Quick Reference

Keyboard shortcuts

• Play / pauseSpace
• Step one frame← →
• Previous / next segment↑ ↓
• Select all⌘A
• Deselect all⌘⇧A
• Focus search⌘F
• Rate 1–5 stars⌘1–5
• Set color labelCtrl+1–7
• Send to Final Cut Pro⌘⇧E
• Regenerate transcript⌘⇧S
• Split caption at midpoint⌘\
• Merge caption with next⌘J

Send to Final Cut Pro

1. 1.Confirm the project's frame rate matches your FCP library.
2. 2.Click Export, then Final Cut Pro, in the Paper Edit or Mosaic workspace.
3. 3.If FCP is open, your library is auto-detected; otherwise FCP shows its picker.
4. 4.Wait for the FCPXML to land. We open FCP for you.
5. 5.Drag the new event into a project to start editing.

How we think about edits

• Edit by ear first, by eye second. The transcript is faster than the timeline.
• Write the cut you want. The mosaic finds the words across your clips and surfaces the alternates you didn't remember.
• Captions are a finishing step. Don't burn them in until the cut is locked.