By popular demand here is a list of the more useful keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro. These shortcuts will help you increase your editing speed and get more work done in less time. These tips are brought to you by HDvision Studio.
Even if you’re an expert with FCP this will be a good read for you because there are always one or two shortcuts we forget about over the years.
There are four main windows in FCP. The Browser, Viewer, Canvas and Timeline. We’ll take a look at the keyboard shortcuts for each window.
Remember that by using the keyboard shortcut layout, you can change these commands to something that better suits your needs or workflow.
Browser
Close Bins â†
Close Tab CTRL+W
Find CMD+F
Find Next F3
Import File CMD+I
Item Properties CMD+9
Logging Columns OPTION+B
New Bin CMD+B
New Project SHIFT+CMD+N
New Sequence CMD+N
Open Bins →
Open Bin in New Tab OPTION+ENTER
Select Next Item ↓
Select Previous Item ↑
Sequence Settings CMD+0
Show Browser CMD+4
Show Effects CMD+5
Show Favorites CMD+6
Standard Columns SHIFT+B
Toggle Browser View SHIFT+H
View Item in Editor OPTION+RETURN
View Item in New Window SHIFT+RETURN
