Summary
In this chapter, you've switched gears from editing into making your projects look beautiful. And, in so doing, you've learned many of the basic elements you'll be working with throughout the second half of the book: keyframes, renders, opacity, and transitions. In the next chapter, you'll work with text and graphics so you can really drive your message home. Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Shortcut | Function |
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Cmd+Z | Undos the last event (default setting tracks last 10 events) | P | Selects Pen tool to add keyframes | PP | Selects Negative Pen tool to remove keyframes | Option+P | Switches Pen tool into Negative Pen tool and vice versa | Option+8 | Opens the QuickView window | Z | Selects Zoom tool | N | Toggle Snapping on and off | Ctrl+D | Opens the Duration dialog for selected clip or transition | Cmd+T | Applies default video transition to selected video edit point | Option+Cmd+T | Applies default audio transition to selected audio edit point | Cmd+R | Renders selection | Option+R | Renders everything | Option+P | Plays an effect that needs rendering as fast as it can be calculated, without first rendering the effect (my favorite keyboard shortcut) | Cmd+click | Select multiple edit points (one edit point per track) | Option+click | With Arrow tool to set keyframes if they don't exist, or delete keyframes if they do exist; click audio volume overlays (red rubber bands) or video overlays (black opacity lines) | |