FCP mouse shortcuts

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FCP mouse shortcuts

Posted by Dustin Rosemark on March 10, 2011 at 8:18 pm

I can’t believe after all of these years I haven’t thought of this… but! I think it would be really awesome if I could bind my center wheel to zoom in and zoom out of my time-line. That would probably save me several hundred keystrokes a job. Anyone have any ideas on this one?

Sal jr Castellanos replied 12 years, 7 months ago 10 Members · 15 Replies
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Scott Sheriff
March 10, 2011 at 9:02 pm

Get a Wacom tablet and assign two of the function keys to zoom in and out of the timeline.

Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

I have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
You should be suitably impressed…
Richard Herd
March 10, 2011 at 9:23 pm

That’s a good idea.
Michael Gissing
March 10, 2011 at 9:29 pm

I have used a microsoft 5 button mouse from day one with the side switches set for zoom in and out. I keep the wheel for adjusting values, not zooming.
Dustin Rosemark
March 10, 2011 at 10:41 pm

Thanks for the help guys, all great ideas… but I would really just like to bind the current mouse that I have with zoom in/zoom out functions. I was playing around with “Customize Keyboard Layout” and it is simple enough to bind key’s from the keyboard but I can’t seem to figure out how to bind a mouse function and am wondering if I am missing something or if there is a work around to solve the problem.
Dustin Rosemark
March 10, 2011 at 10:46 pm

Oh! and I am working in 6.0.6
Steve Eisen
March 10, 2011 at 11:59 pm

Get your hands off the mouse, you will edit faster. Command +

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
Michael Gissing
March 11, 2011 at 12:16 am

[Steve Eisen] “Get your hands off the mouse, you will edit faster. Command +”

Couldn’t disagree more. I use color coded FCP key caps and mostly use the keyboard, but when it comes to selecting clips, I am often wanting to zoom in and out, particularly if lasooing a range so being able to zoom without taking my hand off the mouse is a time saver. It also means I don’t have to look away from the screen.
Dustin Rosemark
March 11, 2011 at 9:23 am

Ok…. again! Thanks for your advice all but I am really only interested in reading posts that are addressed to solving my problem! So ANYONE know how to bind a mouse wheel to the zoom command in FCP 6.0.6?
Gard Cookson
March 11, 2011 at 3:12 pm

Hi Dustin,

This is actually quite easy to do using our HD Mouse software (free trial, $9.95 to buy). The software allows you to program just about anything to your mouse including macros. https://www.Bella-USA.com/HDMouse. I hope this helps!

Best,
Gard

Bella Corporation
http://www.Bella-USA.com

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Tom Matthies
March 11, 2011 at 3:51 pm

I use a ShuttlePro II with the Jog wheel set to Zoom in/Zoom out on the timeline. Very fast.
Tom

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