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FuturesP
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March 23, 2018
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Creating Shortcut Key to toggle a video clip's opacity from 0 - 100%

  • March 23, 2018
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A feature I miss the most since migrating from FCPx to PP is the ability to "hide" or "mute" a clip (audio or video) allowing me to see a clip below in the timeline during playback.  A quick strike of the 'V' key and voila!  Is there a way to create a shortcut or a quick key that will toggle a selected clip's opacity between 0 - 100% without having to go into the "effects" panel to do so manually.

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Correct answer Warren Heaton

The feature that you're talking about is disabling/enabling a clip in the Timeline.

In your Timeline, Select a clip or clips and choose Clip > Enable to hide the clip or clips.  If "Enable" is checked (the default), the clip is enabled.  If "Enable" is unchecked, the clip is disabled.

The keyboard shortcut is ⇧+⌘+E (shift command E) on Mac.  (Should be shit control E on Windows.)

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Warren Heaton
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Warren HeatonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 23, 2018

The feature that you're talking about is disabling/enabling a clip in the Timeline.

In your Timeline, Select a clip or clips and choose Clip > Enable to hide the clip or clips.  If "Enable" is checked (the default), the clip is enabled.  If "Enable" is unchecked, the clip is disabled.

The keyboard shortcut is ⇧+⌘+E (shift command E) on Mac.  (Should be shit control E on Windows.)

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FuturesPAuthor
Participant
March 23, 2018

Using the above information, I changed the keyboard shortcut to use the quick key "D" to enable/disable a selected clip, because who has time to mash your hand together to make a 3-key command when just one finger will do.  Love it.  Thank you.

Ann Bens
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Ann BensCommunity Expert
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March 23, 2018

There is no shortcut for what you want to do.

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You can poke the eye during playback.

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