Quick FCP 4.0 question

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Hey, really silly question... I have to use FCP 4.0 at school even
though i was trained on adobe premiere - how do I do a simple
splice/cut on the timeline? what keystrokes do I use?

Thanks!
 
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Sam Sundaram <freedomsbeat@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey, really silly question... I have to use FCP 4.0 at school even
> though i was trained on adobe premiere - how do I do a simple
> splice/cut on the timeline? what keystrokes do I use?

If you mean cut at the play head, it's control-v

Stuart

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In article <1gcjrwo.t6i0aekfbpkN%info@that.sundog.co.uk>, SM says...
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>If you mean cut at the play head, it's control-v

This just shows how ignorant the designers of FCP are. The king of design want
their users to get RSI, don't they? I mean, who assigns a shortcut which will
be one of the most used, to a two-key combination? No one in their right mind.
Anyway, to the OP (Sam), do yourself a big favour, and remap the key to a
single keystroke. I put this command to the /-key (it's because it's the
default key for splicing on Discreet Edit 5, and a handy reminder to the fact
that I want to "slash" the clip). Anyway, FCP is full of such oddities, and
again, I recommend you to remap your keys to something more logical. You can
always export your favourite keyboard-layout to disk, and carry it with you, in
case you'll end up editing on another machine (where you can import it).

cheers

-martin-

"better to let them do it imperfectly than to do it perfectly yourself, for it
is their country … and your time is short" T.E. Lawrence
 
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Sam Sundaram wrote:

> Hey, really silly question... I have to use FCP 4.0 at school even
> though i was trained on adobe premiere - how do I do a simple
> splice/cut on the timeline? what keystrokes do I use?
>
> Thanks!

Use the little tool bar, pick the razor, and slash away.. :)

(Tools are very similar)

-Richard