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Autoselect woes
Hello folks. I don`t get autoselect. According to manual, it should select tracks for various operations done by keyboard, such as selecting the edit points for trimming or transitions, or for copy/paste operations.
But, it`s either me or it doesn`t work as advertised. For example, I would expect that if I want to select an edit point of, say, A3 and A4, I would turn off autoselect for A1 and A2, then press V to select the edit point. But no, it still selects edit point on A1 and A2. If I need to select edit point on A3/A4 and leave A1/A2 alone, I need to lock A1/A2. What`s the point of autoselect, then?
Avid patching is sooo much more mature than this. heck, even Premiere behaves more predictably. Or do I miss something crucial? Thanks!
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7 Replies
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The V key selects the nearest edit and is not controlled by the autoselect buttons.
All the best,
Tom
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It`s not? So, how do I keyboard-select an edit point on certain tracks without selecting nearby points of other tracks? Is locking my only option?
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Or selecting it with the cursor.
All the best,
Tom
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Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
I’ve never gotten the auto selects to work consistently. However, if you want video from a clip without its audio to be edited, click the audio destination control buttons (2 buttons to the left of auto select) next to the source control buttons and the source control separates from the destination control. Then, only the video will be edited. Conversely, if you only want the audio to be edited click the video destination control (V1) which opens up the video source control and only the audio will be edited. Hope this helps.
John
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Thanks very much John, I know several ways to do this, but I thought autoselect was made for this sole purpose. It`s kind of redundant, if you ask me.
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[Jiri Fiala] “For example, I would expect that if I want to select an edit point of, say, A3 and A4, I would turn off autoselect for A1 and A2, then press V to select the edit point.”
That’s how it works.
[Jiri Fiala] “But no, it still selects edit point on A1 and A2.”
You have autoselect on V1 and Linked Selection turned on.
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Hell yeah Michael, that did it! I had Linked Selection toggled on with auto-selected V1 🙂
Thanks!
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