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Final Cut Pro – Edit Toggling

Edit Toggling

To quickly toggle between selecting one of the three sides of an edit (the In, the Out, or both) select the edit point with the Arrow tool and press U on your keyboard… do it again… and again.

The nice thing about this convenient tip is that it works in both the Timeline and the Trim Edit window.

Very Cool.

Extra credit: You can jump the playhead to the nearest edit point by typing V.

Extra, Extra credit: Select one side of the edit point, then press the Up or Down arrow key and watch what happens… Jumping between edit points remembers the selection state.

Final Cut Pro – Continuous Looping

Continuous Looping

Not sure you like that edit? Want to to see it a few times in a row?

To have Final Cut continuously loop playback over a section of your sequence, select View > Loop Playback, set an In and Out on either side of the section you want to review, and type Shift+/ .

You are now stuck in a time loop from which there is no escape! (Actually there is, it’s called the Space bar.)

Note: You can do the same thing in the Trim Edit window, but the timeline is faster.