quick toggle between viewer and browser

[Arnie Schlissel]

Q will toggle between the 2 windows.

Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
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[Jason Brown]

I’ve remapped Q to go to in…like my AVID editing days. What is the shortcut?

[Jason Brown]

I reset my keyboard to default and Q is set to toggle windows (viewer and canvas…what I want is to toggle viewer and browser)

[Dan Monro]

Viewer is “command” + 1
Browser is “Command” + 4

Timeline is “Command” + 3
Canvas is “Command” + 2
Log & Capture is “Command” + 8

“Command” + any other number gives you various things. Try ’em…

Dan Monro
FCP, Avid, AfterFX, Atlanta
MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB ram
Mac OS X 10.5.7
GeForce 8600M GT Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 Quicktime 7.6

[Arnie Schlissel]

Sorry, I didn’t read your 1st post that well.

Command-4 is the browser, command-1 is the viewer.

Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
https://www.arniepix.com/

[Jason Brown]

I knew that shortcut…but it opens and closes those windows…I’m just looking for a simple toggle…

Those keys will make that window active…but if it’s already active, it closes the window…just a little clunky for what I’m wanting.

[Tom Wolsky]

This application does not work the way you are used to. There is no single key shortcut for what you want. Put in a feature request if you like. After you make a subclip in the viewer the browser is automatically made the active window. Cmd-1 to return to the viewer is the function that’s built into the application. Any single key in the browser will act as if you’re trying to select an item with that name, just like inside a folder at the finder level. You could designate a single key to make the Viewer active, but it probably wouldn’t be a good idea.

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 4 Editing Workshop”

[Jason Brown]

I understand…it’s because of coming from a PC background. Tab on an PC AVID will do what I’m trying to do…I’m still trying to learn how all this works. It is much different!

-Jason

[Tom Wolsky]

The tab key takes you to the next addressable window. In the browser if you’re in log notes for instance, the tab key takes you to the next column in which you can enter information. In the viewer or canvas the tab key toggles to and between duration and current time boxes. Same in the timeline.

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 4 Editing Workshop”

[Dan Monro]

Hey Jason,

I’m coming from that same PC Avid background. If I understand your question, I think Command + 1 will work;

You’re in the viewer, mark an in, mark an out, command “u” to make a subclip
Now you’re in the browser with the clip name highlighted, you type the name hit return , closes clip name but browser is still active,
Hit command 1 and you’re back in the viewer, hit spacebar and play.

Not trying to be patronizing here, just wondering if this is the workflow you’re talking about, The above works for me – it’s one of the workflows that I brought with me from Avid.

Hope it helps,
D

Dan Monro
FCP, Avid, AfterFX, Atlanta
MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB ram
Mac OS X 10.5.7
GeForce 8600M GT Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 Quicktime 7.6