FCP Tip #006: Inserting and Overwriting video without audio with fewer clicks

Ok gang, this one could save you enough time in a month to allow you to wax my boat.  It's ok, I don't really have a boat, but by the time I do you should have saved enough time to wax it a few times.  We'll talk.

So, here goes.  If you want to cut just the video from a clip in the viewer into your sequence there's an easier way than going down and clicking your audio target buttons to the off position in the timeline. All you need to do is instead of marking your in and out points in the viewer with the "i" and "o" buttons, use control +"i" and control + "o".  Do this in the viewer only for it to work.  For most reliable results.  Don't mark points in your sequence, just have the tapehead (that's what the Apple folks call the timeline indicator thingy) parked at the frame you want to cut your shot in on.  Hit F9 or F10 and voila, video with no audio without the need for turning off and on any audio targets in your sequence.


You'll have to decide when the right time to use it is, but when you are switching back  and forth from cutting audio + video and just video a lot sounds like a good time to me.