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Are YOU using FCP7 shortcuts?
Hi all,
I’m a brand new switcher to PP (from FCP7 and Avid). I love the render engine–I try my best not to transcode anymore, and I feel like I am moving so much faster in general now! One question, though: are other switchers bringing in their old FCP7 shortcuts, or just sticking with the premiere ones? I can’t decide if I should just put my energy into getting Premiere’s own built-in logic, or just going all the way with FCP7 stuff.I have to say that FCP was much better at the whole shortcuts thing: you could map 2 shortcuts to a function, it’d give you a visual display of shortcuts, it’d show you if a shortcut was used before committing, etc….
Editor, Producer, DP
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I switched about 6 months ago and I decided not to use fcp7 shortcuts because this way I learned the ppro shortcuts, but I did customize the keyboard shortcuts a little bit. For example, I made the “add edit” shortcut to be just one letter “E” – it’s more productive for me
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That was a thought that I had, but E in particular is used by “extend edit,” which is something I can’t give up. I wish I could get a visual representation of what keys were in use.
Editor, Producer, DP
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I have fcp keyboards in both my edit suites.
So I’ve used the fcp keyboard layout in Premiere.
It made it a much easier transition (shortcut wise)
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Do you use the built-in FCP7 in Premiere, or have you built your own?
Editor, Producer, DP
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I use built in fcp7 but change a few for:
Render all within work area and previous/next edit.
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I customized my FCP7 keyboard to the point that nobody else could use it. I have a feeling I’ll do the same once I jump into Premiere. There are a lot of functions I use hundreds of times a day that I like to map to keys around JKL so I’m rarely hunting and pecking.
Only downside to this is you have to keep a copy of your keyboard setup in your email or on a thumbdrive if you’re going to edit somewhere other than your norm. But, if you’re not switching workstations all the time, I’d definitely suggest customizing it to however works best for you – no two editors work the same way and the default keyboard settings are rarely the best setup for anyone.
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In general, I prefer learning the app-native shortcuts. I find different applications with the same (-ish) shortcuts more confusing than different applications with different shortcuts.
With Premiere/FCP specifically, I find that the Premiere shortcuts are better laid-out. I never liked the major edit commands way up on F9/F10; they’re better on the comma and period. Like other posters, I have borrowed a couple from FCP (E and Ctrl-B).
Looking forward, I wonder how naturally the FCP keybindings could be extended as Premiere adds features not found in FCP.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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[Dustin Parsons] “Only downside to this is you have to keep a copy of your keyboard setup in your email or on a thumbdrive if you’re going to edit somewhere other than your norm. But, if you’re not switching workstations all the time, I’d definitely suggest customizing it to however works best for you – no two editors work the same way and the default keyboard settings are rarely the best setup for anyone.”
With Premiere Pro CC, you can sync your keyboard shortcuts to your Creative Cloud account. This can be done separately from the account used to authorize the application, so a freelancer can use CC to move his own settings around different facilities.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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[Walter Soyka] “With Premiere Pro CC, you can sync your keyboard shortcuts to your Creative Cloud account. “
This really is a great time and headache saving feature. No matter what computer I go to I’m always at “home.” Adobe should really tout this more (maybe they have and I just haven’t seen it?).
Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
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[Ryan Holmes] “This really is a great time and headache saving feature. No matter what computer I go to I’m always at “home.” Adobe should really tout this more (maybe they have and I just haven’t seen it?).”
It’s funny: I’ve seen a few critics online pooh-poohing the sync settings feature. I think it’s because they haven’t used it, because you’re absolutely right — it is really nice. Much nicer than I thought it would be.
We could have been syncing preferences all along, manually with a flash drive, but speaking for myself, I never did it because it wasn’t push-button easy. Now it is.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events
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