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Easily Moving Keyframes After Transition
I have used FCP for some time and have learned ways around many editing problems. I still feel I am not efficient when I add transitions on keyframed material. The keyframes do not change and I need to go back and manually move these keyframes to the beginning of the transition. It sure is a waste of time! I bet I have to do this around 50,000 times a year, if not more. There are two solutions that I hope someone can teach me.
1) A setting to dynamically move keyframes when applying transitions.
2) A shortcut to this task, Highlight a clip, press a command that says “move keyframes to the new length of the clip.”This is what I need for Christmas.
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Boy, join the club. Keyframing in FCP sucks huge. Best I can offer is use travel mattes, you can put your transitions on those and keep keyframes on you clips undisturbed.
Have a wonderful day.
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When you add a transition if FCP, you’re effectively lengthening your clip to add the pre or post roll needed. I know of no application that will automatically move your keyframes when you lengthen or shorten a clip. Not AE, not Motion, not Shake, etc.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
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[Arnie Schlissel] “I know of no application that will automatically move your keyframes when you lengthen or shorten a clip. Not AE, not Motion, not Shake, etc.”
Avid always does, and Boris Red does it either way you set the preference.
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Interesting to know. Thanks.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
https://www.arniepix.com/blog -
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Have you tried keeping the keyframes visible in the timeline? If you hit opt-t it will toggle the timeline keyframes and you can adjust them right under your clip. the only other NLE that I know that has this option is Smoke…
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I’m going to try to toggle keyframes. Thanks!
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