While logging the Road to Ra material I’m working on, I’ve developed a pattern for the Content Logging part of the process, so I can do it all with the keyboard. The process was:
- Set a range – in the Event List View – using mostly play, I and O.
- Command K, to open the Keyword Entry window
- One or two keystrokes to fill in the Quote, Action or Problem keywords (those I use for the Content logging with details going to the notes field)
- Command 1 to get me back to the Event Browser
- Tab, Tab, Tab, Tab to get to the Notes field (because I had columns in the default order)
And then I could start typing my note!
I’m sure by now many of you will be pointing out the error of my ways, which I’ve finally caught up with. Â My current workflow for the same job is:
- Set a range – in the Event List View – using mostly play, I and O.
- Control + 1, 2 or 6 to add the appropriate Quote, Action or Problem Keyword to the range (without opening the Keyword window or leaving the Event Browser)
- Because I moved the Notes column adjacent to the file name field, it’s only tab, tab to the notes field.
And that’s how I better than halved the number of keystrokes I was spending on the job. When you’re doing dozens of entries per 2-5 minute clip, it feels much more fluid.
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The more I use FCPx, the harder it is for me to go back to other NLEs. There are still some (often strange) frustrations, and outright bugs, but man – FCPx is fast and efficient.
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