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if you edit your own videos I highly
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recommend you learn this and implement
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this in your own editing Doesn't matter
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if you're doing it in Final Cut Pro or
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Adobe Premiere Pro You have to use this
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to speed up your video editing 10x and
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it's free to use I have been using Final
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Cut Pro for 7 to 8 years I thought I am
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the fastest video editor out there But
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when I implemented this in my workflow I
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improved my speed even further The tool
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that I'm using is called stream deck
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There is proper hardware available by
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Elgato which you can attach it to your
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computer You get a lot of keys which you
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can map for different purposes But there
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is a free option as well They have got
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an app which you can install on your
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mobile phone iPad or iPhone and you can
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use this app just like a stream deck I
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have installed it on my iPhone Whenever
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I am editing in Final Cut Pro it
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automatically recognizes that I have
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opened Final Cut Pro this mobile phone
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application is automatically connected
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The free version gives you six keys in
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one page but there is no limit on
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creating pages You can create as many
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pages as you want But if you want to
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unlock more buttons on single page you
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need to pay a small one-time payment You
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get lifetime access and can then add as
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many buttons as you like I have created
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three different pages for three
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different type of workflows One is
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related to sound The second page is
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dedicated to adding effects and text etc
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And the third page is making cuts and
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adding transitions and adjustment layers
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Let me quickly show you how I am using
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this stream deck application to speed up
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my workflow For example I'm editing a
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real here This is how I used to work
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before implementing this workflow I had
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this layer and I used to duplicate this
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layer because I want to separate myself
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from the background so that I can use
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text and other B- rolls between the
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background and myself It looks cool in
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reals So I create a duplicate and then I
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add this plug-in called Kyper on the top
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layer which will remove the background
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but you cannot see it right now since
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both layers are visible If I disable the
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first layer you can see that this has
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been done So there are three steps
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involved Duplicating this clip bringing
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it on top of the existing clip and then
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adding Kyper Now what I do is suppose I
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have this single clip I have mapped
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everything in one key When I press here
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and this automatically gets created All
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three actions are created and this is
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duplicated All I have to do is bring
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this on top of my original clip I saved
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a few seconds here Now I want to add
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text I have mapped everything So I want
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to add some text behind the subject
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between the background and the subject I
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want to add a plain background so that
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it is not cluttered and the text is also
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readable It used to take me two to three
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steps which I have mapped on a single
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button So if I tap on this text on BG I
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have these two actions Now I can bring
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them down below this second clip And you
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can see that the background is behind
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And this all is done in just one tap on
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this button in Stream Deck mobile app
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Now you can see that the background I
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used is bleeding So I will create a
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compound clip then I will crop it from
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below If I crop it from bottom this
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issue can be solved and I can keep it
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like this Sometimes I don't want to add
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a background I just want to blur the
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background and add text I have mapped a
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key called text on blur I'll simply tap
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it and you can see that two actions are
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performed uh background is blurred and
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there is text which is quite readable If
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I disable the blur the text is not that
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readable We need blur to make the text
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visible and readable If I have to do it
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manually I will have to perform two
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tasks But using this application I have
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mapped into a single one Now comes the
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question how to do it So I will quickly
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show you how I am doing it This is
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pretty basic If you're using Mac
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computer make sure you download the Mac
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application And for Windows download the
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Windows application Since I've got Mac
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and we are talking about Final Cut Pro
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we will be downloading this software On
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your iPhone in the App Store you can
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search for Stream Deck mobile and
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install it on your iPhone and on your
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computer It looks like this These are
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the custom icons which I have created in
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Canva It's pretty easy to create We'll
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talk about that in the later part of
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this video Now let me just get straight
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to the point In Stream Deck you can
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create profiles and as many profiles as
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you want Click on edit profile rename it
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and select the application you want to
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use it with Final Cut Pro is my default
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profile but I can also keep it Final Cut
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Pro I can search for it and if it is not
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in the list click on others and then the
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application window will open which is
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opened in my extended monitor So I can
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select final cut pro or any other
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application with which I want to use
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stream deck like descript is not my
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default profile but I have selected this
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descript application What it does is
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whenever this application is opened
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stream deck will automatically switch
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the mobile app so that you can use the
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keys you have set up for this specific
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application It is pretty cool that you
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can use Stream Deck mobile for different
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applications This is an empty page where
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you get six icons You can highlight any
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of the buttons and then drag the action
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from the right hand side Let me give you
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a simple example I will search for
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hotkey and then drag hotkey to this
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button Now we get some options at the
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bottom where we can select the title and
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assign a hotkey You can click here and
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assign any type of keyboard shortcut to
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this button You must already be using
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the blade shortcut which is B There are
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many other keyboard shortcuts My
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suggestion would be to use complex
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keyboard shortcuts which you have
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difficulty memorizing For example expand
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audio I always have difficulty
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memorizing the expand audio keyboard
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shortcut So I will map that one to this
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key When I have Final Cut Pro open I can
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go to preferences and then in the
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command section I will see all the
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keyboard shortcuts To map this key I
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will press that key over here and this
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will be the button So the next time if I
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have to perform that action I can simply
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tap this button on the mobile
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application on my iPhone Similarly you
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can add multiple actions For example if
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I drag and drop multiple actions we can
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add as many actions as we want I can add
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one keyboard shortcut and after that I
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can add a delay of 1 second and I can
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add another shortcuts So for example if
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you have to do something in a sequence
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like adding an adjustment layer then
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adding a color effect or maybe adding a
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blur effect and then adding a title This
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is what I usually do I add a blur effect
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or a background and then I add text I
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can map all those actions into one And
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that is how I have created all these
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pages All these pages have got buttons
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which have got multiple actions So two
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steps three steps can be performed by
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pressing this button on the mobile
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Pretty cool Final Cut Pro does not
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natively offer keyboard shortcuts for
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adding other things like text effects
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video effects or even audio effect There
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is an application you can install on
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your MacBook called command post It
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scans all the text effects all the video
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effects audio effects transitions
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basically everything that you have
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installed in Final Cut Pro It will scan
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all of those effects and will give you a
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easy spotlight search which you can use
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by pressing command control option space
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But this application also lets you
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assign keyboard shortcuts to individual
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video effects transitions etc You can go
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to the control surface and then click on
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keyboard In the keyboard section you can
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assign keyboard shortcut to any text
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effect over here Once that shortcut is
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assigned to a specific effect you can
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use that keyboard shortcut to add effect
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to your timeline The cool part is that
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you can use Stream Deck to map these
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keyboard shortcuts to any key so that
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you can add these complex effects to
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your timeline even though it is not
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natively available inside Final Cut Pro
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But command post will let you do that
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You can assign these custom keyboard
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shortcuts to stream deck key Now one
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thing to remember is that this
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application along with stream deck need
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to be running in the background when you
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are editing video inside Final Cut Pro
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Sometimes you might forget launching it
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Now there is an option in both stream
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deck and command post that you can
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launch these applications when you start
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your MacBook but I think it's a waste of
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resources because not every time you
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will be editing videos when you boot up
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your MacBook computer So I have created
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a custom application which will look for
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whether the Final Cut Pro is opened or
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not If it finds that Final Cut Pro is
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open then it will launch these two
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application automatically And when you
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quit Final Cut Pro that application will
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also quit both these applications So
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there will be no strain on your computer
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when you are not editing videos I know
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it looks a bit overwhelming but trust me
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set aside half an hour and set this up
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and you will thank me later for saving
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so much of your time I have created a
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dedicated video about how you can create
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that custom application which will let
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you open these two applications
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automatically or any application for
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that matter Command post is such a great
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application that it requires a dedicated
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video of itself which I will soon be
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making on the channel or perhaps it is
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already live on the channel So so
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subscribe and search for that video if
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you want to know about how you can
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utilize command post in boosting your
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video editing speed Once you have mapped
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everything you can go here and set an
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icon There are icons in the stream deck
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library These are the icons You can
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choose any one from this that describes
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what this specific button will do So
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there are a lot of options inside You
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can create icons using the Elgato
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website also It's a simple interface but
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I did not like it I used Canva and I
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have actually created a template for
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future also So if I have to add more
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buttons then I can go back to that
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template and create as many icons as I
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want I would suggest this to you as well
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The coolest thing about this application
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is that it's absolutely free to use In
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the free version you get six buttons on
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one page and you can create as many
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pages as you want But if you want to
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unlock more buttons you can upgrade to
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the pro version They also have got a
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lifetime access by paying a nominal
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amount So you get customize up to 64
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keys on the same page which I think is a
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bit of overkill but there's that You get
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more options You can customize your own
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keyboard layout So that's it in this
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video I hope you find this useful and
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I'm sure you will definitely improve
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your video editing speed if you
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implement this in your workflow because
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it is going to cost you absolutely
