March 4, 2010

Toggling Anyone?

In Final Cut Pro 7 you can toggle between many things. It is a quick way of getting, from one view or function to another, that can help speed up your editing process. Here are just a few toggle shortcuts and tips that hopefully you'll put to good use in your next edit session.

Toggle Auto Select Video and Audio Tracks

To enable or disable Auto Select for Track A1, select Otpion-Keypad 1, and so on for Track 2-9 just hit the Keypad number that corresponds with the Track number. And to enable or disable all Auto Select audio tracks, select Option-Keypad 0. This is also true to enable and disable Auto Select for Video Tracks, except the shortcut is Command-Keypad Number, and again for all video tracks Keypad 0 selects them all.

To Toggle Browser View

To toggle the browser between the list view and the three icon views, just select Shift-H

To Toggle Channels

To toggle the Canvas/Viewer between RGB, Alpha and RGB+Alpha views, select Shift-W

To Toggle Clip Enable

To enable/disable a selected cliop's playback status, select Control-B

To Toggle Clip Keyframes

To enable/disable clip keyframes display in a sequence, select Option-T

To Toggle Clip Overlays

To enable/disable audio levels and video opacity display in a sequence, select Option-W

To Toggle Edit Type

To toggle a selected edit point between ripple outgoing, roll and ripple icoming, select u, or Shift-R

To Toggle Link

To enable/disable linking of seleteed clip video/audio items, select Command-L

To Toggle Windows

To Toggle betwen the Viewer and Canvas window as active - slect Q

More Toggling soon.

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