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i have just written about this elsewhere, but thought it may be useful here too. while it’s not keyboard related, i find that a combo of the mighty mouse and usb-overdrive help streamline my working, since i can map keystrokes to any of the four button-press options available, and set them up differently for seperate applications. so things like shift+z and command+option+q (my export using quicktime conversion shortcut) are available on the mouse. also makes scrubbing in the viewer and canvas possible with the scroll wheel, which any scroll-wheel mouse will do – just as with moving parameter sliders, pointed out above.

customising the keyboard is great, and i wish this was available in soundtrack pro. i have mapped / to toggle the link function, since i find shift+l too tricky (or i’m too lazy), and . on the numeric keypad is mapped to the ggg shortcut described earlier. i also cycle through the composite modes with mapped keystrokes. control+v is nifty for slicing everything at that point, audio and video over all tracks.

a final great tip for anyone who doesn’t RTFM is that when in the canvas you want to nudge a selected layer, hold option and use the directional arrows to move it. adding shift will move it more. this also works in the timeline, although it shifts the clip up/down to the next layer if it’s open.

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[Anders Haavie] “great for moving around in the timeline, not only up and down but also back and forward.”

I too have a mighty mouse, and while it is a little sensitive at first, it really is great for the timeline scolling. what’s more, if you place your cursor over either the canvas, viewer or top of the timeline window and scroll, you can scrub through your footage. also, check out USB overdrive, which let’s you programme the different buttons to perform specific keystrokes, effectively adding to your keyboard shortcut accessibility. you can further set the horizontal and vertical scrolling rates for greater control when moving through footage this way.

oh, and the built in speaker ensures you get the audible clicks you want as feedback to your actions…

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