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  • FCP Timeline Zoom In Shortcut – How??

    Posted by Mark Chomiczewski on February 23, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    Hi – does anyone know if there is a way to create a shortcut to zoom-in to the timeline based on a time duration timeline width? For example, if I want to see a 6 second width in the timeline, I’d like to create a shortcut to jump there instead of hitting Command + repeatedly. Currently when I review my video I Zoom to Fit and play through the timeline. If I want to make an edit at the cursor point I’d like to stop playing and hit a shortcut key to jump to a specific zoom-in period to make my edit. I find myself typically using about a 6 second width but would be nice to set that in the shortcut (like a Shift-6 for a 6 second timeline width zoom-in). Thanks!

    Doug Metz replied 4 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Doug Metz

    February 25, 2022 at 11:39 pm

    You can press & hold the ‘Z’ key, then click & drag with the mouse to get into the desired area quickly (then just released the key and mouse button at the same time).

    This feature was recently showcased by Ripple Training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eya66DogDqs

    It’s not exactly what you were asking for, but maybe it’ll be a good stopgap.

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