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Surely there is A clean way to Deselect everything?
Every time i have a selected clip, and I just want to deselect, I have to click elsewhere on the timeline, which goes dark grey. Then I have to wait like a second and a half before i can click that same area again for it to go clear. This is super annoying, and cumbersome.
I just want a clean, fast way for everything in my timeline to be deselected in a flash.
How do you do it?
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12 Replies
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I don’t have the same issue. I click in the grey area and any clip I have highlighted de-selects.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
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Hi there,
try shift/apple/A.
Regards
Olivier Jean
Video Sales Consultant
Apple Certified Trainer Final Cut Pro 5
Powermedia Systems
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Thats weird?
Its always been this way in FCP for me. Not just in version 5, but other versions. Also I have a copy at work and at home, and it does it on both.
Have i got some weird setting on?
Its really annoying.
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oh and by the way shane.
When I click on the clear grey area which is directly above all the video tracks, then yes the clip deselects and everything is clear.
is when I click on the grey blank areas in the video tracks that it selects the blank area of the track. Though for what reason i dont know. and then it holds it i.e. i cant just click twice quicly to deselect the grey area, i have to wait a second or two before clicking again to deselect it.
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You can select an empty area or the edge on an empty area on a track because it is editable. You can ripple the empty area. You can delete it. You have to click out of the tracks to deselect.
Or use the keyboard short as Olivier wrote.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” DVD
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ah, finally worked it out. so simple really. The apple/shift/a thing was too long. I ended up just remapping the function to one key. Now every time i want to deselect all i just hit the key. Ive been working with this for ages, didnt realise how easy it was to fix.
Thanks for everyones help
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And if you’re mouse driven you can just make it a button.
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how would you do that? how do you assign a function to a mouse button?
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I don’t think he means mapping it to an actual mouse button. What he means is to make it a button in the button bar at the top right of your timeline. Just drag any keyboard command from the keyboard layout window and drop it there.
Gary
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I think he does mean mapping it to a mouse button. Many multi-button mice have this capability.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” DVD
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