Interactive Llama :: Interactive media tutorials and tips » Final Cut Pro http://www.interactivellama.com/blog Interactive media tutorials and tips Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:25:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Final Cut Pro: Keyboard shortcut and neccessities http://www.interactivellama.com/blog/archives/final-cut-pro-keyboard-shortcut-and-neccessities/ http://www.interactivellama.com/blog/archives/final-cut-pro-keyboard-shortcut-and-neccessities/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:53:00 +0000 Stephen James http://smjdesign.com/designwell/?p=82 Most users of Final Cut Pro for any substantial length of time will likely know all of the following, but if you are just beginning the following is indispensable, especially if you are editing in the presence of your boss or your client that is waiting to tell you directions.

There are many more shortcuts than these, but if you don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t know these, you are not being as productive as you could be. I very, very much wish someone had forced me to learn the ?¢‚Ǩ?ìJKL?¢‚Ǩ¬ù+ ?¢‚Ǩ?ìIO?¢‚Ǩ¬ù + ?¢‚Ǩ?ìF9?¢‚Ǩ¬ù workflow when I was editing back in college.

Cueing/logging footage
I: Mark in
O: Mark out
J: Reverse (press repeatedly to increase speed)
K: Pause
L: Forward (press repeatedly to increase speed)
F9: Insert from Canvas to Timeline

Tools on Timeline
A: Arrow
H: Hand
B: Blade
N: Snapping
S: Slip
SS: Slide
R: Roll (single tracks)
RR: Roll (both tracks)
T: Select this track, from this point forward
TT: Select this track, from this point backward
TTT: Select all tracks from this point forward
Cmd+A: Select all tracks
P: Pen (Adjust sound and opacity on the Timeline Overlays (Opt+W))
M: Marker (I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t mark often though)

I used to log footage on paper and log clips via FCP?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Log and Capture window, but with the price and size of hard drives these days. It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s easier to capture all your footage–yes, just let it sit there and eat up your disk space. If you are short on space, then–at the end–use the File>>Media Manager.

So once you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve captured all your footage, add all the usable footage to a Sequence via the ?¢‚Ǩ?ìCueing/logging footage?¢‚Ǩ¬ù keyboard shortcuts listed above. You won?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t even need to use the mouse–which is always a great benefit. To start your actual timeline, duplicate the rough timeline and start moving your items around, if you need a certain cut, go back to your initial rough timeline and Copy (Cmd+C) and Paste (Cmd+V) it. If you have any additional tips to make an editor?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s life easier, please post them.

–Stephen M. James
www.smjdesign.com

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And?¢‚Ǩ¬¶ Logo Action!

As the author opens, he says he had no cable for a year. I can relate. Whenever I am around a television at a friend’s house I have to watch the commercials. I analyze the editing the video and the effects, especially any graphical compositing.

–Stephen M. James
www.smjdesign.com

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With each update patch (5.0.4 is the current one) my FireWire/DV deck/player (like a Sony DSR-11) stops outputing audio and video. There have been four patches so far. Try reinstalling QuickTime 7 (needed for Final Cut Pro Studio 5).

To do this, delete the Quicktime receipts at “/Library/Receipts/” (get it? if you install an application package. . . you get a receipt?). Then, Download Quicktime and re-install. Also, you must re-install Quicktime in a subsequent boot than during the update–so that means updating, rebooting, un-installing, re-installing, and then re-booting.

(Yeah, thanks a lot Apple. . .)

–Stephen M. James
www.smjdesign.com

]]> http://www.interactivellama.com/blog/archives/firewiredv-problems-blank-screen-gray-squares-from-final-cut-pro-or-motion-updates/feed/ 0 Faster Logging (DV Start/Stop Detect in Final Cut Pro ) http://www.interactivellama.com/blog/archives/faster-logging-dv-startstop-detect-in-final-cut-pro/ http://www.interactivellama.com/blog/archives/faster-logging-dv-startstop-detect-in-final-cut-pro/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2005 17:59:00 +0000 Stephen James http://smjdesign.com/designwell/?p=53 Final Cut Pro (FCP) will detect breaks in your DV recordings. You will have to log the whole tape and then use Final Cut Pro (FCP) to detect the segments. So if you have a lot of takes that they know they won’t use, you may not want to use this method. This sounds like a great idea if you are including a lot of B-Roll and have plenty of Capture space on your drives.

More at Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #34 – DV Start/Stop Detect

–Stephen M. James
www.smjdesign.com

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