Browser keyboard shortcuts?!

[Tom Wolsky]

3. Cmd-Shift- [ and ] will move between tabs in a window.

You did go to Feedback and enter the requests, right?

All the best,

Tom

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Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Drew Lahat]

3. That one I know; the shortcut I’m referring to cycles between windows, not tabs in a window. (Or are windows of the same application called panes?)

Re entering requests: I will.

[Drew Lahat]

Just wondering if it’s one of these “seems fundamental to me but to no one else” things.
To put it differently, if Microsoft announced tomorrow that they decided to remove arrow-key navigation in Excel spreadsheets, would I be the only one to care? Or, why are these shortcuts any less necessary than F9 & F10 for Overwrite and Insert?

If it’s something that hasn’t really mattered to a million FCP users over 6 versions, there must be something wrong about my workflow or approach.

(PS: Just found out about Imagine Products’ P2 Log Pro, which may offer a better logging interface. Maybe down the road that will be worth the investment.)

[Patrik Eriksson]

I totally agree. The lack of short cuts in the Final Cut browser is embarrasing. I’ve googled a lot on this (actually that’s how I found this post 🙂 ) but haven’t found anything yet …

I do a lot of assistant editing and running through a bin and setting in-points for syncing goes really fast. Adding metadata (scene, slate, take and logging notes) does not. It’s really annoying. 🙁

Most of the work I do is part of RAW-format workflows so I rarely use the logging window, I just drag and drop – and this workflow must be getting more and more common.

[Tom Wolsky]

There are shortcuts for the windows.

Cmd-1 is the Viewer
Cmd-2 the Canvas
Cmd-3 the Timeline
Cmd-4 the Browser
Cmd-5 the Effects tab

When you’re in the Viewer, Timeline, or Canvas, the Q key will toggle between the Viewer and the Canvas.

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”

[Tom Wolsky]

Create a keyboard shortcut for the logging pane. I use Cmd-Shift-L. The tab key will move between the addressable fields.

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”

[Drew Lahat]

Patrik, thanks for the kind words; I’m glad to see I’m not the only crazy one 🙂

3. I (re-found) one shortcut I was looking for: Cmd + ~ (tilde) and Cmd + Shift + ~ will cycle through ANY open window in FCP (and most other Mac apps). If you like having multiple browser windows open, this is the only keyboard shortcut that will take you between them (correct me if I’m wrong). You might find it useful in other cases too.

Tom, what do you mean by “create a keyboard shortcut for the logging pane”? How do you do that, or how is it different than Cmd+4?

I also saw something called “logging column layout” (Opt+B). It does nothing for me, do you know what it is?

[Abbi Jutkowitz]

This is the only post I could find on the “back tab” function so I’m responding even though the thread is quite old.

I’m using FCP 7 and can not get back tab to work. I’ve tried mapping it to various keys, trashing/making new settings, nothing works. Back tab should allow me to move backwards in data entry columns in bins, right? Does this work for anyone?

Thanks,
Abbi