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  • source window grief

    Posted by Peter Giffen on November 17, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    SImple question

    Can I make selects from source window, overlay onto timeline and then continue to make selects from source and not have to click on the source window to make it active every time. Works this way on avid is this just a setting?

    Thanks so much

    Peter Giffen replied 16 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  • David Bogie

    November 17, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    You eventually get accustomed to the huge differences between FCP and Avid or you abandon one of them as unreasonable.
    Hitting q will toggle the focus between the viewer and canvas.

    bogiesan

  • Peter Giffen

    November 17, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    Thanks, so no way to keep the source window active?, I hate having to click on it every time.

  • Shane Ross

    November 17, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    NO way, sorry. And you don’t need to click, just press a key. After a while you get used to it. I mapped it to the Y key, as it is close to my I and O keys. As I have Q and W mapped like an Avid, go to in and go to out.

    Shane

    GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
    Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

  • Peter Giffen

    November 17, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    What is it that I have to “map” is it source window what am I looking for

    Thanks so much

  • Shane Ross

    November 17, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    Go to the TOOLS menu and choose KEYBOARD>CUSTOMIZE. TOGGLE WINDOWS is the name, and it is defaulted to the Q key. You can drag it to whatever key you want.

    But you must make this a keyboard action…there is no setting to make it go back to the source window automatically.

    Shane

    GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
    Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

  • Peter Giffen

    November 17, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    Great got it, thanks

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