FCP Key Command Checklist
1) Building into sequence
Apple 1 – back to viewer
J back JJ back faster
L – forward LL forward faster
Left Arrow - one frame left
Right Arrow - one frame right
; - go to last cut left
' - go to last cut right
I – in
O – out
Apple F9 – insert to target tracks
Apple F10 – Overlay on target tracks
2)Sequence Short cuts
A - neutral
B – Blade
F – brings up virgin material
L – toggles link unlink
M – marker (option apple m to label)
N – toggles "black hole" function
P – Pen tool
TTTT – selects all down stream
Delete – eliminates hole
Shift – keep things "in line"
Apple + close up on time line
Apple – Farther away on time line
3) moving things around –
Lasso
Apple C – Copy
Apple V – overlay
Shift V – drop in and push down.
Apple Z - Undo
Apple R - Render
Apple 9 - Attributes
Sequence Protocol: select, copy, paste. Rename, drag.
Bin Protocol: Stills, Footage, Music, Graphics, Sequences
Importing – drag item onto desktop – then onto drive. Then import into project. (music, graphics, stills etc)
Exporting – Quicktime, Web etc. Check attributes
Add Tracks,
Copy attributes
Graphics, copying graphics
Effects – copy effects
Movement.
