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How do you remove effects from several clips at the same time?
Hi hope you can help me (Im new to FCP)
If I’ve added an effect to all the clips in my timeline i.e I have put a widescreen matte over all the clips, is there some way i can select all the clips and remove the effect from all of them? At the moment I am having to select each clip, double click on it, then uncheck the effect in the viewer.
Also, can anyone tell me if there is a fast way to apply transitions to clips, rather than using the pull down menus or the browser? I am used to using Avid, where a hotkey would assign transitions. I know there is a hotkey in FCP but it seems to only apply cross fades, is there a way of assigning a hotkey to bring up a choice of transitions, then choose one and it is applied to the cut?
cheers for any help
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To remove multiple FX select all the clips in the timeline. Then hit APPLE OPTION V. Remove attributes will appear. Select filter and hit OK and your done. As far as adding transitions quickly, the default shortcut is APPLE T (for transition, your going to love the logic of Apple over Avid). To add an audio dissolve it’s APPLE OPTION T. Also remember you can map your keyboard as well.
I’ve made square bracket left: ADD VIDEO DISSOLVE, square bracket right: ADD AUDIO DISSOLVE. The default is for a 1 second transition, centred on the cut. This is where FCP trails Avid. The only way to change the default is to drag it to a bin or browser, right click on it and select “set default transition” pretty silly that you still have to do this even in version 5.
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