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A few newbie questions
I come from an Avid background and have spent the last few days kicking the tires on FCP. I have a few questions below that I can’t seem to figure out. There are a few, but I figured it might be easier to do them in one post as opposed to multiple. Thanks in advance, hopefully they should be easy ones…
-How do you delete one track of audio on a clip once it’s in the timeline. For example if I have an interview clip with A1A2 audio in the timeline then realize I don’t need A1 b/c it’s the camera mic and want to remove it. I’m only able to select both A1A2 clips.
-Is there one keystroke / hot key that will snap back and show you the entire timeline at once (as opposed to zooming out over and over again?)
-Is there a way to have a subclip reference back to its original parent clip? In my example I created a subclip but made it too short. the subclip is in the timeline but won’t allow me to trim it out further. I try and match back but it only goes as far as the subclip, not all the way back to the original.
-How do you stop the playback from looping? Right now when I play a clip in the source monitor it will loop itself at the end. This is very annoying.
-Is there a way to exit trim mode in one keystroke? Right now I switch to the arrow tool then click above the timeline. Is there an easier way to do this?
Thanks again!
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4 Replies
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1. First, unlink the video and audio using cmd-L. If your audio is set as a stereo pair, then you will need to unlink that using opt-L. After deleting the desired audio track, if you want you can then relink the audio and video by selecting both pieces then hit cmd-L.
2. shift-Z
3. I don’t think so. I typically don’t use subclips. There might be someone else who would know more about this one.
4. control-L
5. Are you referring to the Trim Edit command using cmd-7? If so, just click anywhere in the timeline. Changing tools doesn’t have an effect.
Mike Johnson
Final Cut Pro Editor
Drury Outdoors
http://www.druryoutdoors.com
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3. Open subclip in Viewer, then Modify/Remove Subclip Limits
Video editor
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[Tim Flora] “-How do you delete one track of audio on a clip once it’s in the timeline. For example if I have an interview clip with A1A2 audio in the timeline then realize I don’t need A1 b/c it’s the camera mic and want to remove it. I’m only able to select both A1A2 clips.”
Use the padlock to lock say A1 then single click to highlight and then press the backspace key.
[Tim Flora] “-Is there one keystroke / hot key that will snap back and show you the entire timeline at once (as opposed to zooming out over and over again?)”
Shift + z
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