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shortkey for changing source track & hiding media
Two newbie questions:
1. I don’t need this so much for video tracks, though it would be nice, but since I have 9 tracks of audio in my sequence it is a bit of a pain having to use the mouse every time I want to put audio on a different track. I have set up keyboard shortcuts for my target audio & video tracks, and I am very happy with that, but no dice for the source track assignment. Any ideas?
2. Every time I paste a lift or extraction from one sequence to another, the clip shows up in my project window. No big deal, I created a bin named ‘media’ and I dump everything in there every 15 minutes or so. But I would much prefer if PrPro would hide this function, or is there a way to assign a bin to dump this stuff?
And BTW, I have no need for duplicates of clips that I already have, I think FCP stopped creating these new master clips every time a clip is pasted somewhere around FCP 2. Why does PrPro do this?
Stephen Eckelberry
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6 Replies
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[Stephen Eckelberry] “1. I don’t need this so much for video tracks, though it would be nice, but since I have 9 tracks of audio in my sequence it is a bit of a pain having to use the mouse every time I want to put audio on a different track. I have set up keyboard shortcuts for my target audio & video tracks, and I am very happy with that, but no dice for the source track assignment. Any ideas? “
In your keyboard shortcuts, under application (scroll all the way down by default), you’ll find track toggles. From there you can easily add a shortcut to select / deselect each track. You could use ALT + [Track #] for example.
[Stephen Eckelberry] “2. Every time I paste a lift or extraction from one sequence to another, the clip shows up in my project window. No big deal, I created a bin named ‘media’ and I dump everything in there every 15 minutes or so. But I would much prefer if PrPro would hide this function, or is there a way to assign a bin to dump this stuff? “
Not that I can think of.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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“In your keyboard shortcuts, under application (scroll all the way down by default), you’ll find track toggles. From there you can easily add a shortcut to select / deselect each track. You could use ALT + [Track #] for example. ”
Thanks for that Vince. I have actually assigned toggles for video & audio target tracks, doing what you described, but I still have to use the mouse on the source box to the left of the target track boxes to assign what track the audio or video goes to. That’s what I would like to have as a shortkey.
It would be nice if Pr did that automatically. Why, if I want to put a sound effect on track 4 do I not only have to assign track 4 as a target track and also move the audio source icon to track 4?
Happy 4th,
Stephen Eckelberry
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No, unfortunately there is not easy way to apply a shortcut for source audio, although I’m now used to dragging and dropping. With at least 2+ channels of audio (P2), I never felt it was manageable through shortcuts, but it would be nice to be able to turn off the source feature for simple 3 point edits on mono / stereo footage.
Happy 4th to you!
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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agreed.
Stephen Eckelberry
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Stephen….
this sounds like something similar to Avid’s auto patch feature.
Would be nice.
Alex
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– Or on FCP, hold F7 or F8 down, then press a number for what track you want to assign the source to. Shortkeys are important, I try to avoid as much mouse work as possible, 10-12 hour days 7 days a week take their toll on the fingers and wrists.
Just a few functionality issues away from taking on the big two – CS5 already has the best workflow.Stephen Eckelberry
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