Zooming in on timeline at DVinfo.net

Todd Mizomi · October 15th, 2015, 05:37 AM

Have had this issue for a long time in FCPX where when I'm editing in the timeline and then want to zoom in or out of it, it will zoom in or out of the viewer instead.

Back in the FCP7 days, I got used to editing in the timeline and then quickly hitting the keyboard shortcuts to zoom in or out of the timeline

In FCPX, even if I have the timeline as the "active" window, whenever I do a trim, the viewer suddenly becomes the active window and I have to click back in the timeline to make it active before I do the keyboard shortcut to zoom in and out.

In the latest build FCPX 10.2.2 and OS X El Capitan, the issue seems worse, as not only trimming a clip will make the viewer window active, even the simple task of moving a subclip around will also make the viewer window active.

Has anyone run into this and possibly have a workaround?

William Hohauser · October 16th, 2015, 09:42 AM

Odd, does not happen to me. I have the viewer on a second monitor which may be why it does not do that.

Jason Jenkins · October 16th, 2015, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Todd Mizomi

Has anyone run into this and possibly have a workaround?

Holding the "Z" key and drawing a marquee works pretty well.

Todd Mizomi · October 16th, 2015, 10:02 PM

Was playing around with it some more and found something interesting when I am zoomed in on the timeline to trim a clip. Immediately after trimming a clip, if the mouse pointer is still touching the track, the viewer window will be highlighted and stay highlighted. If I hit the keyboard shortcut to zoom out, it will zoom out in the viewer.

If after trimming a clip, I move the mouse pointer into the blank areas above or below the track, the timeline window will become active again and the keyboard shortcut will zoom out of the timeline as it should.

Not sure if this is a bug or a "feature" :-/

Steve Mullen · December 15th, 2015, 07:34 PM

Same issue with using the Color Board so I assigned GOTO TIMELINE to up-arrow. Never noticed position of mouse, but you may have found it makes a difference.

Gerald Webb · December 21st, 2015, 03:55 AM

Ill ask this here to save on a new thread, apologies if its the wrong thing to do.

Would anyone know a way to map zooming in and out of timeline to the scroll wheel on a standard mouse?
Would just be superb if possible.

October 15th, 2015, 05:37 AM	#1
Todd Mizomi Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 141	Zooming in on timeline Have had this issue for a long time in FCPX where when I'm editing in the timeline and then want to zoom in or out of it, it will zoom in or out of the viewer instead. Back in the FCP7 days, I got used to editing in the timeline and then quickly hitting the keyboard shortcuts to zoom in or out of the timeline In FCPX, even if I have the timeline as the "active" window, whenever I do a trim, the viewer suddenly becomes the active window and I have to click back in the timeline to make it active before I do the keyboard shortcut to zoom in and out. In the latest build FCPX 10.2.2 and OS X El Capitan, the issue seems worse, as not only trimming a clip will make the viewer window active, even the simple task of moving a subclip around will also make the viewer window active. Has anyone run into this and possibly have a workaround? __________________ Todd Mizomi Photographer/Videographer/Editor/Computer Guy Island Production Group Maui, Hawaii

October 16th, 2015, 09:42 AM	#2
William Hohauser Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 2,650	Re: Zooming in on timeline Odd, does not happen to me. I have the viewer on a second monitor which may be why it does not do that. __________________ William Hohauser - New York City Producer/Edit/Camera/Animation

October 16th, 2015, 10:02 PM	#4
Todd Mizomi Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 141	Re: Zooming in on timeline Was playing around with it some more and found something interesting when I am zoomed in on the timeline to trim a clip. Immediately after trimming a clip, if the mouse pointer is still touching the track, the viewer window will be highlighted and stay highlighted. If I hit the keyboard shortcut to zoom out, it will zoom out in the viewer. If after trimming a clip, I move the mouse pointer into the blank areas above or below the track, the timeline window will become active again and the keyboard shortcut will zoom out of the timeline as it should. Not sure if this is a bug or a "feature" :-/ __________________ Todd Mizomi Photographer/Videographer/Editor/Computer Guy Island Production Group Maui, Hawaii

December 15th, 2015, 07:34 PM	#5
Steve Mullen HDV Cinema Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,007	Re: Zooming in on timeline Same issue with using the Color Board so I assigned GOTO TIMELINE to up-arrow. Never noticed position of mouse, but you may have found it makes a difference. __________________ Switcher's Quick Guide to the Avid Media Composer >>> http://home.mindspring.com/~d-v-c

December 21st, 2015, 03:55 AM	#6
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	Re: Zooming in on timeline Ill ask this here to save on a new thread, apologies if its the wrong thing to do. Would anyone know a way to map zooming in and out of timeline to the scroll wheel on a standard mouse? Would just be superb if possible. __________________ http://vimeo.com/livewebvideo