Useful Keyboard Shortcuts For Final Cut Pro X

Before Mac actually hit our homes, it was very popular among the artists like movie makers, music composers, image artists. And for all such Mac users who use Final Cut Pro X, here is an useful post for you.

We have listed out some useful keyboard shortcuts for Final Cut Pro X, which would actually make your life so much easier with this amazing editing tool.

Final Cut Pro X is an incredibly powerful editing tool which needs no introduction. With some amazing features and tools, this program is undoubtedly the best in the market. Keyboard shortcuts make things easier on computer. And having knowledge of use shortcuts is always good.

Useful Keyboard Shortcuts For Final Cut Pro X

Backstory

If Backstory does not sound familiar to you, then let me tell you that this term is also used for Backtiming. It actually lets you add clips to the storyline. If you use Shift + Q, it would connect the clip such that its end point aligns to Skimmer or Playhead position. And using Shift + W would let you insert the clip such that its end point aligns to Skimmer or Playhead position.

Disable / Enable Clip

You can  disable or enable clips just at one keystroke. You can use V to disable one or any number of clips and if you want to enable that, all you need to is select those clips and hit the V stroke again.

Full Screen Playback

Once you are done with all your work, and you wish to view your work in full screen, you can simply hit Command + Shift + F. Which would straight way switch to full screen playback. And if you hit Esc button, it would get back to normal mode.

Nudge

Nudge is one of the latest features of Final Cut Pro X’s workflow in FCPX. In order to Nudge a clip all you need to do is choose the timeline that you want to work on and then press ,(comma) to move the frame to the left and .(full stop) to move the frame to right. This is so much quicker than dragging and dropping.

And if you want to move the frame by 10 frames, then you need to use the Shift key with the above mentioned keys. For example. you need to use Shift + , and Shift + . to move the frame to 10 frames to the left and right respectively.

Select Edges with Ripple function

If you want to select edges, it is not a difficult task. But doing the same using keyboard shortcuts is surely much easier. All you need to do is use [ or ] in order to select the left or right edge respectively.

And to add some ripple function, you need to use the nudging keys with it i.e. , and . with [ and ].

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