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Can I jump 1 second ahead in the clip library instead of 10 frames?
I’d really like to do this when marking in and out points. I do a lot of news. In FCP7 sometimes when I just need to add pictures in a hurry I like to jump 3 seconds ahead in a shot after setting an in point then set an out point and bang the clip down to the timeline. In X Shift right arrow jumps 10 frames ahead so for three seconds I have to hit it seven times then five more times on it’s own to get the skimmer to the 3 second later point.
Can anyone suggest a better work-flow in FCPX? This is breaking my balls!
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Press “Control-p”, and the press “+1.”
I have remapped control-p to the Enter key on keypad. So for me it’s, “enter, +1.”
This, of course, is on a full keyboard, not a small one or laptop.
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Jeremy – I’m not completely clear what you are asking, but in the Event Browser, set you in point with “I” and then “control-D”, then “3 period” to change the duration of your selection to 3 seconds.
Alternatively you could just bring multiple clips to your timeline, select them and hit control-D again with the “3.” and you’ll change the duration of all the shots to 3 seconds.
I’m sure there are other ways to help you speed up what you are doing. You could post a screen capture of your current workflow and perhaps we could help you further. I’m really shocked at how there are many ways to accomplish tasks in FCP X, and I’ll be happy to share.
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T. Payton
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[Timothy Payton] “Jeremy – I’m not completely clear what you are asking, but in the Event Browser, set you in point with “I” and then “control-D”, then “3 period” to change the duration of your selection to 3 seconds. “
Maybe you meant James?
You could do it that way too.
I am simply moving the playhead forward by one second, which is what james seems to need to do, move the playhead a specific amount of time, instead of 10 frames at a time.
control-p, 1 period. Except I have control-p remapped to enter.
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LOL. Sorry about that. I was doing two things at once and somehow got 3 in my head. Yes this was directed to James.
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T. Payton
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Thanks guys!
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if its one second then shift right/left arrow, should do what you are after
try command left/right its nice subframe for audio!
if its setting a duration then its ctrl d
if its take playhead fwd or bwd by an amount it ctrl pboth are annoying shortcuts and should be remapped, i have a longer keyboard and I am using / and *
once you realise 1 to 0 on their own do nothing you realise you need to either set a duration or playhead
but also you now have 1 to 0 to remap to whatever you like, I have 1 set to open in timeline, its basically jump me into a compound clip or any clip you like
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[Ben Scott] ” if its one second then shift right/left arrow, should do what you are after”
Thanks Ben but this doesn’t work for me. It goes 10 frames ahead not one second hence the need for the question. I have found that control p then 3 period does indeed move the skimmer (or playhead not sure what to call it in the Browser) but only from the beginning of the clip. So if I watch half a clip, set an in-point then control – p 300 the playhead moves three seconds from the beginning of the clip AND NOT 3 second from my inpoint. So I’ll have to stick with “control-D”, then “3 period” to change the duration of my selection to 3 seconds.
Why did Apple change the Shift – Right arrow to 10 frames from 1 second? Makes no sense to me!
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Add a plus sign.
“Control-p” “+” “3” “period”
Think of it as adding 3 seconds from your current position.
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Ah! That’ll do it, Cheers
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