What Is The Short Cut Key For Jumping To The First Frame In The Timeline On Mac Avid Media Composer5/17/2019 In Avid Media Composer, there are more ways to trim than are shown in the video, but this will give you the basic idea of how Media Composer works using the Add Edit button and the Smart Tools. Google earth download for mac. I wrote recently about trying to learn AVID from being a life long FCP user and I already have hit a couple snags just trying to break down my footage. I just started a project to mess with and practice all the simple things for now to get started. But I can't figure out how to: - Mark parts of a clip. NOT mark in/out, but put a mark on a frame. I do this when I put clips into a sequence for visual selects or when I'm marking parts of songs. - How to see just the audio when I put a clip into the source/record area As is pretty normal, things that seem so simple to me in FCP I can't seem to find easily in Avid. Also, if there is a specific forum or site anyone knows of that deals with FCP to Avid switching issues, I would love to know and not waste people's time in the wrong place. [Danielle Warren] '- Mark parts of a clip. NOT mark in/out, but put a mark on a frame. I do this when I put clips into a sequence for visual selects or when I'm marking parts of songs.' Look up Locators in the help. You can map different colored locators to your keyboard, or add them to your toolbar on your timeline. If you have them on your keyboard I believe you can add them while Avid plays and playback won't be stopped. Then you can use the Locator window to add notes and go directly to them. [Danielle Warren] '- How to see just the audio when I put a clip into the source/record area' You want to see just the audio on your timeline? Select the video tracks then go to your Fast Menu in the lower left of your timeline and hide the video video tracks. In your source monitor? There's a button at the bottom of your timeline that will switch the timeline from showing your sequence to showing your source. You view your audio there - you can turn on waveforms, make the tracks bigger, etc. Then you can switch the view back to the record side and cut it in. Very, very useful and the switch can be mapped to your keyboard. This is a great forum for when you have questions, and Avid has tutorials you can watch on their forums and a forum specifically for people new to Avid. ---------------- Michael Hancock Editor. Thanks for the responses Michael and Steve. But the answers are not really what I was looking for. When you say locaters, is that the same as 'markers' in FCP? Or is it the equivalent? I just want something easy to mark frames as I go along watching the footage that I can then easily jump to later as I am scanning for visuals. Does that make sense? And it's not the audio on the timeline I want to see, but in the source monitor so I can play it and cut it as needed, then add it to the timeline. For example, when FCP has footage in the viewer window, there are tabs at the top to switch from video to audio, as well as filters and motion. ![]() You can easily tap the audio tab and see the audio of the clip that's in there. Does that make sense? Also, while I'm at it, another question popped up. When I'm going through the cut in my timeline in FCP and I need to jump back to the original footage (or audio) that's there, I use the shortcut command option+command+F and it brings up whatever clip is highlighted into the viewer as it's original source clip. How is that done in Avid? Thanks so much for the help. This is a struggle trying to figure out how I do everything in FCP in Avid so any help is appreciated! [Danielle Warren] 'When you say locaters, is that the same as 'markers' in FCP? Or is it the equivalent? I just want something easy to mark frames as I go along watching the footage that I can then easily jump to later as I am scanning for visuals. Does that make sense?' Locators are the markers of Avid. Use them to put little yellow or green or red or whatever color dots on your video or audio tracks as you watch it so you can mark important bits. You can add notes to them like you do with markers, and even export the list of locators. So yes, locators = markers for the most part. [Danielle Warren] 'And it's not the audio on the timeline I want to see, but in the source monitor so I can play it and cut it as needed, then add it to the timeline. For example, when FCP has footage in the viewer window, there are tabs at the top to switch from video to audio, as well as filters and motion. You can easily tap the audio tab and see the audio of the clip that's in there.
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