Skimmer or pointer on Playhead

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Skimmer or pointer on Playhead

I am new to FCPX. I am trying to reduce some banging noise in a scene produced by either the mic or tripod turning. I want to put the pointer over the peak and create keyframes on the peak and then to the side of the peak. However, the skimmer is always to the left of the pointer when I position it over the peak and the flag always shows up to the right of the peak instead of where I placed the pointer even though the playhead line is right through the peak. Any assistance would be appreciated.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 3:05 PM

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Answer 1

Russ H

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Apr 7, 2013 3:32 PM in response to lburech

I'm not sure whether you're saying that the skimmer is getting in the way of your keyframing. If so, you can turn it off by hitting the keyboard shortcut S.

The playhead also does not need to be anywhere near the wave form you're trying to adjust. All you need is the select tool; hover that over the levels bar and option click to set a keyframe. (When you do that, the playhead will jump to the keyframe.)

If I mis-understood your question, sorry.

Russ

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 7, 2013 3:58 PM in response to lburech

Can you post a screen shot of what you're seeing. It sounds like you're looking at one frame. The skimmer will move inside the frame the playhead will not.

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lburech Author

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Apr 7, 2013 4:07 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

How do I post the screen shot. I tried it with both jpeg and pdf but when I drag it into this box it just shows a pathname.

file://localhost/Users/lburech/Desktop/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-07%20at%204.03.27 %20PM.jpg

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 7, 2013 4:13 PM in response to lburech

Click the camera button in the reply box.

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lburech Author

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Apr 7, 2013 5:06 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 7, 2013 5:18 PM in response to lburech

Not sure what I'm supposed to see. You haven't option-clicked to add the keyframe. Better yet activate the range selection tool R and drag a selection around the offending sound. Pull down the level line in the selected area.

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lburech Author

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Apr 7, 2013 6:16 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

I cannot put my pointer on the red skimmer line to align it with the Playhead line so I can then push the option click. There is something stupid I have done, since I can do this alignment with other projects.

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Russ H

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Apr 7, 2013 6:18 PM in response to lburech

As I said in my initial response…

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lburech Author

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Apr 7, 2013 7:14 PM in response to Russ H

Sorry to have wasted your time. Thanks again.

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