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Open in source monitor – keyboard shortcut?
Hi there, does anyone know if it is possible to create a keyboard short cut to open a video clip from the project bin in the sorce monitor? (instead of having to dbl click it)
Due to a wrist injury i’m trying to cut down the amount of mousing i have to do!
seem to have everything but this one!
Any help much appreciated!Steve
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Steve,
You can use ctrl+tab to move between the open windows.
Once the Monitor window is focused use ctrl+` to toggle between Source and Program sides. Note: ` is usually at the far left of the top row of keysIf you want to customize the key used for this function it is found in the Windows set of commands under the Monitor Window section.
Hope this helps.
I wish it was possible to directly focus the Monitor window instead of using ctrl+tab. Anyone know how to do that?
Dave
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Oops. Just realized I totally misread your question. Sorry about that. I’d like an answer to your question too.
Dave
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Cheers Dave,
The Ctrl+` is a new one for the list!
Many thanks,If there is a shortcut for opening the clip into the source monitor,
A lot of editing could be done without touching the mouse at all!Or…
If there is a short cut to emulate the right clicking of a clip, so you can select the
“open in source monitor” option in the right click menu?I wonder?
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks again Dave!
Regards
Steve -
there is no command for this at the moment, I am trying to convince Adobe to add some more keyboard commands that would represent a mouseless editing workflow.
“You can’t soar with the Eagles when you’re riding the Rodent”LS
Larry Sherwood
Sherwood Post Production
Austin, Texas
512 219-8721
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Thanks Larry!
It’s good to know the limits!I have since developed a wee work around to my initial problem, some folks might be interested.
The closest i can get is to drag all the relevant clips from the bin into the source monitor,
they are then loaded into the source monitors drop down clip list.
by making a keyboard short cut for the commands – “source clip next” and “source clip previous”
i can then select the clips, trim the in and out points and overlay or insert them into the timeline without touching the mouse!This is great, as i have a lot of cuts only editing to do and my hand/wrist is still recovering!
yipee, almost!
best regards
steve
P.S.
something else i have learned,
(jumping around the livingroom attached to a new snowboard, doing a snow dance for winter is never a good idea and will inevitably lead to injury!) -
by making a keyboard short cut for the commands – “source clip next” and “source clip previous”
i can then select the clips, trim the in and out points and overlay or insert them into the timeline without touching the mouse!I can’t find Keyboard Commands in the list for Source Clip Next or Previous, where are these commands? Thanx for the hint . . .
LS
Larry Sherwood
Sherwood Post Production
Austin, Texas
512 219-8721
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Hey Larry!
“I can’t find Keyboard Commands in the list for Source Clip Next or Previous, where are these commands?”
they are in the keyboard shortcuts/ windows / monitor windows options,
there are six source clip commands, next, previous, first, last, clear clip and clear all clips.You can also drag multiple bins into the source monitor and it will load all the clips within the bins!
Fantastic discovery! for me anyway!
best regards
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Thanx Steve
LS
Larry Sherwood
Sherwood Post Production
Austin, Texas
512 219-8721
larry@sherwoodpost.com -
I FINALLY GOT MY OWN WAY OF DOING IT! AND SETTING A SHORTCUT ON PREMIERE CS5!
You can set the shortcut for this one.
Go to EDIT menu, then select KEYBOARD CUSTOMIZATION
Then notice that you have a dropdown list that says [Application]
And select [Panels]From there, open-tree the [Project Panel] and select [Open in source monitor] and set a shortcut.
I set the enter key, so now when i hit enter, it opens it for trimmer actions, and doesn’t rename it, for that, I use ctrl+enter
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Thanx for the update! Being an Avid editor for years, I’d also been looking for this ‘open in source monitor’ shortcut for a loooonnngg time.
For some reason, although I thought I’d looked at every single menu item, I’d never come across the one you pointed at.
I reckon Premiere’s shortcut optimization has reached such a high level that it needs its own search tool now (in the keyboard shortcut preferences panel)
Thanx again for the tip…Mikael Couderc
EnImages Multimedia
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