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FEBRUARY 06, 2003 Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #15 These Final Cut Pro Quick Tips are supposed to be short, and this week we may just have our shortest and possibly most helpful one yet. As you work through your project in Final Cut Pro, you may occasionally get so excited that you make a mistake or two and need to undo it. The first thought that pops into your head might be to use the Apple+Z key combo to undo the mistake. But what happens if you made the mistake 50 steps ago? You wouldn’t want to undo all of the other great edits that you have finished now would you?[an error occurred while processing this directive]In the case of the Pen Tool, if you need to undo a keyframe you can simply press the P key twice in succession (PP) to bring up the Pen Delete Tool. You can then delete any unwanted keyframes in your Timeline.
But what about when you get a little too hasty with the Blade Tool (B)? The Blade Tool will slice through all linked layers and create a Through Edit. If you want to undo that move, your first thought might be to simply selected a clip on one side of the edit, delete it from the Timeline and extend the original clip (using the Roll Tool) to the next appropriate edit point.
While that will work, it is about three steps too many. Instead place your cursor over the offending slice, Control+Click on the edit point, and select "Join Through Edit" from the pop up menu. By the way, if you buy a two button mouse, you can simply Right Click on the slice to accomplish the same thing.
Short, simple and to the point. Now get out there and finish your editing masterpiece. Here is a current list of the Final Cut Pro Quick Tips to date: Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #1: Texture Treatments to Enhance Video Productions Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #2: Using Markers to Quickly Edit a Music Video Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #3: Import Your Music the Right Way Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #4: Nesting Helps Manage Longer Projects Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #5: Keying Explained Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #6: Configuring Your Scratch Disk Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #7: My Favorite Effects Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #8: De-Interlacing Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #9: Color Correction workflow tips Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #10: Locating files in the Timeline Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #11: Backing up at project end Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #12: Exporting to After Effects Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #13: When is title safe, not title safe? Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #14: Storyboard your edits and then edit in an instant When not working deep in the labs of the DMN Central Division testing the latest and greatest software/hardware products Stephen Schleicher can be found at the local university teaching a few courses on video and web production. He can be reached at schleicher@mindspring.com. You can also visit him on the web at www.mindspring.com/~schleicher
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