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keyboard shortcut to add clip to timeline directly from viewer?
I’m an intermediate Final Cut user trying to improve my ability to use keyboard shortcuts, and I’m curious if there’s one that will allow you to add a clip from the Viewer directly into the Timeline. I know F9 will add a clip in the Canvas directly to the Timeline, but if I’m setting ins and outs on a fresh clip from the Browser can is there any way I can drop it in the Timeline without using the mouse?
This seems like a rather basic thing to want to do, so is there something I’m missing?
All help is gratefully received.
thanks,
jericha -
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“I know F9 will add a clip in the Canvas directly to the Timeline,”
This is incorrect. What’s in the Canvas is already in the timeline. F9 does an insert from the viewer to the timeline. F10 does an overwrite edit from the viewer to the timeline. There are others as well.
BTW, this should be asked on the Final Cut Basics forum. That’s what it’s for.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop” -
Thanks, I didn’t see the Basics forum. I know the Canvas shows what’s in the Timeline; I’m not sure what led me to say that hitting F9 would add clips to the Timeline from the Canvas window (something that happened while I was fooling around trying to see if all my buttons were working as intended, I think). The reason I asked the question though, is because hitting F9 does exactly nothing, nor F10, etc, etc, no matter which window I have selected. Hitting the button that SAYS its keyboard shortcut is F9, does, however, add a clip in the Viewer to the Timeline as intended. (I think this is because my OS X keyboard shortcuts are overriding the FCP shortcuts, or maybe because I’m using a wacky keyboard, or some combination of the two; I’ll have to investigate further.)
thanks for the tip,
jericha -
Go into System preferences/ Exposé and Spaces and change the Dashboard and Exposé default settings.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop” -
Thanks so much!
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