“*obviously this doesn't contain every shortcut/hack, only the ones | think are most useful.OPENING DIFFERENT Bleu ENP: Open/Close LIBRARY/BROWSER Open/Close PN ele Nasco ahead ll eee aos) oma dy cs Ez oe) eee acon |i Eke) Open/Close VIDEO SCOPES aR Leer TT Cae ee Enable/Disable TRANSFORM TOOL eats a m41 AND O create ano ourroints [tad = ee we. «Al orton The media that's selected in your lary wil bbe place over top of your primary storyine INSERT CLIP INTO THE TIMELINE W the medic thats elected in youribvary wit PUT CLIP AT END OF TIMELINE E themedia that's selectedin your brary wil be placed at the very end of your timeline. F ann U FAVORITE/UNFAVORITE Femind yourself that ‘OR section of a elp (not FU, 'd never say that fo you) delete REJECT CLIP/SEGMENT OF CLIP Great way to remind yourself that you don’ ike a clip or section of your clip in your library. ee + OK App Kevworps To cuir/curs ees command 38 Use keywords fo organize your media. Consider them like color coded post-it notes fo let you know which clips match ‘and which clips would be useful for certain parts of your video. Start keywording your clips Tust me. It lps.3 FINAL CUT PRO TOOLS eae eon 7 OR Le * = ~~ Zoom in/Zoom Out S Turn Skimmer On/Off a Shift 4 [Transform Tool €)4 FINAL CUT PRO DEFAULT TITLE/LOWER THIRD/ EFFECT/TRANSITION DEFAULT TITLE jn JT DEFAULT LOWER THIRD + shift ee T PRO TIP: Change your default lower third to an adjustment layer if you use adjustment layers offen. DEFAULT EFFECT a EC DEFAULT TRANSITION commandSLIDE EDIT Hold sas T SLIP EDIT Bring up the trim tool (T) and drag your clip. with Tim Too! up to perform ‘slice edit” with clip selected. IMMEDIATE CUT TRIM OR ADD 1 FRAME on , fo blade where your simmer layhead's Baxcaly an immediate Select the very edge of your clip and press either period or comma fo extend or add a single frame. TRIM OR ADD 10 FRAMES ‘lies and cragging, wil allow you to side thot cut poin lef ond right onthe sn ob. oR Select the very edge of your clip ‘and press elther period or comma fo extend or add a single frame. RANGE AND DELETE TRIM END / TRIM START . : R | cicte - fo | eee... foam [ Fess f hold tne ‘ky o bing up he range too Fret ‘Option ih bracket or‘Optontel bracket to hin Uso old ihe Ky fo ing up ihe ange fot and delete everything fo the right or left of the ree Beem PRO TIP: Use the keyboard shortcut editor to change this function to just ‘left bracket’ and ‘tight bracket" Or for even faster editing, change to 'G' and ‘This, way, you barely have to move your fingers on your keyboard fo rim. | curently have my keyboard set fo this eHold Use this to make way more gradual adjustments to your audio. + Drag volume up or down command 38 |. MINUS -() OR vo. PLUS Raise or lower volume by a single decibel. PRO TIP: Use the keyboard shortcut editor and change this shortcut to just the MINUS (-) and PLUS (+) key. ("See bottom of Page 2 of Magnetic Timeline tips to see how to set up) Make selection with Range Tool 8 and lower audio or use |. +minus(-) OR + Plus () un tf S$ Solo Selected Item This shortcut is incredibly useful. It mutes everthing EXCEPT that selected clip. PRO TIP: Use the keyboard shortcut editor and change this shortcut to just the ‘C’ key. V_ Enable/Disable Clip Another useful shortcut that works for both audio AND video. This mutes and/or makes clips visually disappear temporarily. + T Add Crossfade Applies a crossfade to the audio between two selected clips. Adding a crossfade gets rid of some of the popping you might hear in your audio and helps your audio to « sound a little smoother. Less start and stop, if you will.- = *ttyou don't have this key on your keyboard, look at the second page of ‘WORKING. Q Grave/Tilde Key whiriiewacnene initine toseehow to set ths Acton up The grave key temporarily overrides connections when pressed. This key is essential for working with the magnetic timeline. The following are some examples of ways fo use it. {Override Connections Hold down the grave key, an odd, orange icon will pop up and you're able to move any clip freely, ‘even when other media is connected to it. P+ Override Connections with Gap replacement 8y switching to the position foo! (press P) and then holding the grave key when moving a clip, the elip's Position will be replaced with a gap clip and connected media will stay in the same position. Be careful though, because the placement of that clip that you're moving can end up overwriting clips depending on where you place it - + oa Delete without deleting connected clips Bib eel Ba Daal When you want to delete a clip and NOT have the connected media be deleted with it, hold the grave key, this weird orange icon will pop up, and then press delete. Those sound effects or whatever media is attached wil stay in that location and that selected clip will be deleted. »POGam, + sna 3¢ Change media's connection point Cees If you want to change the connection point of connected media, click off it and then select it while holding the option key and the command key with your skimmer/playhead where you want the new connection point fo be. ae . + + Bring clips above primary storyline option command 9 Use this shortcut fo overwrite your clip or clips into the primary storyline. *If you don’t see this key on your keyboard, hit ‘OPTION COMMAND K’ in FCP, click the top left drop down menu, hit ‘duplicate’ fo create a new custom keyboard, then search ‘OVERRIDE CONNECTIONS! in the top right search bar. Select that and then hit < whatever key you'd like to be assigned to thaf function. Then hit save. And you're set!+ Y_ Rapid Fire LUT/Effect Tester pon Duplicates clips to Audition. Create your look, press ‘Option Y", create another look, press ‘Option Y" and so on, Then when your looks are made, click on your clip and press ‘Control Option and Right or Left Arrow’ to cycle throlugh your looks. oon . (a >a option +DRAG Quick Copy Hold ‘Option’ and drag your media on your timeline fo create an immediate copy of the clip. caton &) + $ Expand/Collapse Audio Use this to create ‘J’ and 'L' cuts. Trim your video by dragging on the beginning or end. Then add a slight crossfade on both audio clips to help smooth out the jump from one audio clip to the next and then you can press the shortcut again, with the clip selected, fo have it suck back up into the video clip.Thank you! Thanks so much for downloading this little cheat sheet. I’ve put a lot of work into it in hopes that it would help out other FCP editors. There’s nothing more fulfilling in this world than making something of your own and when the process of doing that eye rloloyism Kel Io lim ome) marrekK-Melile) more. | wish you all the best in your creative endeavors. z z o) z A = A [.] LP Rey By the way, I really enjoy hearing your thoughts about my videos in the comment section. | read through every single one. Don't be shy and say hello! -Dylan John Dickerson