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“Close Gap” Shortcut – FCP 7
Using the “close gap” shortcut, ( control-G ), I’m supposed to be able to close a gap anywhere on the timeline as long as my playhead is on the gap. This was the case w/ FCP 6 & now that I’ve upgraded to FCP 7, anytime I try to “close gap,” it automatically closes the first gap in the timeline & not where my playhead is lined up. Am i missing something?
Terren Lin
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27 Replies
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If you highlight the gap first it should work.
Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2
Sony EX-3
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Tried that as well… no go. Even trashed my FCP pref as well. So strange, I think I’m the only one affected by this.
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Another idea is to select all clips downstream of the gap and then make sure “snapping” is turned on an drag the clips over to close the gap. I know that is more steps but it should work. Also, are there any other clips on other tracks that overlap your gap? That can keep it from closing the gap too. Good luck!
Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2
Sony EX-3
MacBook Pro -
Right click or control click with the cursor IN the offending gap and you will get the close gap prompt that will close the gap in question…not the one where the playhead is. Have you tried this?
Neal Broffman
One Production Place, Atlanta, GA
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Neal,
tried what you said… & it worked exactly 3 times, then went back to it’s previous behavior. It’s just an annoyance as i’m a heavy “control-G” user. Has there been changes in the shortcut since FCP 6? Anyway… thanks & please post if anything else comes to mind. Greatly appreciated.
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Update:
It seems to work correctly exactly 3 times every time I restart FCP.
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After it stops working, look in your “keyboard layouts” to confirm that it is still an active shortcut. If not re-create it. You can also use Opt+G to move a highlighted selection backwards to close a gap or Shift+G to move a highlighted selection forward to close a gap.
I have not had any trouble using it with FCP7.
A bad habit is to regularly highlight entire sections of regions and drag them around with the mouse. If you ever work in another editing system such as Avid, you will end up destroying your timeline. Not to mention it wastes a lot of time.
Kris Merkel
Quad G5
OS X 10.4.11
FCStudio
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We are having the same problem. We’ve been on 7.02 for a while and it has worked fine for a long time, but now it’s trying to close the first gap in the sequence, not the one where the playbar is. You shouldn’t need to highlight the gap — never did before.
Could this be related to recent ProAps update?
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I too am now having this problem, which exactly coincided with my ProApps and Snow Leopard update that I did yesterday. Any fixes would be greatly appreciated! It’s driving me NUTS!
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Seems to be a 7.0.2 issue
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