FCPX Twitter Tips

Why FCPX? Easy: keywords and metadata. You try watching 135 Chuck Jones cartoons and organizing them. pic.twitter.com/sczTfBDOeF — Tony Zhou (@tonyszhou) January 8, 2016

There are some really generous FCPX editors out there who are willing to take the time to share their expertise with the rest of us. In this post I’ve drawn together some excellent FCPX Twitter tips from some of those fine editors (I’m sure there are many more!).

As always it’s worth clicking on the date stamp of any given tweet to see the full conversation, or click on the image to enlarge it and learn even more useful tips. I’ve grouped these by person, just for ease of navigation! It’s interesting to note that video essay supremo, Tony Zhou creator of Every Frame a Painting, uses FCPX for superior organisational functionality.

First up @fcpxpert1, Charlie Austin. Recently Charlie has been posting some excellent animated gif tips, which you can keep up to date with in this post on his blog. He has also shared numerous great video tutorials, many of which are featured in this previous FCPX tutorial post.

#fcpx Gif-Tip™ for the day. Set Absolute or Relative levels on multiple selected clips. CTL-OPT-L & CTL-L pic.twitter.com/WuRXNmRuN7 — Charlie Austin (@fcpxpert1) February 27, 2016

Hey, another #fcpx Gif-Tip™! Clip Skim with arrow keys to see handles beyond a cut! Useful! pic.twitter.com/s45vAnLOIK — Charlie Austin (@fcpxpert1) March 4, 2016

@YERTGuy 1-enable clip skimming. 2-hover with cursor to activate skimmer on the clip. 3-using L/R arrow keys, move clip skimmer, Easy. 🙂 — Charlie Austin (@fcpxpert1) March 4, 2016

FCPX Tips from Alex 4D

Final Cut Pro X tip: To add an effect to all clips in an audition,

1. Start dragging effect

2. Hold down cirl-?

3. Drag to audition#fcpx — Alex Gollner ? (@Alex4D) August 30, 2015

Alex Golner is one of the UK’s most generous FCPX editors, in that he not only gives away plenty of wisdom and insight on his blog, but he also creates and shares a tonne of excellent, and free FCPX plugins too. Follow Alex on Twitter here.

Final Cut Pro X tip: Turn a clip into audition made up of clip + clip with an effect:

1. Drag effect

2. Hold down ctrl

3. Drop on clip#fcpx — Alex Gollner ? (@Alex4D) August 30, 2015

Final Cut Pro X tip: Rename audio components in the timeline by control-clicking them #fcpx pic.twitter.com/DwyYB6IDMR — Alex Gollner ? (@Alex4D) August 30, 2015

The 3 kinds of Final Cut Pro X delete #fcpx pic.twitter.com/KQt4Rudmdb — Alex Gollner ? (@Alex4D) August 14, 2015

Need non-standard project dimensions in #fcpx? When making a new project, choose 'Custom' from the Format pop-up pic.twitter.com/5A8xf0X1UI — Alex Gollner ? (@Alex4D) November 23, 2015

Final Cut Pro X rate conforming. When clip media frame rate doesn’t quite match your timeline, here’s what #fcpx does pic.twitter.com/hua6cj9iUe — Alex Gollner ? (@Alex4D) April 24, 2015

When I want to listen to a different Mac app while #fcpx editing, I mute audio roles in timeline index https://t.co/nCC3f9yLmz — Alex Gollner ? (@Alex4D) November 10, 2015

If #fcpx alerts annoy you, go to System Preferences:Notifications, Click 'Final Cut Pro’ to change them, @DrWicked pic.twitter.com/PdQfPooEsT — Alex Gollner ? (@Alex4D) March 13, 2015

FCPX Editors – T Payton and Timetraveller

#fcpx When changing from 24fps to 25fps for broadcast, easily correct pitch with this setting. pic.twitter.com/QPWNzbQPfl — timetraveller (@timetraveller_) August 13, 2015

These two editors are well worth following on Twitter, not least for the tips, but also for things like T Payton’s excellent Youtube channel. Follow @TPayton and @timetraveller_

@canelson @tpayton thanks, I prefer the Event approach 4 dealing w lots of media.1 event p sec.Easier 2 share&control pic.twitter.com/BqBYiRDpmO — timetraveller (@timetraveller_) August 14, 2015

#FCPX Expand all Library Events & Folders with Option-Right Arrow on collapsed Library. pic.twitter.com/PYJz9TmlmL — T. Payton (@tpayton) August 13, 2015

#FCPX Copy audio only of clip for use elsewhere: Expand Components, drag to select range, Copy & Option-V to Paste pic.twitter.com/rbQ944kYhE — T. Payton (@tpayton) December 17, 2015

#FCPX Replace/change ALL Transitions during playback. Filter Timeline Index “undefined”, double-click new to replace pic.twitter.com/QoK44jyaal — T. Payton (@tpayton) January 11, 2016

#CleanTimelineFriday 35 minute show, 6 Cam, 7 Audio Iso mixed, 11 subroles, and 1 incredible simple #FCPX timeline. pic.twitter.com/dlU0R8ovH7 — T. Payton (@tpayton) March 4, 2016

Unbelievably fast way to spot footage is #FCPX Filmstrip. Marked favorites in 22 min of footage in < 4 min. pic.twitter.com/CH6P9ZW21c — T. Payton (@tpayton) March 3, 2016

Still my favorite keyboard shortcut to remap. Expand and collapse all clips with option + and – #fcpx pic.twitter.com/XQr0b97pKQ — T. Payton (@tpayton) February 18, 2016

I use this technique every day to increment my edit. #fcpx pic.twitter.com/5GCCqhcRUJ — T. Payton (@tpayton) February 18, 2016

@Tomiga2 Incrementing is part of our workflow. I usual reserve snapshots for backups after output. pic.twitter.com/f6oxnaiJ9o — T. Payton (@tpayton) February 18, 2016

#FCPX Reveal missing/offline items or effects by searching for “missing” in Browser or Timeline Index. pic.twitter.com/PN8e1I5Hdv — T. Payton (@tpayton) January 29, 2016

@tpayton I also put a Smart Collection in all libraries with "Missing" in the text filter to quickly reconnect missing media. — Jason (@knoxbohemian) January 29, 2016

#FCPX Replace SINGLE Transition during playback. Shift ? to Play Around, double-click in browser to replace. pic.twitter.com/IbkNuNqSTT — T. Payton (@tpayton) January 11, 2016

#FCPX Add Transitions via Paste. Copy Timeline Transition, then select Clip Edge or Clip(s) and Paste. pic.twitter.com/jLdHbVnMvK — T. Payton (@tpayton) January 5, 2016

#FCPX Keep complex audio cleanup out of the way: Silence Ranges, add Keyframes & Fades on Expanded Audio Components. pic.twitter.com/zXMXzOqDKk — T. Payton (@tpayton) December 16, 2015

#FCPX Copy audio only of clip for use elsewhere: Expand Components, drag to select range, Copy & Option-V to Paste pic.twitter.com/rbQ944kYhE — T. Payton (@tpayton) December 17, 2015

More FCPX Tips from FCPX Editors

I'm doing a test Final Cut Pro X AMA on YouTube Does anyone have any questions? https://t.co/XHNDHy7woL #FCPX #YQR — Ben Halsall (@benhalsall) November 16, 2015

Here are some more great Twitter tips for FCPX editors from a handful of other FCPX editors (@doubleprecision, @benhalsall – who also has a good YouTube channel) . It’s worth checking out @marcplanb‘s excellent FCPX eXchange talk here, and Thomas Grove Carter’s interesting FCPX tutorials, and this FCPX Feature Film Workflow post featuring Hollywood FCPX editor Jan Kovac (@s0nofab1tch)

My fave #FCPX trick I picked up on Twitter and used a lot on WTFTheMovie: pic.twitter.com/sKOlUgmNO5 — Jan Kovac (@S0nofaB1tch) February 17, 2016

@jpsouthern these are generally the Events I use on a commercial. Sequences

Video

Music

Sfx

Graphics#FCPX pic.twitter.com/Xpd9WwuxFR — Thomas Grove Carter ?? (@thomasgcarter) December 6, 2015

#FCPX Tip: Holding G when dragging non-contiguous clips will snap them all together.http://t.co/u8D6IfeoQ6 Via @chrisfenwick — Marc Bach (@marcplanb) June 27, 2015

Press OPT + , or . to enter the subframe world when nudging audio clips.#FCPX — Marc Bach (@marcplanb) February 29, 2016

why do we like #FCPX ?

what is your list ? pic.twitter.com/q6sFs3ICse — Double Precision (@DoublePrecision) March 6, 2015