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MC5 Editing - My Favorite Shortcuts
Overview | Media Mgt | Basics | Editing | Shortcut Keys | Workflow  | Backup  | Effects | Titles  | Audio   |  Encoding
 
 
Find Properties of Clip - Put timeline clip in SOURCE Monitor
  /  (forward Slash) MATCH FRAME  (puts clip in Source Monitor)


 

Shift /
(forward Slash)

 
FIND BIN  (Opens the bin and highlights the clip in the source monitor
 
 
CTRL + I to open clip properties in SOURCE Monitor.  ON timeline or in RECORD Monitor, shows properties of Sequence 
    Does not show the encoding of the file. 

To show encoding - You have to look at clip in BIN
GO TO NEXT / PREVIOUS MARK
PG UP / Pg DN M will mark a clip
DELETE prior or end of CLIP AT EDIT LINE  (TOP & TAIL)  (I do this a lot - especially when I throw a bunch of clips on the timeline and I want to edit them down - I watch the clip, decide the good part, then cut the front off and then the back.
    SHIFT + UP ARROW - Cuts (add edit) the clip
(I am still deciding on whether to do an ADD EDIT or a TAIL - But I am going to first try it as a TAIL and make the ADD EDIT a Shift +END  (since that key is very close to the up arrow.
 
    Alternatively - SHIFT + UP ARROW - Cuts and Deletes prior part of clip (TAIL)
I am not using this right now
 
SHIFT + DN ARROW - Cuts and Deletes end part of clip (Top)
 
ADD a COMMENT To a CLIP
    Find the Properties of clip - match frame (/), Find Bin (shift + /), script tab, type comments
GO TO NEXT EDIT  (Rewind / Fast Forward)
  Shift + Left Arrow  
Shift + Right Arrow
 

 
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
     
TIMELINE - ZOOMING IN - called SHOW MORE (or LESS) DETAIL in MC -   MD or LD
  Up Arrow / Dn Arrow  Map the Up Arrow and Dn Arrow to show more/less detail
       
Timeline Track Height adjustment
CTRL + K
CTRL + L
Another tip about audio waveform displays. You can resize your tracks vertically by using CTRL + L to enlarge and CTRL + K to reduce for better detail in waveforms. Alternately you can also hold down CTRL and float the cursor over the track indicator until it turns into a "doublemint double arrow" icon (for lack of a better term), then drag...

NOW, if you use CTRL + ALT + L or K, you can enlarge and reduce only the size of the waveform without changing the size of the track itself.  - Larry Rubin

 
Timeline - Vertical shifting a clip to another track
CTRL + ALT and left mouse drag
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
Source / Master
I & O set In and Out
D & F delete In and Out
  GOTO IN  or OUT
6 Loop play IN/OUT
CTR+SHIFT+F toggles FULL SCREEN PLAYBACK
 
Open Media Creation for choosing Resolution/import Format/ Title Creation etc.
Ctrl+5   Just when the project opens I hit that. Ctrl+5.   It brings up the media creation and this is essential.  You can choose the resolution that will be used for the imports exports and title creation.  You can also filter out the OS drives from storing Avid MediaFiles thus media. - sverkalo
 
Site Settings from Special Pulldown Menu
    sverkalo  Go to the "Special" pulldown menu and choose "site settings". This will open up a small site settings window. You can then drag any user setting, including media creation settings in your case, into the site settings window and manually save. From that point on, any new project you create SHOULD honor the settings you have saved in that window. And if you don't find site settings in the special menu, with user settings displayed in the project window, click on the fast (hamburger) menu and you should find it there.
 
Quick Transitions Bin Adds transition to drop down menu
/  (Backslash)   Larry Rubin   here's a good one. Create a bin and name it "Quick Transitions". Now, any transitional effect you save to that bin will be available in the drop down menu in the quick transition (dissolve) tool - activated by the backslash key just above enter on the QWERTY side.
     
     
 
     
     
editing title clips
CTRL double click the title clip in it's bin.   All right, here's another one that's not too widely known - editing title clips. Most people edit titles in the timeline, and while you can modify it and store it as a new title clip, the existing title in the timeline will get modified whether you want it to or not.

Solution: CTRL double click the title clip in it's bin. The title tool opens with that title clip ready for editing and re-saving. Never have to touch a timeline. Saves a lot of keystrokes and clicking

 
shifting all video clips along the timeline
     
Can you split events on multiple tracks at once?
 
Tracks - Making them thicker/thinner