So…. this came in the mail the other day.
Actually, Mark from Editors Keys
reached out to me a few days ago,
and asked me if they could send me a keyboard.
They didn’t want money,
they didn’t ask for dedicated videos,
they didn’t even ask for a shout-out.
They just sent me one.
Now thats a good way to do business.
So to return the favour,
I wanted to feature it in one of my videos.
So, what better way to feature an editors keyboard,
than to do a shortcuts video.
But before we get started,
let’s do a quick unboxing.
Nobody got time to sit there and watch me open boxes.
Hey guys, whats up.
My name is Serge,
and welcome back to my channel.
I’ve done a video before about basic keyboard shortcuts,
so today,
we’ll take a look an updated list of
10 Keyboard Shortcuts
you should be using in Final Cut Pro.
First up is selecting clips in the browser.
When in your media browser,
clicking on a clip will select it.
Use the up and down arrow keys
to cycle between your clips.
If you only want to select a specific part of a clip,
place the skimmer on the frame
you want to start and press I on your keyboard
to set the start or the in point.
Setting the skimmer on the end
of your selection and pressing O on your keyboard
will set the end, or out point of your clip.
With your entire clip,
or only a part of your clip selected,
pressing the F key will Favourite your clip.
Pressing Control F will switch your browser
to only showing your Favourite clips.
Control C will take you back to seeing all clips again.
If you have an entire clip,
or just specific selection you know
you’re not going to use in your project,
you can reject them by pressing the Delete key.
Pressing Control H will hide your rejected clips.
Once again,
Control C will take you back to seeing all your clips again.
There is a few different ways to add
your browser clips to your project timeline.
With your entire clip,
or just a section on a clip selected,
pressing E on your keyboard
will Append edit that clip to the end of your timeline.
To connect edit the selected clip to your timeline,
with the clip selected press Q.
This will add your selection
as a connected clip above your timeline
wherever your playhead is placed.
To insert a selected clip into the middle of your timeline,
place your playhead where you want to insert your clip,
and press W on your keyboard.
This shortcut can be used to insert your clip
between two clips,
or even into a middle of one of your existing clips.
When ripple trimming you clips in the timeline,
the trim to start and trim to end keyboard shortcuts
can be a huge timesaver.
With the skimmer placed where you want
your clip to start,
Option & Left Bracket key will trim the start of your clip
to your skimmer.
Option & Right Bracket key will do the same,
but ripple trim the end of your clip to the skimmer location.
There’s a few shortcuts that will help
you adjust your clip appearance in your timeline.
Command & Plus Sign will zoom in on your timeline.
Command & Minus Sign will zoom out.
Pressing Shift Z on your keyboard,
will fit your entire timeline to your window.
As far as clip display options,
Control Option 1 will show you
only a large audio waveform of your clip,
Control Option 2 will give you large audio waveforms,
and a small filmstrip.
Control Option 3 will display clips
with audio waveforms and filmstrips of equal size,
Control Option 4 for small audio waveforms and large filmstrips,
Control Option 5 for large filmstrips only,
and Control Option 6 to see only the clip labels.
The next few keyboard shortcuts
will help you navigate your timeline.
Pressing the right and left arrow keys,
will move your playhead ahead
or back one frame at a time.
Holding down the shift key,
while pressing the right and left arrow keys,
will move your playhead ahead
or back 10 frames at a time.
Pressing the up arrow key
will take your playhead back to your previous edit,
and the down arrow key
will take you to your next edit.
Holding down the Function Key
and pressing the left arrow key
will take you to the start of your project,
and Function and Right Arrow key
takes you to the end of your project.
If you need to change the speed of your clip,
pressing Command R
will bring up the retime menu,
where you can change the speed of your entire clip.
If you need to retime only a part of your clip,
you can add a speed ramp by pressing Shift B.
This will allow you to set two
or more different speeds for one clip.
Using this shortcut also adds a speed ramp
to smooth out the transition between your clips.
If you have keyframed any parameters in your clip,
the keyframe timing can be easily adjusted
in the Video Animation window.
With your clip selected,
press Control V to show video animation.
This shows you the applied keyframes,
and you can adjust the timing of them
by simply clicking and dragging any of the keyframes.
Pressing Control V again
will Hide Video Animation window.
To copy and paste specific attributes
from one clip to another,
select the clip with the modified attributes,
and press command C to copy it.
Next, select the clip you want to paste it to,
and press Shift Command V to Paste attributes.
In the popup window,
select the attributes you want to apply to your second clip,
and click Paste to apply them to the selected clip.
This is very useful for Color Corrections,
Transform changes,
or any other effects
that change the appearance of your clip.
Next up is the Command key.
As I’m sure many of you know,
there’s a ton of shortcuts
where you combine the Command key with other keys.
But did you know,
holding down the Command key
while adjusting parameters in the timeline,
gives you much more precision.
For example, if trying to adjust the volume on a clip,
you drag up or down the volume line
in the audio waveform.
But to get a precise level can be a little tricky.
Holding down the command key
while adjusting volume,
let’s you adjust it in much smaller increments,
giving you way more control.
And last on my list is the Option Key.
Just like the Command Key,
holding down the Option key
also modifies many actions in Final Cut Pro.
Holding down the Option key
while clicking on a clip in your timeline,
will select your clip,
and move your playhead to that location.
If you hold down the option key
while dragging your clip,
Final Cut Pro will duplicate your clip
and create a copy of it.
In the Audio waveform,
holding down the option key while clicking on the volume line,
will add a keyframe to your volume controls.
Using keyboard shortcuts
can save you a ton of time,
but can be very overwhelming and hard to memorize.
With the Final Cut Pro Backlight keyboard
from editors keys,
this process becomes much simpler,
because all these shortcuts and more
are printed right on the keyboard,
all it takes is a quick glance down.
And, the built in backlight
makes these very easy to see in dark environments.
Once again, a huge thank you to Editors Keys
for sending me this keyboard to try out.
If you’d like to see a full review of this keybord,
let me know in the comments below.
Thanks for watching,
and I’ll see you again next week.