Tuesday Tips: Moving On Up
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008How to move an item in the Browser to the top level
Tuesday Tips
Tuesday Tips: Play to Out
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008How to play a preview up to the out point
Tuesday Tips: Default Tracks
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008How to set new sequences to have more than one video and four audio tracks
Tuesday Tips: Starting Afresh
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008How to stop FCP from opening the last projects on launch
Tuesday Tips: QuickView
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008How to use Final Cut Pro’s useful QuickView window
Tuesday Tips: Quickly Edit Keyframes
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008How to use the Option key to quickly add and delete keyframes
Tuesday Tips: Text Generator Shortcuts
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Two handy keyboard shortcuts for loading text generators into the Viewer
Tuesday Tips: Timecode on Top
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008How to add timecode to the video output while editing
Tuesday Tips: Dupe Frames
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008How to locate other duplicated frames in a sequence
Tuesday Tips: One-Sided Zooming
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008How to zoom in the Timeline window while locking one side
Tuesday Tips: Select All Forward
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008How to select all clips on all tracks forward in a sequence
Tuesday Tips: Mouse-Free Browsing
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008How to navigate clips and sequences in the Browser from the keyboard
Tuesday Tips: Moving Keyframes
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008A workaround for moving multiple keyframes at the same time
Tuesday Tips: Add Edit
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008How to split clips in the Timeline using the keyboard
Tuesday Tips: Mark Clip
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008How to quickly mark in and out points on a clip in the timeline
Tuesday Tips: Render Shortcuts
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008How to render specific types of timeline areas direct from the keyboard
Tuesday Tips: Edit Jumping
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008How to jump the playhead to edits on a particular track
Tuesday Tips: Default Audio Transition
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008How to change the duration of the default audio transition and create favorites
Tuesday Tips: Counting Clips
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008How to count the number of clips in a sequence
Tuesday Tips: Play Rate
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008How to get quick access to playback speeds in Final Cut Pro
Tuesday Tips: Slip with the Trim Keys
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008How to slip a clip using keyboard shortcuts
Tuesday Tips: Close All Sequences
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007How to quickly close all open sequences
Tuesday Tips: Timeline Focus(ish)
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007How to get half of Avid’s timeline focus command in FCP
Tuesday Tips: Print Keyboard Commands
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007How to print FCP keyboard commands using Excel.
Tuesday Tips: Transition Timing
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Great tip for working with pre-edited footage and avoiding cuts in the middle of transitions.
Tuesday Tips: Zoom Around Playhead
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007How to take advantage of two new Timeline zoom commands in FCP 6.0.2
Tuesday Tips: ProRes 422 Rendering
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007A tip for rendering HDV or XDCAM sequences.
Tuesday Tips: Copying Timecodes
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007The fastest way to copy timecodes inside FCP.
Tuesday Tips: Playing Clips Without Effects
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007How to escape the dreaded red “unrendered” screen.
Tuesday Tips: Taming Clip Keyframes
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007How to easily see which clips in a sequence have filters added or Motion parameters tweaked.
Tuesday Tips: Scrolling the Timeline Window
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007A tip for playing the “chase the FCP playhead before it disappears off the window” game.
Tuesday Tips: Move Clip to Playhead
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007How to move clip(s) to the current Playhead position…without dragging them.
Tuesday Tips: Constrain and Nudge
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Tips for moving items in the Canvas
Tuesday Tips: Cut, Copy and Paste (Pt 2)
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007How to paste the clipboard contents to different tracks
Tuesday Tips: Cut, Copy and Paste (Pt 1)
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Explains the differences between the various cut, copy and paste commands in FCP
Tuesday Tips: Adding Transitions
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Six ways to add transitions to cut points in FCP
Tuesday Tips: No Nesting
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007How to edit from sequence to sequence without nesting
Tuesday Tips: Trim Exit
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007The fastest way to close the Trim Edit window and deselect the edit
Tuesday Tips: Audio Controls
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007How to show audio mute and solo buttons in the Timeline window
Tuesday Tips: Video Filmstrips
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007How to view every frame of a clip on the Timeline.
Tuesday Tips: Closing Sequences
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007How to close one or all currently open sequences.
Tuesday Tips: Clip Duration
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007How to quickly get the duration of any clip in a sequence.
Tuesday Tips: Tab Transfer
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Rearranging tabs to make it easier to edit audio levels or Motion parameters.
Tuesday Tips: Zoom to Selection
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Need to see an area of the timeline in more detail? This time-saving tip enables instant zooming on the currently selected part of the timeline.