Dustin Lau
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Jamil, this keystroke combination works on a single clip with markers in it.
if you want it to work on multiple clips, use the up arrow instead of shift up arrow to navigate to the edit point.
basically, you record the keyboard shortcuts you would use to navigate to the relevant edit points and add the transitions there.
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don’t drag it in using the markers.
write the entire clip onto the timeline, it should have the markers in it.then select the clip. go to the end and run this keystroke sequence.
shift ↑
ctrl v
v
cmd tyou start from the back so when ctrl v cuts the clip, the section earlier in the timeline remains selected, so you don’t have to reselect it.
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Hi Jamil,
I’m not sure I understand your question. You can capture an entire tape, run DV Start/stop detect on it and select the markers in the browser, then click and drag them into the timeline.
I’m not sure if that’s what you want to achieve as I’m not entirely clear about what you’re trying to do. Do elaborate more and I’ll tell you more, but I don’t think this is a step that requires automation.
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Hi Jamil,
You just need to open Automator. When you click the record button, Activator starts recording your keystrokes and mouse clicks.
You might want to record just a short section to get used to it.
What I normally do as a first step is to mouse click the FCP icon on the dock. This for some reason is the most reliable way to activate the application consistently, using the builtin launch command does not always work for some reason.
The next thing I do is to activate the sound mixer window with opt 6, then the window I actually want (timeline, viewer or browser, etc)
The reason is that you want to run the commands on the right window, but if you only put a ⌘3 to activate the timeline, you will close the timeline window if it’s already open. So I always use opt 6 to activate another window, then the keyboard shortcut which activates the correct window.
You can save the automator file as .workflow or .app
I normally save it as .app, then use Quicksilver to assign a keyboard shortcut to it. -
Hi Jamil,
do you want to cut 1,3,5 and put them behind 6, or do you want to copy them?
is the time shift effect variable or consistent?The problem with doing a speed change is that you either have to open the speed change dialog box, or the motion tab after opening it in the viewer.
Automator’s Watch Me Do sometimes has problems with dialog boxes because they don’t always open immediately and sometimes the programmed keystrokes occur before the dialog is open. That said, if you insert a long enough pause before entering the speed change percentage, it will still work, albeit a little slower.
This is the keystroke sequence if you want to cut 1,3,5 to place behind 6, with speed change to 50%.
You must have the timeline selected, all auto select tracks enabled.
open automator, select record, then run these commands in FCP.
home
x
⌘x
control g
end
⌘v
⌘j
50
enter
⌘shift a
home
down arrow
x
⌘x
control g
end
⌘v
⌘j
50
enter
⌘shift a
home
down arrow
down arrow
x
⌘x
control g
end
⌘v
⌘j
50
enter
⌘shift a
up arrow
v
⌘t
up arrow
v
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You can actually just use terminal, I’m not a linux geek but it’s not really as hard as it seems.
the command is
rsync -avr –progress –exclude ‘*Render Files*’ –delete /your/source/directory /your/destination/directoryI’ll break it down for you
rsync
is the command that is being run-avr
are switches that specify how the command worksa= archive (so files are copied with the same settings on the destination as the source)
v= verbose (so you have detailed error messages if any)
r= recursive (so files within folders are also copied)–progress
so you know the status of the backup and which file is currently being copied–exclude
so you can exclude folders that don’t need to be backed up‘*Render Files*’
because folders like Audio Render Files and Render Files have a space between them, we enclose them within ‘ so that the command does not interpret the space as a cue to look for the next “switch”.The * is a wildcard operand which means all files and folders which contain the phrase ‘Render Files’ will be ignored, regardless of what is behind or in front of the phrase itself. The location of the * indicates whether the wildcard applies before or after the phrase.
example
‘*Render Files’ will detect Audio Render Files but not Render Files for GFX
‘Render Files*’ will detect Render Files for GFX but not Audio Render Files–delete
This makes the backup a direct mirror of the source at the time of the backup. For example your source contains 2 folders, Project Runway and Drag Race. You finish the Project Runway project and trash the folder.if –delete is enabled, the backup will also delete Project Runway from the destination, hence the term direct mirror. If you want it to retain files, then do not include –delete.
Bear in mind that if you move files around on your source in between backups you may end up with multiple copies of the same files in their old and new locations.
Can get messy, so to be safe, rsync without –delete, but when your source folder is organized exactly the way you want, add –delete so the correct/organized version is mirrored and the extra/misplaced files are deleted.
An easy way to get your directory locations is to drag the folder into the terminal, the proper location will show up.
You can also download Lingon (google it) which can help you schedule this to run automatically with a number of different triggers.
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just use terminal, I’m not a linux geek but it’s not really as hard as it seems.
the command is
rsync -avr –progress –exclude ‘*Render Files*’ –delete /your/source/directory /your/destination/directoryI’ll break it down for you
rsync
is the command that is being run-avr
are switches that specify how the command worksa= archive (so files are copied with the same settings on the destination as the source)
v= verbose (so you have detailed error messages if any)
r= recursive (so files within folders are also copied)–progress
so you know the status of the backup and which file is currently being copied–exclude
so you can exclude folders that don’t need to be backed up‘*Render Files*’
because folders like Audio Render Files and Render Files have a space between them, we enclose them within ‘ so that the command does not interpret the space as a cue to look for the next “switch”.The * is a wildcard operand which means all files and folders which contain the phrase ‘Render Files’ will be ignored, regardless of what is behind or in front of the phrase itself. The location of the * indicates whether the wildcard applies before or after the phrase.
example
‘*Render Files’ will detect Audio Render Files but not Render Files for GFX
‘Render Files*’ will detect Render Files for GFX but not Audio Render Files–delete
This makes the backup a direct mirror of the source at the time of the backup. For example your source contains 2 folders, Project Runway and Drag Race. You finish the Project Runway project and trash the folder.if –delete is enabled, the backup will also delete Project Runway from the destination, hence the term direct mirror. If you want it to retain files, then do not include –delete.
Bear in mind that if you move files around on your source in between backups you may end up with multiple copies of the same files in their old and new locations.
Can get messy, so to be safe, rsync without –delete, but when your source folder is organized exactly the way you want, add –delete so the correct/organized version is mirrored and the extra/misplaced files are deleted.
An easy way to get your directory locations is to drag the folder into the terminal, the proper location will show up.
You can also download Lingon (google it) which can help you schedule this to run automatically with a number of different triggers.
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I wrote this article for Leopard and I’m aware there are some differences regarding the built in screensharing app in Snow Leopard. but the hamachi setup should be the same and that is what you need to help establish connections between your remote computers.
https://www.luminoir.com/20091109/vpnvnc/