Shortcut to zoom in on a single clip?

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Shortcut to zoom in on a single clip?

I probably wouldnt need this if Final Cut wasnt so buggy with zooming. I presume everyone else struggles to zoom smoothly using mouse wheels or trackpad? It seems to zoom out, then in... then slow, then fast.

Anyway, onto the point of this post, I use the Shift-Z shortcut frequently, to fit the whole video sequence into the timeline. But I feel like there is a shortcut missing, it's quite obvious and I am hopeful it exists already, in that it zooms the timeline to fit a single clip into the timeline?

So if I have a clip selected in the timeline and press a key, id want it to focus right in on that clip. This would be so useful for many reasons

Cheers

Posted on Jul 14, 2024 5:04 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 14, 2024 10:45 AM in response to theviewer1985

Is the Zoom tool (Z) and then lasso the clip not a sufficient shortcut? I also use the Logitech MX Master 3S mouse which I've programmed the CMD+ and CMD- to the thumb buttons. A few short clicks and you're zoomed into the clip.

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Answer 2

Jul 14, 2024 10:12 AM in response to theviewer1985

As Tom said, you should use feedback.

I have no problem with the trackpad, or with Command-plus and Command-minus.

An alternative which I have never used, but may be helpful for you is to use the Zoom tool.

Press z (without any modifiers), and then click to zoom in or option-click to zoom out.

Not exactly what you wanted, but it seems that it maintains the playhead in the screen, so you can relatively quickly zoom in to an intended target.

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Answer 3

Jul 14, 2024 10:16 AM in response to theviewer1985

You can do it manually (sort of) by putting the playhead at the start of the clip and hitting command + (plus) several times until the clip almost fills the timeline. Of course if you have an enormous clip you would use command - (minus) to reduce it.

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Answer 4

Jul 14, 2024 11:00 AM in response to ambidextrous

ambidextrous wrote:

Is the Zoom tool (Z) and then lasso the clip not a sufficient shortcut? I also use the Logitech MX Master 3S mouse which I've programmed the CMD+ and CMD- to the thumb buttons. A few short clicks and you're zoomed into the clip.

Great suggestion! I never knew one could do this.

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Answer 5

Tom Wolsky

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Jul 14, 2024 6:14 AM in response to theviewer1985

You should use feedback to make a feature request.

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