Edit Faster! Top 10 Final Cut Pro X Keyboard Shortcuts

Top 10 Final Cut Pro X Keyboard Shortcuts. If you want to edit faster, you must learn these FCPX shortcuts.

These shortcuts are listed in no particular order of importance. They are all useful in their own way.

1. Ctrl + T: Adds the default Title to the timeline.

2. Option + Mouse Drag: Hold down the Option key while doing a mouse drag of an asset you want to duplicate. I use this primarily with titles, but I sometimes do it with other clips I want to copy.

3. Command + (plus) and - (minus): This is used to zoom in and out of the timeline. I primarily used it when I am doing cuts. I zoom way in so that I don’t leave much of a gap in between my cuts.

4. Command + B: I use this to make straight cuts in my timeline.

5. Command + C and Command + Shift + V: This is actually a combination of two keyboard shortcuts, which are used hand in hand, therefore they count as one. So, whenever I’ve done with a color grade or I’ve tweaked with the audio and I want to copy those effects over to another clip. What I do is I select the clip that has those effects. I hit Command + C to copy the effects. Then I select all the clips I want to paste the effects onto. Then I hit Command + Shift + V. Now, I can select exactly what effects I want to copy over. Maybe I only want the color grading to copy over, but not the crop or the audio effects, so I can deselect those. Hit Ok and its done.

6. Shift + Right Arrow and Left Arrow : This is used when I am cutting my footage. I like to do fast forwarding by hitting Shift Right arrow key. I can also back up faster by hitting Shift Left arrow key. It speeds up the “scrubbing” process.

7. Option + [ and ]: These keys are used to trim the timeline. So let’s say I am fast forwarding through the timeline. I can stop at any point and bring in everything to the right by hitting Option + [ key. Conversely, I can bring everything to the left by hitting Option + ] key.

8. M: This used to set Markers. Sometimes I need to stop editing because I got other stuff to do, so I set a Marker to remind me where I am in the timeline when I come back. I also drop markers to tell me if I need to revisit that portion of the clip. I might need to add a picture or audio or fix something.

9. Shift + B: Retiming video clips. Let’s say I want to fast forward a portion of my video clip. I put my playhead where I want to change the speed of my clip and I hit Shift B to change the speed. I can then drag to speed up or slow down the video. I then go to the part of my clip where I want things to come back to normal and I hit Shift + B. I hit the drop down and select Normal.

10. Ctrl + Cmd + 1 and Cmd + 4 and Cmd + 5 and Cmd + 7: Last on my list is actually a series of commands. So, I really cheated on this one, because these work with each other in combination.

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