From the course: Media Composer 2019 Essential Training: 101 Fundamentals 1

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Trim with the keyboard

Trim with the keyboard - Media Composer Tutorial

From the course: Media Composer 2019 Essential Training: 101 Fundamentals 1

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Trim with the keyboard

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- [Instructor] Ask any experienced, avid, Editor and they will tell you that the real difference, in performance as an Editor and Media Composer, comes down to using the keyboard. And of course, in trim operations there are lots of keyboard shortcuts available. First of all, if I go up into my settings, in the User category and into Keyboard and hold down the Shift key, you can see that the Shift + D and the Shift + F keys will give you access to the overwrite or splicing Trim Modes. So, if I just close this down you can see if I press Shift + D and toggling the red mode off and on, let's toggle off the yellow mode with Shift + F. So, Shift + D toggles red mode off and on and Shift + F toggles yellow mode off and on. Remember, the slightly darker gray indicates that the button is on. And if you have both modes on, then you're in the Smart Tool Mode where the upper part of the clip gives you one mode and the lower part…

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