Final Cut Q&A and Shortcuts

Three ways to open up Final Cut Pro:

• Desktop > doc > open up Final Cut from there
• Open up Finder
• Double clip on the Final Cut logo on the tab bar      

What four keys are often used with keyboard short cuts to get functions or commands?

• Ctrl
• Cmd
• Option
• Shift

How do you access a short cut menu?

Click the right click

What main menu can you find the import command?

It's in the file menu in which you can find the import command

Three ways to open a clip in the viewer

• Double click
• Drag to the viewer
• Select it and press return

Aside from the play button what other keys can you press to play the footage?

• Spacebar
• L key

Which keys move the player forward or backward in one frame?

• The arrow keys
• The J key for backward and L key for forward

How do you mark the in point or a outpoint on a clip?

• By using both the I and O keys

Which button do you use to edit a clip in the canvas?

• The red overwrite button

What visuals help you identify first or last frame of the clip?

Film strip appears on the left side of the viewer

When viewing the audio portion of a clip instead of the visuals what do you see? 

The waveform display

Three ways to create a bin?

• Cmd B
• Control and click in the grey area
• File, new bin

What are the keyboard shortcuts to hide, save and quit Final Cut? 

• Cmd H = hide
• Cmd S = save
• Cmd Q = quit

Shortcuts

Cmd B =  create a new bin

Right click = opens up a short cut menu

Down arrow = moves the play head forward or to the next point

Up arrow = moves the play head backwards

Left arrow = goes one frame to the left

Shift, left arrow = moves the play head one second to the left

Right arrow = moves play head one frame to the right

J key = plays footage in reverse/rewinds

K key = stops the clip

K and J = slow motion

L = fast forwards

Shift and spacebar = rewinds

I = sets an in point

Shift and I = moves the play head to the in point 

Option (alt) and I = removes the in point 

Shift and O = removes the outpoint

Shift and X = removes both in and out point

Cmd H = hide

Cmd shift and S = save as

Cmd S = shift