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February 2015 was another edition of #28daysofquicktips. This year’s edition followed up 28 Days of Quicktips from 2009 and 2011. We asked for reader Quicktips again this year (those are in bold below) and got a lot of good submissions so thank you for those. This year’s breakdown: 8 FCPX tips, 7 Adobe Premiere Pro, 8 Avid Media Composer and 6 other or multi-NLE tips. Maybe we can do it again in another year or two! Happy editing.
Final Cut Pro X
Day 1 – Minimize Interview Roles in FCPX
Day 2 – G for Storyline mode in Final Cut Pro X
Day 3 – Remap numbers 1 to 9 on your Final Cut Pro X keyboard
Day 4 – Override clip connections in Final Cut Pro X
Day 5 – Move a Clip’s Connection Point in Final Cut Pro X
Day 6 – Option click to move the Final Cut Pro X playhead
Day 25 – Consolidate Media Outside (Externally) of a Final Cut Pro X Library
Day 26 – Make an Audio-only Dissolve in Final Cut Pro X
Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Day 9 – Trim to Playhead in Adobe Premiere Pro
Day 10 – Create an Audio-only Multicam Clip in Premiere Pro
Day 11 – Select a Specific Layer in the Premiere Pro Source Monitor
Day 12 – Clean up the Adobe Premiere Pro Viewing Monitors
Day 13 – Full Screen Playback Options in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Day 14 – The Find in Timeline command in Adobe Premiere Pro
Day 24 – Nesting Audio in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Avid Media Composer
Day 17 – Mute a Video Clip in Avid Media Composer 8
Day 18 – Avid Media Composer keyframes: Fixed vs Elastic and others
Day 19 – Using the Scratch Removal Tool as a shortcut in Avid
Day 20 – ALT (Option) + U to re-enter Avid Media Composer Trim mode
Day 21 – Use EDL Comments to View Notes in Avid Media Composer Timeline
Day 22 – Add a Specific Track Number in your Avid Media Composer Timeline
Day 27 – Use Un-sync Locked Tracks for Easier Music Revisions
Austin Flack sent over Day 27 and this tip took the prize as the (my) favorite as Austin won the copy of The Color Correction Handbook. Not only was this a tip that I learned something from but this tip generated a lot of discussion on an Avid editor Facebook group. And this tip could also be used in Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro 7.
Day 28 – A few Avid Media Composer tips from Marcin
Other non-NLE specific tips
Day 7 – Remap the H key away from the HAND tool
Day 8 – Use a Trackpad for Better Navigation
Day 15 – Sync Folders on a Mac
Day 16 – Talk with your producer about that script
