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auditioning snag and ‘help’ snag
FCP X 10.0.4. OS X 10.7.4.
Trying to learn auditioning. First I had a problem in which I had to scrub to the beginning of an alternate clip in the audition window in order to play it. Rebooting fixed that. BUT what could I have down wrong to create that behavior? It now will loop and space bar works again to play.
Now I’m trying to toggle between alternates with the audition window closed by selecting the clip in the timeline and using control right or left arrow. But instead Lion seems to be moving to a new desktop space? The widgets appear.
I also can’t seems to find a way to toggle between the FCP X help guide and FCP X (or for that matter any other program and the Help guide). command tab will bring up an app name in the upper left menu as usual, but the HELP file will still be in foreground on the screen.
I tried repairing permissions. New to Lion.
MacPro4,1 2.66GHz 8 core 12gigs of ram. GPU: Nvidia Geoforce GT120 with Vram 512. OS X 10.6.x; Camcorders: Panasonic AG-HPX170, Sony Z7U, Canon HV30/40, Sony vx2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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“Now I’m trying to toggle between alternates with the audition window closed by selecting the clip in the timeline and using control right or left arrow. But instead Lion seems to be moving to a new desktop space? The widgets appear.”
You have to change this in System Prefs keyboard.
Cmd-tab works for me, except of course that the Help Viewer is a useless app.
All the best,
Tom
“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
“Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” -
Thanks Tom,
I figured it must be a system vs FCP X thing owning the rights to a keyboard shortcut. But I was worried given the other funky behavior that maybe I or my system had fouled things up somehow. Surprised given Apple’s make it simple for them mantra. You’d think when FCP X is the active app that it would override shortcuts used in other programs or at least it would stay clear of sharing system wide shortcuts.
Hopefully there is a way to to do just that–have FCP X take control of keyboard shortcuts when it is active? I need to set up about 30 student computers and don’t want students messing with system preferences and the like.
As for HELP being less than helpful — I see its limitations but I just want a quick way to be reminded of how to perform basic operations. I also have the certification book in PDF form but find its so married to its use of sample footage that I can’t always find a quick reminder of a basic operation.
MacPro4,1 2.66GHz 8 core 12gigs of ram. GPU: Nvidia Geoforce GT120 with Vram 512. OS X 10.6.x; Camcorders: Panasonic AG-HPX170, Sony Z7U, Canon HV30/40, Sony vx2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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Switch off Control-1 and -2 in system prefs.
Use a PDF of the manual. It’s a much quicker and better search feature.
All the best,
Tom
“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
“Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” -
Thanks Tom,
duh. Thought help was the manual and wondered why it was so thin. Will do both. Pretty obvious really, just feeling like everything is so different.
MacPro4,1 2.66GHz 8 core 12gigs of ram. GPU: Nvidia Geoforce GT120 with Vram 512. OS X 10.6.x; Camcorders: Panasonic AG-HPX170, Sony Z7U, Canon HV30/40, Sony vx2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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