thanks for your replies – the quest to get better at my keyboard short cut editing progresses!

Thanks Ben! Do you think there’s a way of setting primary storyline to be the default edit operation?

Hello! Trying to get better at using keyboard shortcuts over here and running into the problem with the trim tool where if in the example photo attached i hit Trim Start then the orange layer gets trimmed not the clip in the primary timeline.

So right now in order to trim the clip I have to hit c (to select the clip) then Trim Start… This can’t…

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Hey Ben and Brie,

I’ve just come across the paste timecode function. If your transcript timecodes are set up correctly then you can simply copy the timecode from your transcript and then all you’re doing in fcp is using a shortcut to paste the timecode in which moves the playhead to that point.

My previous workflow has been look at timecode, use…

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Great thank you! You’ve just halved my button pushes 🙂 thanks Ben

Hello,

Can anyone think of a way to avoid having to enter 00 at the end of each timecode when I use ctrl+P to shortcut the Move Playhead to Timecode function?

E.g. I want to go to the 23 minute 05 second mark of my clip. Under my current workflow I press ctrl+P then 230500. That’s because final cut has the timecode format HH:MM:SS:FF and fills f…

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