Is it possible to….

[Jeremy Garchow]

Neither side of the cut should be selected after hitting control-v.

Jeremy

[Adam Taylor]

really?

its always done it on my system !

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Jeremy Garchow]

Really? Never on mine. Try deselecting all before making the cut.

Jeremy

[Adam Taylor]

ahh yes – i forgot to say when a clip is selected .

Same question holds true though….if i edit a selected clip, can i tell FCP to selected the right hand product of the edit instead of the left?

I find i trim more from the ends of clips than i do the front and so to change this behaviour will save me a whole heap of button pushes and keystrokes.

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Jeremy Garchow]

I see what you are saying now. If you need to select the right side of the edit, hit control-v for the cut, v to select the cut, then u to toggle the right side. So the sequence would be control-v, v, u.

Jeremy

[Adam Taylor]

hmmmm…useful, but not quite what i need.

I am probably inaccurate with my terminology. When i say i i “trim” i suppose i should have said lop off. My editing technique is probably a bit dated – i tend to make a cut, select the crap and hit delete. I want FCP to select the right hand bit of the edit and not the left, thereby letting me hit delete without having to reselect every single time.

I tried your method Jeremy, and found that it selects whichever side of the editpoint but it doesn’t actually select the clip.

Is there an equivalent to hitting A or S in Protools? That is really useful – they simply trim the clip either from the head or tail of the clip. One keystroke and the task is done. I have tried looking but i get lost under the mass of options in FCP.

adam

[Martin Baker]

After you’ve made the cut, press X to mark the clip on the right and then press delete.

[Jeremy Garchow]

I think you need to add an option-a after that x to select ‘in to out’.

so, control-v, x, option-a.

Remember you can remap keyboard shortcuts VERY easily within Final cut, so if option-a isn’t working for you, remap it to an unused key.

[Martin Baker]

Yes absolutely, if the original clip was selected before Ctrl-Ving but there’s no need to select the clip in the first place. With no clip selected, Ctrl-V uses the auto select buttons to work out which clip(s) to add edits to.

[Martin Baker]

Yes absolutely, if the original clip was selected before Ctrl-Ving but there’s no need to select the clip in the first place. With no clip selected, Ctrl-V uses the auto select buttons to work out which clip(s) to add edits to.