This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] WAS: Quick Keys Tricks?? NOW: Quick Keys for windows

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] WAS: Quick Keys Tricks?? NOW: Quick Keys for windows

I have quick keys but have only used it a few times for some very repetitive trimming functions. I really should roll up my sleeves with it more. I miss the Editware/GVG/ISC macros funtion within the editor. I found those very useful and easy to program. You could even edit the script you produced from having the macro just repeat your keystrokes, although I didn't have to use that much. Avid really should have macros or "actions" if that is the modern term, especially the kink that you say record macro and it remembers all your moves.

I have to manually invoke my producer macro all by myself.

When the producer says, "trim two frames." I follow these steps
1) Face forward out of sight and grimace.
2) Turn around, nod and smile.
3) Turn back to keyboard and grimace.
4) Trim In +0, enter
5) Replay Edit for producer
6) Turn and smile and say, "I think that's better do you?"
7) If producer agrees move on, if not repeat steps 1 through 6

Only on rare occasions does this end up in an infinite loop. I call it the recursive creative bullshit macro.

---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <namyrb@...> wrote :

To finish my statement about perfect keyboard…

It's much more complicated because the easiest way to get what you want is to literally type out your macro in their own little script editor, but I think that it performs macros more accurately and faster than quickeys or jitbit.

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:44 AM, namyrb <namyrb@...> wrote:
It actually is an option. I use it all of the time.

But if you want to use something else, this is a good alternative:

https://www.jitbit.com/macro-recorder/

Jitbit is pretty close to functionality and ease of use.

Also:

http://www.macrotoolworks.com/index.php/en/macro-automation-software/perfect-keyboard-keystroke-macros

Perfect keyboard is much more complicated.

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Andi Meek kwikpasta@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Does anyone know of a good alternative for quickkeys on windows 7 and up. They have not updated it in years for windows and so it's not an option. I've asked this question a few times in various places and no one seems to have a good option. It makes grouping on a windows machine a horrific nightmare not being able to automate the steps.

Andi

To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 09:43:59 -0700
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Quick Keys Tricks??

Here's a few things that come to mind if you're just getting started with Quickeys.

Quickeys isn't updated for Mavericks. It seems to mostly work, though -- search the Startly site for a couple of workarounds involving accessibility System Preferences, and turning off App Nap.

You can mimic keyboard entry in 2 different ways - by 'type text' or by 'insert keystroke'. If one method isn't working for you, try the other.

There is a global setting for the speed of text typing, which you may need to adjust if it seems like macro keystrokes are getting lost or the timing of them is off. You might be able to make macros more reliable by using functions like waiting for windows to be created or dismissed, rather than just inserting a fixed pause. I find some of my macros that rely on pauses are much less reliable if I am doing something compute intensive like background transcoding, for instance.

Quickeys will probably seem much handier to someone who is used to editing with keyboard shortcuts. Of course if you switch between multiple keyboard settings, you'll have to make sure the keyboard shortcuts you're using in a macro aren't changed in the keyboard setting that is active.

Cheers,
--Michael

On 2014-09-08, 4:31 PM, Benjamin Hershleder Ben@... [Avid-L2] wrote:

I thought this would be better as its own discussion thread . . .

In another thread, Roger Shufflebottom related a trick with QuickKeys to match back to a clip and have the In and Out of the segment in the timeline replicated in the clip:

Mark Clip, Go to In, Match Frame, Go to out, Mark Out.
Go to out will automatically stop at the frame in the source clip that matches the last frame used of the segment on the timeline. These are 5 of the six steps used to create subclips while multigrouping. Most AEs have these hooked up to their Quickeys. Obviously this would be better with a built in function or built in macro player, but the functionality is there.

Anyone else care to share any QuickKeys tricks (whether for editors or AEs)?

Cheers,

Benjamin