Modifier Keys:
Command ⌘– Program controls
+ TAB to cycle through open programs
+ Q to quit
+ H to hide programs
+ + to zoom in
+ - to zoom out
+ F to find
Control⌃ – right click
+ U to reset workspace
Option ⌥– choices, other options, or the opposite
Shift – movement options
+ Z to auto-zoom Timeline to fit workspace
FCP Overview
Save Options: Save as > your home account > lesson # and your name
4 main Windows: Browser, Viewer, Canvas, Sequence
Browser
o Importing options
o Viewing options – list, icon
o Folders – moving folders and files into folders
o Icon definitions
Viewer
o Loading clips options
o Play options
o Icon definitions – start/end of media; start/end of edited clip; end of sequence;
o Timeframes
o Scrubbing with Playhead
o Button Bar
Canvas
o View Timeline
o Drag to place clip
§ Right arrow for insert edit
§ Down arrow for overwrite edit
o Place options – Insert, Overwrite, Replace, Fit to Fill, Superimpose
o Focus on Insert vs Overwrite
Sequence
New Sequence: Command + N, right click in Browser, File > New > Sequence
Clip Basics:
o Placing clips –Drag and Drop or Canvas
o Copy (Command C)
o Delete (Command X)
o Ripple Delete
o Paste (Command V)
o Moving clips – Drag, Numeric
Resize Timeline (Shift T)
Show Waveforms (Option W on: Command + Option + W off)
Sound Options
Add/Delete Tracks – Sequence > Insert Tracks
Patching Tracks
Toolbar
o Brief walkthrough, focus on Razor and Select Tools
§ Option is just one track
§ Shift is multiple tracks
Playback Options
o Play Buttons
o Spacebar
o J, K, L
o Play Around Option (\)
§ Shift \ loops the in to out point selection
