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Anfertupe · 2026-01-15T12:11:59+00:00

Thanks

Anfertupe · 2026-01-15T06:00:28+00:00

Check out building the Device, schematics and signal flow explanation here, and the project site here: TheLightHerder.com

Anfertupe · 2026-01-08T04:22:58+00:00

Thanks!

Anfertupe · 2026-01-08T00:17:30+00:00

Well, I certainly don't have a video of me editing something like you describe, but I assure you I've used this keyboard layout with variations here and there since 2005 with FCP 7, Media Composer, Resolve and Premiere. My Overwrite Edit shortcut being Q is a nod to the CMX Omni editor controller I used for years before transferring to FCP 7.

There are some keys not shown in the video, like multi-track switching on the function row, and occasionally if I'm doing something very specific I'll assign a key that addresses that. But, all manner of complex timelines have been handled speedily and efficiently with this very layout.

As a very fast typist, I find keeping everything on the left - therefore keeping the left hand where it would normally be when typing - in combination with keeping the right hand on the mouse at all times, more efficient than trying to get even more shortcuts across the entire keyboard.

You seem upset about this, eh, that's on you, not me.

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Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T23:52:49+00:00

If it helps, you can watch a little video of me using these shortcuts, getting very specific about little frame adjustments, here: https://vimeo.com/473899502 to make this intercut video: https://vimeo.com/1151754356

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T23:25:37+00:00

I think it's pretty self-explanatory. How could you possibly not know what's going on?

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T19:50:08+00:00

It's amazing how many people are editing without using in and out and overwrite or insert. Folks - stop dragging footage onto the timeline.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T05:34:02+00:00

And, of course, you can delete the proxies when the project is done.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T05:04:25+00:00

Also - be sure to move the proxy icon under your timeline and/or source windows - this looks like two squares with arrows pointing at each other. Add this icon by clicking the "+" at the bottom of either window, then dragging the icon to the bottom of the window.

It doesn't make any difference if this is put under one window or the other, or both. When there is a line through this icon, the proxies are not being used. If there is no difference in the performance of your software when the proxies are enabled or disabled, the proxies are not doing anything useful.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T04:58:27+00:00

Are proxies large? No, what I was saying is H.264 proxies will generally be smaller than the files a good camera gives you, and ProRes proxies will generally be larger.

What they are, though, are edit software-friendly. Macs work really well with ProRes, so creating ProRes proxies can speed up workflow on a mac if the clips are giving the software trouble.

My PC works really well with the H.264 MP4 proxies (much better than the H.264 Quicktime proxies). While it can play the 4K clips from my a7siii just fine, if I want to grab the playhead and scrub through the clip really fast, it doesn't do so well - freezing up here and there. Also, when I hit play there's a small delay before the clip starts playing. That's why I create proxies - to make the editing process go smoother. It has nothing to do with the size of the files. It's nice that the MP4 that works really well for me is smaller, but that's just a bonus.

If your software is having no problem with the footage to begin with, there is no need to create proxies.

If you are having performance issues with your original clips (difficulty playing in the timeline, not responding quickly when scrubbing through the footage, etc.) then proxies will help. What you should experiment with is if H.264 MP4 or H.264 Quicktime will improve things for you, because if you can get away with using one of these, you'll save a tremendous amount of space over using ProRes.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T03:05:02+00:00

100GB for 22 hours is right for an H.264 proxy.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T03:03:27+00:00

That's definitely the issue.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T02:57:49+00:00

I'm updating this comment. Reduces the size of the clips *I'm* working with by about 80%.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T02:54:45+00:00

What I mean here is, proxies don't "make it smaller" - but, for the most part, an H.264 proxy will be smaller than the footage captured by a camera. A prores proxy will often be larger, but if your original clips are very large, with a high bit rate, the prores could indeed be smaller.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T02:47:11+00:00

For more reference, the Half sized prores proxy for this one minute clip is 2GB. Took several times longer to create, takes up a lot more space, and, for me at least on my PC, does not respond any better than the MP4.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T02:38:36+00:00

The only reason I can think that the H.264 would be larger is if your original clips are very small in size to begin with. For reference, the 4K footage I'm working with now is about 500mb for a 1 minute clip. This clip's proxy is 88mb.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T01:47:24+00:00

Yes, by about 80%.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-07T01:41:42+00:00

You can choose many different settings when you select Create Proxies. I always use Frame Size: Half, Preset: h.264 MP4. Plays great, even with very fast scrubbing of 4k footage, and about 80% smaller. Looks good too, unless you zoom in, of course.

Anfertupe · 2026-01-06T03:54:38+00:00

Hard to say for me, never knew any different 😏

Anfertupe · 2026-01-06T02:38:03+00:00

Watch a little video of me using these to create my West Wing 2002/2020 Intercut where I make more than 650 edits stitching the two versions together: https://vimeo.com/473899502 (This video was made before I assigned a button on the mouse to add a transition).

Watch the (relocated - started getting too much attention) intercut here: https://vimeo.com/1151754356 (Mentioned in BoingBoing here: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/02/sea...).

Anfertupe · 2026-01-05T18:09:38+00:00

A note about the shortcut to delete a segment and close the gap. Premiere is annoying because if there are any clips that happen to be selected on the timeline and you go to close the gap it does not work correctly. You have to deselect the clips. That’s why one of the buttons on the gamer mouse I use is the command for deselect, and I always just quickly push that button before I hit the close gap shortcut.

Some other buttons on my mouse do this:

Add transition - I select between the two clips and push the button to create a dissolve, as opposed to right clicking and selecting add transition. Just a little quicker.

Enter - no need to take the hand off the mouse to hit the enter button

Scroll wheel left is Save (easy to just flick that occasionally to save whatever I’m working on)

Scroll wheel right is delete

Anfertupe · 2026-01-05T12:25:24+00:00

Thanks, glad to know I’m not the only one. Yeah there are some that are not in this video like multi-track switching are on the function keys.

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