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  • quick toggle between viewer and browser

    Posted by Jason Brown on September 1, 2009 at 1:33 am

    Hey Guys,

    logging footage…set in, set out…make subclip. What is a quick way to (keyboard) make the viewer active again to press spacebar to play? Can’t find it anywhere in manual or online in a quick search.

    -Jason

    Jason Brown replied 16 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 14 Replies
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  • Arnie Schlissel

    September 1, 2009 at 2:50 am

    Q will toggle between the 2 windows.

    Arnie
    Post production is not an afterthought!
    https://www.arniepix.com/

  • Jason Brown

    September 1, 2009 at 2:54 am

    I’ve remapped Q to go to in…like my AVID editing days. What is the shortcut?

  • Jason Brown

    September 1, 2009 at 2:58 am

    I reset my keyboard to default and Q is set to toggle windows (viewer and canvas…what I want is to toggle viewer and browser)

  • Dan Monro

    September 1, 2009 at 3:37 am

    Viewer is “command” + 1
    Browser is “Command” + 4

    Timeline is “Command” + 3
    Canvas is “Command” + 2
    Log & Capture is “Command” + 8

    “Command” + any other number gives you various things. Try ’em…

    Dan Monro
    FCP, Avid, AfterFX, Atlanta
    MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB ram
    Mac OS X 10.5.7
    GeForce 8600M GT Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 Quicktime 7.6

  • Arnie Schlissel

    September 1, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Sorry, I didn’t read your 1st post that well.

    Command-4 is the browser, command-1 is the viewer.

    Arnie
    Post production is not an afterthought!
    https://www.arniepix.com/

  • Jason Brown

    September 1, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    I knew that shortcut…but it opens and closes those windows…I’m just looking for a simple toggle…

    Those keys will make that window active…but if it’s already active, it closes the window…just a little clunky for what I’m wanting.

  • Tom Wolsky

    September 1, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    This application does not work the way you are used to. There is no single key shortcut for what you want. Put in a feature request if you like. After you make a subclip in the viewer the browser is automatically made the active window. Cmd-1 to return to the viewer is the function that’s built into the application. Any single key in the browser will act as if you’re trying to select an item with that name, just like inside a folder at the finder level. You could designate a single key to make the Viewer active, but it probably wouldn’t be a good idea.

    All the best,

    Tom

    Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
    Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

  • Jason Brown

    September 1, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    I understand…it’s because of coming from a PC background. Tab on an PC AVID will do what I’m trying to do…I’m still trying to learn how all this works. It is much different!

    -Jason

  • Tom Wolsky

    September 1, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    The tab key takes you to the next addressable window. In the browser if you’re in log notes for instance, the tab key takes you to the next column in which you can enter information. In the viewer or canvas the tab key toggles to and between duration and current time boxes. Same in the timeline.

    All the best,

    Tom

    Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
    Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

  • Dan Monro

    September 1, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    Hey Jason,

    I’m coming from that same PC Avid background. If I understand your question, I think Command + 1 will work;

    You’re in the viewer, mark an in, mark an out, command “u” to make a subclip
    Now you’re in the browser with the clip name highlighted, you type the name hit return , closes clip name but browser is still active,
    Hit command 1 and you’re back in the viewer, hit spacebar and play.

    Not trying to be patronizing here, just wondering if this is the workflow you’re talking about, The above works for me – it’s one of the workflows that I brought with me from Avid.

    Hope it helps,
    D

    Dan Monro
    FCP, Avid, AfterFX, Atlanta
    MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB ram
    Mac OS X 10.5.7
    GeForce 8600M GT Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 Quicktime 7.6

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