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Timeline Control – Too Coarse
I am an old Premiere user. I don’t miss the lockups, etc, but I do miss the way it was easy to line up secondary audio and move around with the mouse so that you can edit sections of the video with ease. I find it very difficult to use the controls in FCP to manuever. Just when you move things close to where you want them, the playhead “runs” from you. Everything jumps to the extreme with very little movement. I bought the better Mac mouse and it still seems best to use the touch pad on the laptop. I have discoverd Command plus and minus, but are there any other tricks to controlling movement when precision is needed? I also use an external 26″ monitor but it doesnt seem to help. Thanks for any tips.
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8 Replies
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Toggle ‘snapping’ by hitting the n key.
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Or try movin the playhead to the desired position and then move the audio clip to it with snapping on it will go exactly where the control line is over your edit
Mj
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Thank you to both of you. Is there a way to shift video or audio in small frames by a key function?
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Select clip and hit the left or right bracket. Add shift and they move 5 frames.
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Awesome! Thanks for the help.
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Woops….I mean to shift the data on the timeline. (Aligning audio).
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Slip or slide? Select the clip. Select the slip or slide tool. Type the number of frames to move. “+2” for example.
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Thanks for your help!
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