setting out points in FCP4

[sb]

First of all, start learning the keyboard shortcuts and stop using the mouse
to click on buttons in the Viewer, Canvas, or timeline.

The keyboard shortcuts for Go to In is Shift I, Go to Out is Shift O.

You should be marking ins and outs with the I and O keys too.

Use the J, K, L keys to play, stop, reverse, or the spacebar to play and
stop. You can go is slo mo by holding down both the J and K keys or the L
and K keys. Multiple pressing on J or L to go faster.
If you've been using the mouse to click, you'll really need to break
yourself of the habit.

Next, if what you want to do is to play from in to out, use Shift Backslash
(I think the manual is incorrect)

Another method is to use Shift P, which is play from where ever the playhead
is parked to the outpoint.

Another useful keyboard shortcut in this vein is Play Around Edit, which is
the Backslash. This uses your multi frame trim Pref settings for pre and
post roll

Regards,

 sb

On 8/28/03 2:21 PM, "Derek Roff" <derek at unm.edu> wrote:

> I have recently begun learning Final Cut Pro 4, and haven't found an
> efficient way to fine tune the location of the out points when I am
> editing clips.  Can anyone clue me in?
> 
> When I set the in point for a clip, I can quickly jump back to it
> with the controls in the Viewer.  Then I can start the playback from
> that point, and decide if the in point needs to be a few frames
> earlier or later.  When I set the out point, I can also jump to it
> with the Viewer controls.  What I don't know how to do is play the
> last few seconds of the video before the out point, and have playback
> stop at the out point.  This is most imporant when the sound track
> needs to be cut after a specific word or sound (or right before and
> unwanted sound).
> 
> In the Viewer, the playback will continue right on past the out
> point, until the end of the clip.  Unless I click the button that
> plays the video between the in and out points.  However, if the clip
> is more than 10 seconds long, playing through the entire clip each
> time I want to adjust the out point by a few frames is too slow.
> 
> What I do now is adjust the out point in the Viewer, then play the
> end of the clip in the time line, then shift back to the viewer to
> move the out point again, then back to the timeline, etc.  I am
> hoping for something more efficient.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Derek Roff
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