I really like Media Composer’s keyboard shortscuts. Why, you may ask? Properly, clearly all of us love our keyboard shortcuts, however Media Composers are arrange in a bizarre and wild approach that, to be trustworthy, I wouldn’t change for something. Imagine it or not, there are literally two instruments want for establishing your keyboard shortcuts, and on this “In-Depth”, we’ll speak all about keyboard shortcuts, the place to seek out them, and easy methods to replace them. I’ll additionally provide you with a short rundown on mine, and why they’ve served me so properly for 25 years.
THE BIG CHOICE
Now, in a solution to make issues extra sophisticated for editors, whenever you first select to create “New Person Profile”, you’ve gotten three choices. Media Composer, Media Composer Basic, and Transitioning from Premiere Professional. Two make sense, the opposite, not a lot. To be trustworthy, I’m going to only ignore “Basic” and say that you just actually have two decisions. Fundamental Media Composer, and transitioning from Premiere. We’ll go together with the Media Composer choice, give it a reputation, and bounce into the applying.
Now, what I discover humorous is that you just get these three choices above, whenever you create your new consumer, however whenever you head into the applying, into your Person Settings (CMD/CTL+SHFT+=), you’ll see that there are a few Media Composer keyboard layouts, a Premiere one AND a Resolve one as properly. Very odd.
Anyhow, you possibly can swap between them, by merely toggling the checkbox, however we’re going to delete all of them, aside from the one that’s at the moment checked, and we’ll use that for our base settings. Let’s double click on and open them up. Now, we’re greeted by our keyboard format, that appears just like the under.
YOUR ACTUAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Now, one thing exceptionally vital to remember is that in Media Composer, you’ve gotten your customary keyboard shortcuts, and one “Alt/Extra” set of keys by holding down shift. That’s it. Not like in Premiere or Resolve, the place you’ve gotten all of the CTL/ALT/SHFT mixture of keyboard shortcuts. One factor you’ll additionally discover, is that there appears to be no approach so as to add another keys to your keyboard shortcuts, as there are not any choices. That’s the place a separate software referred to as the Command Palette comes into play. You should utilize the shortcut of CTL/CMD+3 to get entry to it, and also you’ll discover instantly that you’ve entry to nearly each shortcut you could possibly ever need. Properly, nearly.
At first look, it’s fairly easy. You’ll be able to both monitor down the keyboard shortcut you’re in search of, or punch it within the search window, and easily drag and drop it to both your keyboard, or anyplace within the composer window that helps a shortcut being put there (above the timeline or underneath your composer home windows). If you happen to check out the underside of the Command Palette window, nevertheless, you’ll discover two different choices at your disposal, that provide you with much more choices.; I’ll speak concerning the Menu to Button reassignment toggle first. It really works fairly easy. As soon as toggled “On”, you possibly can click on on any out there command button area in both your keyboard shortcuts, or within the interface, and when you do, merely navigate to any menu in Media Composer, and single click on on the menu command you need to assign to a button. Executed. Fairly fast and fairly easy. Now, there’s one other nice function within the Command Palette that’s value mentioning, and that’s the Lively palette. What’s that, you ask? Properly, it’s fairly easy. It’s one other toolset out there to you on a regular basis. You’ll be able to hold the Command Palette open, and easily use is as an extra “keyboard” on display screen, and also you’ll have entry to all of the instructions out there within Media Composer.
So, that’s your Keyboard Shortcuts in a nutshell. So, what are my Keyboard Shortcuts which have gotten me by way of 25 years of enhancing? Properly, they’re not as sophisticated as you may assume.
F2- Supply Browser (was Batch Seize, however when folks began asking me what that meant, I modified it. LOL)
F3- Audio Mixer
F4- Locator(s) (Markers)
F5- Take away Impact
F6- Add Edit
F7- Match Body
F8- Discover Edit
F9- Collapse (Pre-Comp/Nest)
F10- Modify
F11- Title Software
F12- Fade Impact
SHFT+F2- Render
SHFT+Y- Results Mode
Imagine it or not, that’s it. You may be questioning why I didn’t have my keyboard stacked with a ton of shortcuts. You’ll even discover that the Keyboard Shortcuts don’t change any present keyboard settings. Simply the operate keys, and a few different ones. Motive being is that I used to be a contract editor shifting from publish home to publish home, and I didn’t have a ton of time to take a seat there rebuilding my keyboard shortcuts on a regular basis and MC help, at any time when MC bumped into issues, would all the time counsel resetting your consumer settings, together with your keyboard, so it was one thing that I didn’t waste a variety of time establishing, in the event that they have been going to should be re-created on a regular basis. I saved my easy, however efficient, to get me up and operating at any publish home, in little to no time in any respect.
If you happen to’d like to take a look at extra of my “In-Depth’s” on Media Composer, you could find them right here:
Media Composer Mission Creation
Avid Attic
Alternating Left And Proper Audio
And you’ll obtain a 30 day trial of Media Composer at this hyperlink.
