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Bizarrely Simple Q: How do I loop the transport in FC?
Preamble: I’m transitioning from Vegas Pro 9 to FCP (I’ve defected to Mac). I’m actually using FCE 4 at the moment, but I think basic functionality is the same as FCP.
I used have a simple transport loop button in Vegas and used it frequently to lip sync audio to video. You know, watch the lips move during a couple of seconds loop while moving the sound track back and forward until it matches visually.
I can’t find anything like this in FC, except the Mark>Play>In to out thingy. But when I loop with this, as soon as I try to slide the audio track around relative to the video, it stops looping!
Can anyone help? I’m open to a different work flow, whatever it takes!
Thanks,
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It will work if you do it in trim mode. Not sure about slip or slide mode, and cannot check right now as I am away from my editing rig.
patrice
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Hi Patrice – I appreciate you responding:
I just put it into trim edit (Cmd+7) and the play head repositions to the end of the clip each time rather than cycling between markers. And the moment I select a clip while it is playing, it dumps me out of trim mode.
Like I say, there must be fundamental differences in Vegas vs FC work flow, and I’m not getting what the trim mode is doing. What I am trying to do (as in Vegas) is to shift around the soundtrack while cycling a region within a clip (not at the end). I really need to work through the manual (and will eventually).
So, approaching this from the other end, in FC – let’s say this is your task and you want so shift an audio event in the timeline to sync to a video event, what is best routine?
If you (or anyone) can point up a standard protocol or step me though it themselves, I would be forever grateful!
BTW, I really have searched around for a solution (including the manual) , perhaps without knowing some crucial key words/ concepts.
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Welcome to the Mac side.
I’m using FCP 7 so I hope this translates to you.
Assuming your audio and video tracks aren’t locked together(Shift L can toggle this), I’d use the slip and slide tool (S) an then use the play around current () feature. I believe the default setting is 5 seconds before and 2 seconds after, but that can be changed in the User Preferences/ Editing tab. It’s not quite a loop, but it’s as close as I know how.
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Hi Karen,
Fantastic! I see how that works, plus I have learnt some new tricks. Thanks 🙂
The slip feature is actually a much better implementation than in Vegas as you can slip one frame at a time. Very accurate.
One last minor question: At the moment I use keys: “Shift\” to play IN to OUT, which is just about equivalent to the Vegas loop button. Is there any kind of mouse button equivalent to this command in Final Cut? I’m such a mousey person it seems!
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