Mastering the Shift-Command-O Keyboard Shortcut in Final Cut Pro

Keyboard shortcut: ShiftCommandO

In the Final Cut Pro Browser, a single clip can hold more than one range selection at a time. Shift-Command-O sets the end of one of those additional ranges.

What Shift-Command-O Does

Shift-Command-O is Set Additional Range End. It sets the end point of an additional range selection at the playhead or skimmer location. It works together with Shift-Command-I, Set Additional Range Start. Pressing plain I and O replaces your current range, while the Shift-Command versions add a new range alongside the ones you already have.

How to Use It

  1. In the Browser, select a clip and mark your first range with I and O.
  2. Skim to the start of another section you want and press Shift-Command-I.
  3. Skim to where that section should end and press Shift-Command-O.
  4. You now have two separate ranges selected on the same clip. Repeat to add more.

Why It's Useful

  • Logging long clips: In a long interview or event recording, select every good moment, then rate or keyword them together. Press F to mark them as favorites, or press Command-K to add a keyword.
  • Pulling selects: Mark the pieces you want from one long clip without re-marking for each one.

Tips

  • Additional ranges are a Browser feature. In the Timeline, you work with one range at a time.
  • If you press plain O by mistake, you'll change your current range instead of adding a new one. Press Command-Z to undo and try again with Shift-Command-O.

Once you're used to it, Shift-Command-O makes it much quicker to log the best parts of long clips.

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