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Using Keyboard Shortcuts
With a clip open in the Viewer, you can also use keyboard shortcuts to perform each of
the seven types of edits. All of the keyboard shortcuts use the function keys along the
top of the keyboard. (If you forget a keyboard shortcut, position your pointer over one
of the edit buttons and pause for a moment. A tooltip appears with that button’s function,
as well as its keyboard shortcut.)
• F9: Insert edit
• Shift-F9: Insert with transition edit
• F10: Overwrite edit
• Shift-F10: Overwrite with transition edit
• F11: Replace edit
• Shift-F11: Fit to fill edit
• F12: Superimpose edit
Important: Some Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts may conflict with your Final Cut Pro
keyboard shortcuts. For more information, see “Customizing the Interface.”
About Edit Types in the Edit Overlay
There are seven choices for placing clips into your sequence for three-point edits. The
two basic edits are overwrite and insert; the other options are variations on inserting or
overwriting. You choose an edit based on how you want your source clip to fit into your
sequence, including what you want to happen to any clips that are already there.
The seven edit types are:
• Insert: When you edit a clip into your sequence using an insert edit, all sequence clips
in all unlocked tracks are cut at the In point of your edit and pushed forward in your
edited sequence by the duration of your source clip.
• Insert with transition: This is the same as an insert edit, except that the default transition
is used at the In point of the edit to transition between the previous clip and your
source clip. When you first install Final Cut Pro, the default video transition is a 1-second
cross dissolve. You can change it to anything you want, however, using the Set Default
Transition command in the Effects menu. For more information, see “Changing the
Default Transition.”
• Overwrite: When you edit a clip into your sequence using an overwrite edit, any portions
of clips that are already in the destination tracks are replaced by the source clip.
• Overwrite with transition: This is the same as an overwrite edit, except that the default
transition is used at the In point of the edit to transition between the previous clip and
your source clip.
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