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While you might not understand all those Avid symbols you can get an idea of the difference. I think the folks at Avid have done an admirable job trying to put a square peg in a round hole though I don’t understand why Render Effect is on the “]” key since they could have put Avid’s audio volume adjustment on the [ and ] keys to match PPro. The venerable Avid Media Composer recently updated to version 2022.7. This in and of itself might not be big news and I don’t always cover every NLE release as there are so many of them (and it depends on what I’m working in at the time TBH). But this Media Composer release had one addition that I thought was quite surprising. This will still take some self-educating and setup time to get comfortable using, but once you do you can fine tune your Pro Tools commands to your hearts content, along with pretty much any other program.
We’ve compiled this handy Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts guide so that you can speed up your editing and recording sessions so you can work smarter, not harder. Make sure to save this for future reference!
Search Dial Live Trimming
Is there a bit of a delay when you execute something like these trims? Maybe a minuscule one but it’s quite small. No more than other hardware surfaces like a Contour Shuttle Pro. It may be fractionally slower than executing something in Premiere Pro but it’s almost unnoticeable. It works very well. Cycle Through Edit Modes: [`] Key (known as the "Single Open Quote" key, located directly above the Tab key) But this has never been a thing in the Avid world so I was surprised to see this. It’s also the first time I remember seeing Resolve as a competitor keyboard shortcut option. 🤔
If it lets you work faster and becomes your baby, then keep changing your keyboard until you feel happy with it. Also if another editor comes to use you keyboard and says "WTF!?!?" you know you're doing something right :) It's actually the thing that keeps me from moving from Premiere Pro and Avid to edit in Davinci Resolve. I use the number rows for shortcuts a lot in those two NLEs and since I want to migrate as much of my shortcuts from other NLEs, I can't afford to lose a whole row for just typing timecode to jump to. I'd rather having the number pad on the right for that purpose. This can be a big downside for editors who are used to a certain workflow or just want to change things around because of personal preference (for example, you prefer to use the [fn] key instead of the control key before commands).Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you may vary. If you’re an editor who works on Avid Media Composer, shortcuts will become a key part of your workflow as they will allow you to work faster and more efficiently. We’ve compiled this handy shortcut guide so that you can speed up your editing sessions and work smarter, not harder. Make sure to save this for future reference! There are lots of different shortcut combinations that work with Avid, and you can even create your own shortcuts to customize your editing workflow (more on that later). The short answer to that second question is that the Live feels like the top half of the CT. You get the 6 dials, the 12 touch screen buttons. What you don’t get is the extra 12 physical buttons at the bottom and the big, round dial with the touchscreen in the center. You also get 8 ROUND buttons across the bottom but the one on the left is a home button. So that’s more like seven. On the CT the home buttons is a square button. Okay! A shortcut/a new function for searching for clip on the timeline would be nice. Also another shortcut for the search function in the bin & one can start typing to search right away.
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