Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 47)

46 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Pro Interface
Using Button Bars
You can create shortcut buttons and place them in the button bar along the top of the
main windows in Final Cut Pro—the Browser, Viewer, Canvas, Timeline, and any Tool Bench
windows. (The Tool Bench is a specialized window containing tabs for specific tasks, such
as the Audio Mixer.) You can then click any of the shortcut buttons in the button bar to
perform commands, instead of entering keyboard shortcuts or using menus.
For more information on using and customizing button bars, see Chapter 10,
“
Customizing the Interface ,” on page 139.
Using Shortcut Menus
Shortcut menus (also called contextual menus) are available in nearly every section of
every window and offer a quick way to perform various tasks. The commands available
in a shortcut menu depend on the location of the pointer. For example, a shortcut
menu in the Browser shows options different from those available in a shortcut menu
in the Timeline.
Button bar in the
Browser with several
shortcut buttons