2 Responses to Larry Jordan’s Articles for July, 2015

1. George Henderson says:

   August 18, 2015 at 4:31 pm

   Hi Larry,
   I have a recurring frustration when editing text fields in a FCPX title.

   The standard Mac keyboard has a “FORWARD Delete key” (located between “\” and “End”. In FCP X this deletes the selected clip and leaves a gap. When editing text in a FXP X title, you might assume that the FwdDel key would delete the character to the right of the cursor, but you would be wrong. It deletes the entire title!

   I just discovered an undocumented feature: When editing the text in a title, Option+Fwd Del will delete the character to the right of the cursor. Frankly, I’ll never remember that. I will continue the nuisance of hitting the FwdDel key, seeing my title disappear, CmdZ to undo, use the mouse, then delete the selected characters.

   Since I need to [forward delete text characters] more often than I need to [delete a clip + leave a gap], and in my infinite brilliance, I looked to the FCP X Command Editor to swap the two shortcuts. I don’t think it’s possible unless you have a trick up your sleeve!

   Thanks for everything Larry,

   George

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   • Larry says:

     August 18, 2015 at 4:46 pm

     George:

     Sigh… no tricks. This one drives me nuts, too. And that is a GREAT shortcut – nice discovery!

     Larry

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