Scrolling Timeline in FCP – Hack???

[Kevin Monahan]

It’s not a simple thing with the FCP software as is. If it was, we’d have the feature by now.

Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro

[Jake Hawkes]

Sorry, I just don’t buy into that. I am not saying that it should or should not be there…it isn’t which is fine, but on face value it seems to me to be a simple implimentation and takes up very little overhead. I realize it is a feature that has many implications on other components, but hopefully it is on the Apple Pro Apps radar.

I write code all day long and while I don’t have the time or expereience in Apple Application frameworks which you may have, the fact is that vector graphics take up very little in the way of process (CPU/GPU) even if they are animated, and the function for determining the current state and updating via call backs is pretty well documented and straight forward.

The reason I don’t buy it is because Apple does indeed ROCK! When I found out that they had a X86 OS the entire time they were developing for Micro PC I realized right then and there that Apple is love…

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[Rick Dolishny]

I’m surprised no one uses this trick. I guess I get today’s FCP sticker.

While playing, just hit the zoom in or out and the screen will update. I typically use ‘-‘ more than ‘+’ to give me a better idea of what’s coming up. Playback will not stop. It’s not real time but gives you a really dynamic idea of what’s coming up.

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Rick Dolishny
Discrete Editors COW Leader
http://www.thecreativeprocess.ca

[Rick Dolishny]

…BTW that whole timeline grinding to a halt is so lame. Avid is the worst, FCP kinda fixed it a bit with adding the mixer for audio tweaks … but the absolute hands down winner is Vegas.

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If you haven’t seen it, it’s pretty amazing. You can drag ins and outs while a clip is playing, you can set a looped play on a region and grab sound effects or video cutaways from a bin and drag them to the timeline WHILE IT’S PLAYING, and not skipping a beat. You can also slip and slide a clip like a sound effect while it’s looping to perfectly sync an effect. While a clip is playing, you can even right click drag to copy a lower third if a guy is talking a long time, all without stopping playback. The TLC only stops when you press the spacebar.

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Rick Dolishny
Discrete Editors COW Leader
http://www.thecreativeprocess.ca

[Misha Aranyshev]

While you can slip, slide, roll and ripple without stopping playback in FCP the development team must finally get a simple idea that playback must absolutely not stop unless an editor hits stop.

[Darius Matuliauskas]

Hi,

Sorry for opening a dead thread, but can anyone verify if this scroll under playhead feature is still missing in FCP7?

Thanks.

Darius

[Yono Yo]

Using USB OVERDRIVE, you can assign to FCP left and right mouse wheel scrolling instead of up and down.
Very handy !