keyboard shortcut to cycle between sequence tabs

[Jon Barrie]

Take a look at this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qcJVlq9bcs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Then think about the timeline being separated out and then next panel switchable. This might provide you with a workflow you are looking for…

You can key to switch between timelines then.

Experiment and let us know how it works.

Cheers JB

Jon Barrie
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[Ryan Patch]

Pressing SHIFT+3 is an okay workaround, but it cycles through tabs in a wonky order, and isn’t really a replacement for the FCP shortcut. Really, we just need the TAB and SHIFT+TAB button to take us through different tabs in a window, whatever they are, in the visual order that they are next to each other. This would help a lot!

[Reuben Fink]

I’m fascinated by your workaround macro idea. I actually had a huge project that induced RSI (repetitive strain injury) due to shifting over to the next tab over and over again. DId you have any success with your workaround I think it’s a great idea.

OSX 10.6.4
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS5 Production Bundle, FCP Suite 2, Avid Media Composer

[James Fleming]

Hi Reubin,

It turns out FCP 7 and I think also Adobe Premiere Pro aren’t scriptable but I was able to develop a macro for FCP however I found a better way. The macro took 6 seconds to execute and I had to switch between FCP and automator as well so took about 10 seconds. Much too slow. Instead, I programmed a sequence of accessible keys (number keys 1-6) with a series of shortcuts. I then press those keys in sequence in a fraction of a second and voila! The editing action executes. I now use it all the time. It was a bit hard to find but I finally located all the short cuts I needed in Premiere too and did the same thing there. Now I can have two sequences open, one with the rough cut and one with the footage. I can watch the footage in almost real time and set in and out points as I go on the canvas. I press 1-6 and it picks up the selection, plonks it in the rough cut sequence and jumps back to the footage sequence in the blink of an eye and I keep going. It’s made my editing ridiculously fast. You can’t export keyboard shortcuts in Premiere but if you PM me, I’ll send you my FCP keyboard shortcut file if you like.

Best,

James.

[Reuben Fink]

Found a perfect fix and it’s almost instantaneous its called keyboard maestro. Records any keyboard actions for any program.

OSX 10.6.4
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS5 Production Bundle, FCP Suite 2, Avid Media Composer