Archive for August 18th, 2006

Final Cut Pro Tip #003

Final Cut Pro Tip #003 – Alpha Channels in Final Cut Different graphic programs handle alpha channels differently. But have no fear FCP and deal with them. Without getting into the specifics there are 4 alpha channels settings available in FCP; None/Ignore, Straight, White, and Black. For example an image from Photoshop my contain an […]

Final Cut Pro Tip #002

Final Cut Pro Tip #002 – Shift Drag For some reason I had missed this trick for years. I am a big fan of snapping (n) in the timeline, I like to keep my edits very neat. And even though I had snapping on I would often have trouble making clips move up or down […]

Final Cut Pro Tip #001

Alright here is my first Final Cut Pro Tip – Fit to Window (on the timeline) Use the fit to window command, simply use the key combination shift z (with the timeline window selected) and the entire length of the timeline will fit in to the timeline window. This also works in the Canvas window […]