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Old June 27th, 2011, 05:36 PM   #1
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A few questions from an FCP switcher...

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I'm hoping that your collective brain power can answer a few questions that would be simple for me on FCP, but have me stumped on PP5.5:

1) Is there a quick way to copy/paste a title and make it 'independent' without having to go through the 'duplicate' command?

2) Is there a keyboard shortcut to change the size of the view in the program or source windows?

3) Is there a quick keyboard way to jump to the in-piont or out-point of a clip in the program window?

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Old June 27th, 2011, 07:17 PM   #2
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

1. Try doing it in project window.
2. I don't think so.
3. If it is selected, you can define it in keyboard shortcuts, nominally it's shift+home/shift+end. If it's not selected, you can use pgup/pgdn to skip to next edit on the selected tracks. There is however no way to go to in/out point if it is just under cursor or to select this clip as in/out (x key in FCP).
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Old July 2nd, 2011, 11:00 AM   #3
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

1) Doubleclick title to open title-editor.
There should be a symbol next to the title's name: this creates a dublicate. You can change the name and/or content.
If you don't want to change anything 'inside' the title: just use the same one over and over again.

2) I'm not sure whether you can add shortcuts to the different workspaces. You should check that.
But you can make you own workspaces (= selecting sizes and locations of the windows and tabs) and save them. This way you can make the sizes the way you want them and switch easily.
However, if you want to zoom in or out on the footage in the window: I have no idea.
In AE it's ',' and '.' to zoom in and out and '/' to get back to 100% and centered view.

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In the source window you should try 'q' and 'w'.
At least I think I remember it correctly from years ago. (Haven't used them in years, so things might have changed).
To make in or out points in the source window use 'i' and 'o', but I guess you already know that.

In the timeline you can use pageup and down to move to the next cut.
Arrow left and right to move to the next frame and [shift]+[arrowleft/right] to move 5 frames.
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Old July 2nd, 2011, 12:16 PM   #4
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

RE making a title "independant" for copy/paste- I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but if you need to create a title file that you can copy/ transfer elsewhere, etc., the procedure is:
Highlight the title in the project panel,
Click: File> Export> Title.
In the dialog box you can rename the title and select a storage location.
Now you have a discrete title file that is physically located seperately from the PPro project file.
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Old July 2nd, 2011, 11:44 PM   #5
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

Jumping to the beginning or end of the clip, as you suggest, doesn't include parts of the clip in a transition, so, for instance, adding a keyframe does not actually add it to the true beginning of the clip, just the part after the transition...

Regarding the titles... What I want to do is get a title the way I like it on the timeline, then copy it 20 or 30 times to other places on the timeline, and then edit its text in each location without the other locations being affected... Doable?

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Old July 3rd, 2011, 12:46 PM   #6
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

It's doable but you'll have to have a different clip in the project bin for every title.
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Old July 3rd, 2011, 12:54 PM   #7
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

Like Zoran said, you need to duplicate the title in the project bin, and then select them all, insert them to the timeline and move them around, or drag them one by one.

Alternatively, create a title template, and then create new titles from the template straight on the timeline.
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Old July 10th, 2011, 11:51 PM   #8
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

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2) Is there a keyboard shortcut to change the size of the view in the program or source windows?

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The tilde (`) key maximizes the active window, great for doing near-fullscreen of the preview monitor for playback.
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Old July 11th, 2011, 08:57 AM   #9
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

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The tilde (`) key maximizes the active window, great for doing near-fullscreen of the preview monitor for playback.
Thanks, but what I'm looking for is not a way to expand or shrink the window, but rather the video IN the program windows. I know you can do it from the little menu underneath (that includes 'fit') but I was wondering if there's keyboard shortcut that can be used. I often switch between fit and 25% a lot to make adding motion keyframes easier...

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Old July 11th, 2011, 06:01 PM   #10
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

Not that I know of Ben. Could you make a feature request for that? Go here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
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Old July 13th, 2011, 11:51 AM   #11
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

Hey, Kevin...I apologize for being off topic but see your name here as an Adobe person. I installed the free trial, then bought the package and registered the serial number. Did not uninstall or reload. I've read someplace that there are a few little goodies left out of the trial package but i don't know what exactly. Should I uninstall and then reload from my DVDs, or can I just install from the DVDs to make sure I've got everything? Thanks.

By the way, I've only had time to watch a few training clips and play around with PP for a little while, but already I'm liking what I see better than FCP. Looking forward to a total switchover and migrating all my old projects over soon.
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Old July 13th, 2011, 04:01 PM   #12
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Re: A few questions from an FCP switcher...

I would uninstall and reinstall to be sure. More about uninstalling here: Uninstall Creative Suite | CS5, CS5.5
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Old July 14th, 2011, 07:55 PM   #13
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Thanks, will do it as soon as possible.
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