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Scanning picture... very cool tip!

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I'm putting this here because while it is useful to the average DP user, we music and sound-to-picture folks can really make use of this formula:

456+

It took a few minutes to figure out but holy crap, this is going to save me a lot of mousing around.

Hit and hold the numeric 4 key. Instant fast rewind. Now the numeric 5 key -> slow motion rewind. Numeric 6 -> slow forward. Numeric + (you guessed) fast forward.

For placing scene and other markers this is a Godsend! I sometimes have 50-100 or more markers in an hour or two hour silent film. Placing those now is a breeze. Find the spot, then hit CTL-m to place my marker. No mouse needed.

If you are in pause, you return to pause. In play, you return to play.

Loving it! Genius programming!

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Thanks MLC! I'm working on an ADR project right now and this will come in very handy.

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Re: Scanning picture... very cool tip!

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I have been using this for years (I used something similar with Opcode Vision) - so I kinda thought everyone knew this - I use full stop to return to the marker and 3 to record - and so on....
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Just finished the ADR session. Been working since 8am with a couple of short breaks. Your tip sure did come in handy! Thanks again, MLC. 8)

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There's a picture on pg. 52 in the DP7 User Guide that shows what the rest of the keys do. I use them all the time.
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666 wrote:There's a picture on pg. 52 in the DP7 User Guide that shows what the rest of the keys do. I use them all the time.
It's amazing how much we forget over time. Then there's the fact that some of us old coots haven't re-read the manual since DP2. It's good to have reminders sometimes. 8)

Reminder to self... :rtfm:

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Phil O wrote: Reminder to self... :rtfm:

Phil
Thanks for THAT tip, Phil... :)

To Do List

:rtfm:
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And thanks to 666 for 52. 10-4.
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