I chose two seconds and set that in the Editing preference panel. Next, you have decide the length of audio fade.
F1 with Apply Audio Fades is the most important one here. Nice and easy and more importantly, quick. So using the tried and tested 'Keep It Simple Stupid' philosophy, I plonked them on the 1 to 4 function keys.
I came to the conclusion that some multiple key presses were too complicated and more of a downside, they made me take my right hand off the mouse whilst editing. There are a couple of things you need to do first before being able to apply fades across clips.įirst of all you have to program the Audio Fades keyboard shortcuts (New in 10.3) in the Command Editorīefore deciding on what keys to use, I spent a while Googling other editor's choices. So having had the memory jolted, here's my method: It works, but there is a downside.īlame the busy event for me getting distracted, but the trick completely escaped my mind until a YouTube video by Lee Warner surfaced recently that used a similar technique but with a macro. I had found a way to apply audio crossfades across a range of clips at once.
I included a trick, that to be very honest I hadn't thought about until I started to put together the session slides. Is it possible to apply audio fades to a group of clips all at once in FCPX? Yes, from the 10.3 update, batch cross dissolves between multiple clips has been possible, just a GUI bug gets in the way.Īt the last FCPX Creative Summit back in October last year, I gave a demonstration on mixing audio for broadcast television.