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Final Cut Pro – Make the FrameViewer Move

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The FrameViewer (Tools > FrameViewer, or press Option+7) allows you to compare two different shots in the same window – such as the current frame with and without filters, or the current and previous shot. The problem is that when you play your sequence, the FrameViewer does not update. Unless, as Duke Bishop suggested recently, you fool it into playing.

When FrameViewer is open, the current frame will update when you use the Left/Right Arrow keys, drag with the playhead, or press Option+P.

I love tricks like this!

Note: in case you were wondering, the previous or next edit frame doesn’t update because the FrameViewer is showing the Out or In point of that clip, which doesn’t change as you move the playhead.

Final Cut Pro – Riddle Me a Riddle

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Answer: When you use the correct tool.

In this case, the Group Selection tool does exactly that.

It selects just like the Arrow selection tool. However, using the Arrow tool you can select and move things. With the Group Selection tool, you can select but not move things.

Try it and see.

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Final Cut Pro – Displaying Source or Auxiliary Timecode

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Each QuickTime clip can have up to three timecode tracks; called Source, Aux 1, and Aux 2.

However, by default, only the source timecode is displayed. You can change this with a mouse click. Here’s how:

Control-click the numbers inside the timecode box in the top right corner of either the Viewer or Canvas. At the bottom of the pop-up menu you will be able to select between all the timecode tracks available in that clip.

Final Cut Pro – Can Not Hear Audio on Even Tracks

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Peter Koeleman sent this in:

The problem we are having is that you can’t hear the audio on the even tracks (2,4,6, etc.). It does this regardless of the camera we use.

After a day of pulling hair out and using the Apple forum, we figured it out. It was simply a setting: Sequence > Setting > Audio Output > Stereo.

Voila! It worked.

Final Cut Pro – Automatically Launch Final Cut Pro During Startup

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Here a fast, automatic way to start any application at the same time you start your computer.

1. Go to the Blue Apple > System Preferences > Accounts tab.

2. Click the lock icon (lower left corner) to unlock this panel – enter your password.

3. Click the Login Items tab and drag in the Final Cut Pro icon (or any other application or file you want to open when your computer starts up) into the window on the right.

Extra credit: To stop a file from launching during startup, simply remove it from the list in this window.

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