Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Intro to effects
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- Intro to transitions
- How transitions are created
- Add transitions and fades
- Quickly add a transition with a keyboard shortcut
- Set the default duration for transitions
- Delete transitions
- Adjust transitions in the timeline
- Adjust transitions in the inspector and viewer
- Merge jump cuts with the Flow transition
- Adjust transitions with multiple images
- Modify transitions in Motion
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- Add storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
- Glossary
- Copyright
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Modify keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro for Mac
You can quickly and easily customize keyboard shortcuts in the Command Editor. If you want to add a few custom commands to the default set in Final Cut Pro, you can duplicate the default set and assign keyboard shortcuts to some of the unassigned commands. You can also create a new set that contains only your commands.
Duplicate a command set
Choose Final Cut Pro > Commands > Customize (or press Option-Command-K).
If the command set you want to duplicate isn’t shown, click the pop-up menu in the top-left corner of the Command Editor choose a different command set.
Click the pop-up menu in the top-left corner of the Command Editor and choose Duplicate.
In the window that appears, type a name for the command set, then click OK.
The duplicate set is added to the Commands submenu of the Final Cut Pro menu and to the pop-up menu in the Command Editor.
Modify a command set
You can add keyboard shortcuts to a command set or reassign keyboard shortcuts.
Choose Final Cut Pro > Commands > Customize (or press Option-Command-K).
If the command set you want to modify isn’t shown, click the pop-up menu in the top-left corner of the Command Editor and choose a different command set.
Select the command you want to assign a new keyboard shortcut to by doing one of the following:
Type a command name in the search field in the top-right corner of the Command Editor.
Browse the command list to find the command you want.
Press the combination of keys you want to use for the command (for example, Option-Shift-T, or any other keys).
Note: The keys on the Command Editor keyboard that are shaded with diagonal lines are reserved for system use and can’t be assigned.
If the key combination is not already assigned to a command, the Command Editor keyboard updates to show the new key assignment. A gray dot appears on the newly assigned key (or keys), and a color is applied if the command belongs to a color-coded command group.
If the key combination is already assigned to a command, Final Cut Pro displays the current setting, and you’re asked to confirm the change.
To save your changes to the command set, click the Save button in the lower-right corner of the Command Editor.
If you close the Command Editor with unsaved changes, you’re prompted to save your changes.
Delete a command set
Choose Final Cut Pro > Commands > Customize (or press Option-Command-K).
If the command set you want to delete isn’t shown, click the pop-up menu in the top-left corner of the Command Editor and choose a different command set.
Click the pop-up menu in the top-left corner of the Command Editor and choose Delete.
In the window that appears, click Delete.
The command set is removed.
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