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Missing editing buttons in Video editing window
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Hi John,
I agree with your conclusion that the UI has achieved the dubious distinction of being both sleeker and less usable. More than somewhat. I wish Apple would listen to you.
Unfortunately for me, your advice . . .
“You’ll notice there is a little arrow on the single left-hand button on the less buttoned newer fcpx version, if you click on that you can select options that give you the same functionality. Play around with that for awhile and I am sure you’ll work it all out”
. . . is a masterpiece of post-modern “instruction.” I have no idea which “little arrow” or “button” you’re referring to. By my count, there are 12 buttons with “little arrows” on the interface, and “playing around with” them for awhile reveals NO function for mirroring, flopping, or flipping horizontally a given video clip. Nor does the so-called Help document recognize the term “flopping,” which was the category term I finally used to find this function a couple of years ago.
Request to Community: If anybody has time to be specific, could they please describe where this button is with respect to other landmarks? (e.g., it’s under the Browser, under the Canvas, under the Timeline, it’s right next to a button with a Magic Wand, it’s four buttons to the left of a button with a key icon, etc.)
Not that anybody cares, but on a personal note, the abandonment of FCP7 was a blow. The continual changes to the FCPX UI in the context of a Help document that cannot even recognize search terms identical with UI widgets and the LACK OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUALLY UPDATED SET OF INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS PROVIDED BY APPLE has already taken years off my life. It’s been great for Larry Jordan. For the rest of us, not so much.
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Shift-t
Shift-c
Option-d
It’s very easy, and fast.
It’s in the viewer where they used to be. It’s one button instead of three.
Or hit command-option-k and bring up the keyboard shortcuts and type “transform”, “crop”, or “Distort”
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All of these controls are also available in the inspector (command-4).
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Finally! Thank you Jeremy. The answer to the question is not “look at this button or that button.” The answer is that “flopping” is a type of Transform, hence can be accomplished using the Transform button.
FYI, for the benefit of any Apple folks who keep track of UX, the Help section on the Transform effect does not, repeat not, mention that you can use it to flop the footage, flip it horizontally, or any other indication of being able to create a mirror image using FCPX. Way to go!
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As mentioned in earlier posts, there’s also a flipped filter.
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