#PRO TOOLS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS PDF#
#PRO TOOLS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS PRO#
#PRO TOOLS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS SOFTWARE#

Here are a few of links to show you just how many keyboard shortcuts there are in the known universe. In the future, there will be a better way. But keyboard shortcuts are not the best thing since sliced bread. I could write a summary at this point or come to a conclusion whether keyboard shortcuts are good or bad. If you're performing repetitive tasks yourself then, whether or not you use keyboard shortcuts, you should be looking for ways to concentrate on your creativity and have someone else be your monkey. What a way to mix metaphors, but surely you see what I mean? Really, shouldn't you be the creative? The one who breathes the project into life, steers its creative direction, and blesses every action by your minions of which you approve. I'm going to say that regularly performing repetitive tasks is a sign you should be paying attention to. Yes, keyboard shortcuts are great for repetitive tasks but, if you're regularly performing repetitive tasks, shouldn't you wonder whether you're the monkey and not the organ grinder as you should be?

#PRO TOOLS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS PRO#

It's in Final Cut Pro X by the way and it is a useful time-saver.

#PRO TOOLS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS SOFTWARE#

The fact that you probably don't know which software uses that and that there even is such a shortcut clearly supports my points. So instead of B for blade, click to cut, A for select, click to select, delete to delete, you just option-right-square-bracket. It's a sign that you're doing the same thing over and over again. When enabled the settings on the keyboard should now work properly. It should be highlighted yellow once active. In Pro Tools, be sure to enable Commands Keyboard Focus Mode by clicking the AZ button in your Edit window (see attached picture). I'd say that too much use of keyboard shortcuts can be a sign. My Pro Tools keyboard isnвЂ™t working with the keyboard shortcuts. Some people have to use many more - in particular people who work with others and have to match software with whoever they are receiving stuff from or sending stuff to.Д®ver seen a sign? You know, a mystical, woo-woo sign that's an omen or portent that your life choices so far have been poor and you need to change direction. I only use three shortcut-heavy softwares. The number of times I hit the wrong key for zoom in Pro Tools and Final Cut Pro X tends towards infinity.ДЄnd I'm lucky. The problem is compounded when shortcuts are different in different softwares or, worse still, the same shortcuts have different functions. I am perfectly happy to say that the size of my brain is inadequate, inadequate even for two. Actually I don't need to use Logic Pro but I do like it for certain tasks.Д¬an my brain hold all of the keyboard shortcuts for three softwares? Absolutely not. I only need to use Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and Final Cut Pro X for video. The question might be knowing which shortcuts to learn but that is answered by taking note when you find yourself accessing the same menu item repeatedly, then look in the guide to see if there is a shortcut for that.Д«ut too many shortcuts? Yes, if you need to use multiple softwares. OK no problem you say - just learn the shortcuts you need.

#PRO TOOLS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS PDF#

I was going to count how many shortcuts there are in Pro Tools, but I gave up when I saw that Avid's PDF guide - only to the shortcuts mind, not the full manual - runs to 68 pages! The most obvious failing of shortcuts is that there are too darn many of them.

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