found the Blank option was under the ‘other’ tab in Command Palette.

  Cheers,
  Peter

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