Premiere's EXCALIBUR extension - is it good? Mostly.

[@KnightsoftheEditingTable]

At last we met Sir Taran van Hemert! Thank you for a great review, when I released Excalibur I was interested in what would you think of it. There is a manuscript (available on website) by the way, which explains all commands. I watched the video and made notes, here are my answers: 1) *Slow open of search bar* It’s actually instant on macOS, but on Windows there is a weird Premiere Pro UI flash and also active sequence gets deselected for a moment. It is not so bad, but I decided to avoid such inconvenience. Other users also asking to make search bar appear faster, so I will give you guys an option to enable instant search bar (with UI flash as a price). And when I will be done with most of feature requests I will rewrite Excalibur search bar, so it won’t depend on Premiere API. 2) *Alt+Space to open* I know, this Windows menu button… I wanted to reflect opt+space on macOS and make it uniform. I like your AHK script, which wraps ALT key, I think maybe I can create something similar for Excalibur (it will affect only Excalibur and nothing else of course) 3) *Undo button, when shortcut is changed* Yeap, feature request added! 4) *Transition called with shortcut shows text box* This is comes from Avid, I think. A lot of users like ability to type duration, so you can decide what length should it be on a fly. As you figured out, you can create defined duration in User Command. 5) *Apply duration to Playhead, duration disabled* This command applies transition from nearest cut to playhead, so there is no need to define duration for it. 6) *In settings, distinguish command that trigger submenu (textboxes)* Great suggestion, feature request added! 7) *Takes time when applying command to multiple clips long* This is a bottleneck of API. I can not apply effect simultaneously, it always happens in sequential order, so more clips you have, longer it takes. 8) *Hi future Taran! Lumetri presets are slow to apply.* Lumetri preset takes time, because of how API works. It needs to apply effect and then change each property, one by one, to match it with preset values. Lumetri has a lot of properties and also it has limitation when it comes to graphic properties (curves, wheels) 9) *No preset name near effect.* Sadly, API limitation. 10) *Solo lock tracks - how it works?* Select clip and Excalibur will lock all other tracks (you can define if it gets applied to audio/video or both). 11) *User needs to disable shortcut in Keyboard Shortcuts window, if he wants to use it with Excalibur.* Well again, API doesn’t allow me to mess with Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts. Though there is a hack, to make it work, maybe I will add it at some point. 12) *Streamdeck support* I want to do this when I will have time. 13) *Wrapping keys* I was told by one of users about this feature. It is amazing, I never thought of something like that. I think it would be cool for Excalibur to have it, but I agree with you, I will get there after everything else is solved.

[@moradtamer]

damn a lot of is actually limited by the API, never imagined such thing (Sorry I am a DaVinci Resolve user here because I'm a hobbyist and couldn't justify the adobe subscription neither the time to setup up an AHK script like Taran's for the couple hours a week I do actually edit)

[@orangejuice]

Sir Knight x Taran

[@maxtnuc]

This is one of the greatest product owner replies I've ever seen

[@GerBoland]

😍😍😍😍

[@tbv7447]

Ваня, почему ты делаешь работу за адоб? Это все конечно круто, что ты делаешь для комьюнити. Но меня реально сводит с ума вся эта херень с адобом. Почему люди должны делать работу за них...

[@TheAyrrow]

I don't even edit videos and I enjoyed this.

[@8lec_R]

That's good editing for ya ☺️

[@Rosa_AI]

his video's are really good and intresting

[@modernkennnern]

Never edited a video in my life [This is not entirely true - I've edited a few videos for middle school etc. but those don't count], but I still watch all of his videos

[@wobblysauce]

Same.

[@Zengane]

I enjoyed his stuff before I started video editing and now that I'm a freelance video editor, I'm enjoying it even more

[@snapdragin]

Oh man another Taran video where I have no idea what he's talking about because I've never edited a video in my life. I've been waiting for this.

[@MinecrafterPiano]

Me too! For no good reason in particular, I find these videos very relaxing. I *guess* they're probably educational for people who actually know what he's saying as well.

[@JWbrasser]

@@MinecrafterPiano watching someone who's really good at something is always fun (assuming it isnt genocide i guess:P )

[@graciouscompetentdwarfrabbit]

@@JWbrasser I once watched a decapitation just for curiosity. It one took the guy one swing of the sword, it was, I would think, quite painless for the beheaded. I wouldn't say it was fun but it was certainly awesome. I know I'm comparing apples and oranges (beheading) to a whole forest of jackfruits and durians, I intended to make a point with this comment but I lost my initial line of thought.

[@kylej0474]

lol same

[@RtepPWR]

Watch the 4 hour premiere tutorial and you can edit anything

[@Bulletinki]

Taran: I've run out of keys. His 3 keyboards and 2 streamdecks:

[@miraculum9485]

mw with one laptop keyboard

[@kwzq3551]

@@miraculum9485 me with a phone

[@roboterson]

I keep going back and forth on building something like this. I am a programmer who works at an animation studio where my full time job is speeding up work via scripting(for after effects, photoshop, animate and toonboom harmony). Glad to see someone is doing the work!

[@TaranVH]

I'd like to talk to you about what you do, it sounds very interesting. Email me!

[@the1whoplayz]

@@TaranVH "Email me" woah there grandpa lets get you back in bed.

[@sanjacobs6261]

I never knew that was a job that was possible to have, but it makes total sense and sounds super interesting

[@Megalomaniakaal]

@@the1whoplayz You'd be surprised how many technical artists are "grandpas"

[@Tcgtrainer]

Didnt know that job exist, i been messing with Premiere Pro API for a while.

[@SuperRoverboy]

PSA: NEVER send an email from Taron's computer.......with all these keyboard shortcuts, you will launch nukes instead....

[@emrazum]

Even though I don't edit video, I appreciate your dedication to workflow optimization

[@ollpu]

Constant gain is a + b = 1; constant power is a^2 + b^2 = 1 (a and b are the gains applied to both clips at some point in time). You essentially always want constant power. It will keep uncorrelated signals such as background noise at a consistent level throughout the transition. You could use constant gain for stylistic reasons, or transitioning between two clips that were originally from the same source which you split up at some point *and kept aligned* (correlated signals).

[@SniderJ]

This is where Christopher Nolan gets his movie ideas "Hello Future Future Taran here, update on what 3rd past Taran said"

[@TaranVH]

first

[@ben.childers]

Hi Taran

[@TaranVH]

@Andrew Crews no, but only because I already have all the keyboards I need. This K120 is gonna last like 30 years.

[@raghavendrasai8200]

luv ur work man fan from india

[@steambakedpotato2243]

Taran really do be first

[@supperKingofworld]

Ever thought about asking a keyboard company to make you your own keyboard that you can design?

[@NAdoTEg]

Working more and more with premiere and I've gained a lot more appreciation for these shortcuts. There's so much to editing that is art and craft, but unfortunately there's so much to it that is settings, buttons and clicking that its hard to get any real craft done in a meaningful and timely manner. Thanks so much for making videos like these and spending so much time educating and pushing these technologies to their limits. It really helps the community to have someone asking these questions and sharing this information!

[@EdyDev]

Constant gain fades linearly (straight) while constant power fades smoother (curved)

[@supperKingofworld]

I feel like the most criminal thing you can do to Taran is spill some water on his keyboards and cover them in chili. That would do more damage than taking anything you own.

[@SniderJ]

He literally has label on keyboard that says "NO OPEN LIQUIDS"!!!

[@razboy2032]

*deletes all of his keyboard shortcuts and auto hot keys*

[@Megalomaniakaal]

@@razboy2032 **RESTORES FROM BACKUPS**

[@BlackPanthaa]

You're a beautiful man, thank you

[@abdulmuhaimin5274]

Hello, racing gamer content

[@phucnguyen0110]

The hell are you doing here Theodore xD

[@railerswim]

I just have to say it. Terran needs to get LTT to come up with a video editing keyboard with like 250 keys or something. The hardest part is designing the PCB and writing a driver for it. LTT has the tools and talent to develop the rest of it

[@xureality]

there's mrkeebs keyboard builder (builder.mrkeebs.com/) which takes keyboard layout editor's (www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/) codes and generates a kicad pcb. It also generates a basic QMK firmware so editing that to get to where Taran currently is (with attaching keys to autohotkey) should be relatively easy. if you're wanting to make a custom driver and integrate it with premiere api, that might be a little harder.

[@mini-_]

I'd totally build one for LTT, if they can work out a deal with a PCB manufacturer, because I suspect it would be quite expensive to make. Making the PCB is pretty easy (I have some experience with it) and making it to QMK works on it (so you can apply all kinds of keys, including F13 - F24) is super easy.

[@paranoia_24]

hmm... LTT labs anyone?

[@Kvin1871]

Look at those glorious Google Chrome tabs (0:14)

[@clangsison]

Hi Taran, thanks for these types of videos that you make. I’m also on a quest to make my life easier as a Premiere Pro editor and tried (a litte) to setup some macro keys. I initially started out remapping some of my underused MIDI controllers, but eventually ended up just using and extra numpad which i remapped to just the bare minimum shortcuts just to make my basic / initial editing faster. I set up buttons for in/out, trim head/trim tail, insert/overwrite and basic scrubbing shortcuts and them being on a USB numpad and using exisiting keyboard shortcuts that I have just remapped - it allowed me to bring it along with me if I edit in other studios. BUT, seeing your videos in the past and now seeing this new one - I REALLY want to try out Auto Hotkey and really take advantage of the quality of life improvements that it offers. I’m just getting ready to transition back into a Windows machine for that to start happening.

[@Chris-Polanco]

I was always interested in Tarans scripts and I did try to make a couple of my own at the time I wasn’t too tech savvy and I failed multiple time. I switched a while ago from premiere and have been editing in resolve and just picked up a speed editor and it’s seriously crazy how much hardware can speed up your workflow. The speed editor is super limited but still I don’t think I would have gotten into hardware editors if it wasn’t for Taran

[@erikpaul8647]

How does the Speed Edtior help you with plain editing? I thought it was more suited for color correction shortcuts. Or multicam editing. It has no knobs so isn't it just a "keyboard" again?

[@TheBertjeT]

Ivan, if you're reading comments: Update the copyright year on your website to 2021. ;)

[@KnightsoftheEditingTable]

Thank you Sir Bert, it is done!

[@grdewey]

In the vim/model editing world, what you ask for last is called key chords. This is the idea that entering multiple keys in quick succession could trigger a shortcut. For example, if I enter Ctrl-W followed by q in vim, it closes the current window. Along with wrapping keys in other keys, this allows each key to be used as a new layer and is a lot more ergonomic IMO.

[@PatTheHyruler]

I admire you and your workflow so much. This might be the kind of thing most people don't care about, but all that crap you have set up is amazing. Thank you for sharing your resources with us!

[@DylanJGehl]

Man said that 3 seconds of lag was long for editing I edit in 1 FPS

[@DylanJGehl]

But I am finally about to order some parts for a decent pc!!!

[@ericorr6835]

Damn, I'm in the single FPMs

[@DylanJGehl]

@@ericorr6835 I even use a bare bones video editor lol

[@DylanJGehl]

I have a 1.1 ghz cpu and 3.5 gigabytes of ram

[@ElijahCiali]

After Effects users caching their RAM preview: 🙄

[@stephan4932]

I started using ahk on Premiere before I found your channel. You even have the same keyboard I used to love. This video reminds me, on what I could have been if I stuck with premiere. Well, I am up to other things. But I am so happy and amazed how far your setup has come. Congrats and my deepest appreciation for your skills, craft, sharing and knowledge 😃

[@orondf343]

One existing way to get extra shortcuts out of a single keyboard that is used by some software (such as Visual Studio) is chords. That is for example "Ctrl K,D", which means hold Ctrl, type KD, then release Ctrl.

[@x105w5]

Taren is like the LockpickingLawyer of macros.

[@TomParkes1993]

While i don't edit, seeing Taran make a video about software that pleases him, pleases me.

[@BlitzBrickz]

Personally I use Excalibur daily and have set up over 200 macros. Examples: - Ending songs with reverb and adding a constant fade. - Duplicating a clip and creating a blurred background behind it. - Generating a volume ramp based on the in and out points of a clip. - Instantly accessing the search bar to locate projects or specific items. What I love about Excalibur is how easily I can set up macros on the fly in Premiere Pro, saving time on repetitive tasks without needing standalone scripts.

[@setha6096]

This is really cool. If they added the the function key wrapping I would definitely get it. There would be so much potential!

[@haarigerberggorilla]

OMG I love the Idea of 10000 F-Keys! It would make Macros so much easier.

[@DucedoTV]

Love the idea of wrapping a full keyboard around a function key.

[@afunnylookingsquash]

you could grab the screen resolution of the monitor being used in ahk and use that instead of hard-coded numbers so it works for multiple people (at least for 100% scale)

[@Christer2222]

For the first time ever, I heard someone else talk about F-keys going over 12, this makes me a bit happy

[@DingleFlop]

He has an extensive tutorial about setup, use and reasoning for them. I personally use them on my logitech G600 mouse.

[@christianskyes]

For those interested, the Ctrl + Space or Option + Space on Mac works instantaneously, at least on my 2019 16" MacBook Pro. Just bought this because of the video, and I'm just starting to figure it out, but that window pops up immediately on MacOS.

[@supra107]

The Alt+Space seems to be derived from clones of Alfred such as Launchy. Personally I use Keypirinha with the Alt+Space shortcut since it helps with opening things or doing certain tasks so much. Very expandable, versatile, and best of all, free.

[@ii_r_ftw]

Theoretically any key can be used as a modifier key assuming the API was written without many limits (but it would take some work to keep track of what keys are pressed and unpressed) and there are a lot of very useless keys technically able to be used. also the left and right standard modifier keys are sent separately so they can be thought of as separate layers (assuming the api exposes that)

[@sdasda7777]

The idea of having 10000 function keys NEEDS more publicity. Although some "round" number like 65536 function keys would probably be easier to swallow for those dorks at MS.

[@Megalomaniakaal]

Yes, I need Long type length (int64, -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 through 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 ) of functions keys. Please, someone.

[@sdasda7777]

@@Megalomaniakaal You plan on controlling 10,000 spaceships at the same time, or something?

[@Megalomaniakaal]

@@sdasda7777 Uuh yes, spaceships. Sure... **Awkwardly stares at the human population number**

[@sdasda7777]

@@Megalomaniakaal Lmfao

[@-CQ]

1:38 Why audio dB is high? Is that a bug or feature of Adobe 2020? I'm facing the same issue for 2 years & I don't like that.

[@icedjelly]

too technical for my brain to handle 10/10 HIGHLY RECCOMENDED

[@daedalusspacegames]

This looks like it's trying to imitate the search function in Blender (and others, I assume, wouldn't know). Blender's search is nice because it's absolutely instant to bring up. Hopefully the developer of EXCALIBUR can get the search box to be as quick.

[@ze_kel]

It's made to imitate a super popular after effects plugin - FX Console. Which by the way opens instantly, the reason is it's a C++ compiled extension, while excalibur uses CEP(basically Adobe's electron for extensions - uses html&js, easier to develop, but slow af). Making Exc. faster would require a significant rewrite.

[@Sxxov]

that slowness of the panel opening is probably because it's CEP based, meaning it's just a website and has website loading times. it's also weird that it seems to be reloading from scratch everytime though, do you have extension debug mode enabled? normally it should load and cache everything. (you mentioned you tried to poke around in the api and you might've needed to enable that) also, weird it doesn't have grouped undos, which you can specifically start and end inside the scripts that it has to invoke. (this is the case in after effects scripting anyways)

[@tsfreddie]

oof, if the default is set to ctrl+space, it is gonna trigger all kinds of international users (mostly asian). Ctrl+space is REALLY common for toggling IMEs.

[@TaranVH]

I disabled that long ago

[@tsfreddie]

@@TaranVH I guess the point is they couldn't make ctrl+space the default because some user might find it frustrating. Alt+space is bad, sure. but ctrl+space as default isn't better for a lot of people :p

[@BromTeque]

I've always wondered if Windows have more function keys than are on keyboards. Something like 10 000 to 2^16 "virtual" function keys would be awesome.

[@Liggliluff]

(17:00) How does that visual work with 102 key keyboards, and keyboards moving individual keys, like the German Z-Y swap? Or that the two keys after P don't have the same codes on the German as the American?

[@aadisahni]

I'd just assume it asks windows for the keyboard layout and then shows things from there

[@Tcgtrainer]

Cool video, glad to see this first, and yeah autohotkey is also the way for me.

[@thomasrevak7085]

this is kinda like the command line in autocad, which is honestly so seamless and powerful I don’t know why more programs don’t use a similar setup

[@erbrown]

Reminds me of videocopilot's FXConsole for After Effects. I'll probably have to check this one out since I can't live without FXConsole these days, and I use a ton of premiere presets.

[@why_though]

2.27s Taran: Don't waste my time mortal

[@inund8]

Most drafting programs let you type the first few letters of the command you need after pressing a button (s in fusion 360, w in solidworks, any letter key in autocad) and then you can execute it from there. Is this not a thing in video editing software? Oh its kinda like the search thing MS Office software, except more convenient.

[@Saturn2888]

I actually think this is great for hobbyists. Why? Because a single menu lets you type something in and come up with some command where you'd normally have to look online or dig through Premiere's menus. I use a text editor called Sublime Text. It has multiple type-search menus which I use extensively, one for selecting files, one for text editor functions, and another for language-specific functions like going to a function of name X.

[@chrisvinkable]

There have been many updates, and the new versions are quick and perfect! You should try it!

[@J.R.WilliamsFilmMaker]

Kinda good is still progress towards perfection and I'll gladly take it

[@AdamDeBeers]

Yo yo, Taran! I did watch all your tutorials, they are great, I do use Adobe Premiere Pro and I do like to learn tricks from you. I am colorblind, so I can skip color grading 😄😎

[@rohitjain19060]

Hi Taran, long time no see, we were waiting for your videos 🤩

[@DennyFatKid]

Everyone: How many keyboards does one need? Taran: Yes

[@Kyrieru]

If Adobe made cars, the breaks would be in the backseat.

[@domantelio]

Alt+Shift is used to change keyboard language in Windows maybe that's the reason it's so weird

[@stephan4932]

Everyone using Premiere disabled that shortcut in windows - it's a stupid shortcut 😁

[@domantelio]

@@stephan4932 Well, if you're bilingual, it's a nice feature

[@derrekord]

So I'm thinking voice commands. *push button* rotate 90 degrees. *push* long transition *push* fill screen... Then our hands can be on the way to the next mission while our voice wraps up the previous

[@dkukov]

I like how he has the same mouse as me, and just as me he didnt bother to install the software so the mouse is pulsing rgb :D

[@mully006]

I'm am not sure if this exists but a Space Mouse integration would be really cool. In SolidWorks you can use the Space Mouse to open a radial menu around the cursor. I think that you could replace all of your keyboard if something like that exists.

[@raishisou]

I have no idea whats going on here but thats what im here for

[@stephan4932]

I NEED 1000 FUNCTIONS-KEYS thank you for spelling it out 😃

[@gianlucagalli6491]

Infinite function keys are technically already available on MacOS github.com/JFtechOfficial/FCPX-macro-keyboard (this is for FCP, but I think it could be converted also for Pr)

[@TheDakes]

Taran, you really should get into QMK keyboards. They would probably save you so much trouble. Those weird 60$ USB dongles, you could probably build 1.5 handwired QMK keyboards for that money, not to mention that a custom keyboard/keypad can effectively have any shape and number of keys you want. You could use Rotary Encoders in any way you can imagine, or basically add any other gadget you want, like trackballs, OLED screens, haptic feedback, or even communication with the host system. Also Ortholinear or column stagger is just more ergonomic, than those default peasant row stagger boards...

[@TaranVH]

Yeah but can I program a trackball to interface with premiere?? I think not!! Besides, I already have the Tangent Ripple for that!! And even that is still kind buggy!! So what hope do I have!!!!!!???? Sorry kinda tipsy

[@TheDakes]

​@@TaranVH I miiiight have written that comment overly tired at 3am. Anyway it's QMK, you can do whatever you want. You could use it for scrolling instead, or output any key combination (I think haven't actually used a trackball yet). But the bigger part is more having a board with the shape you want with as many buttons as you want with the mechanical switches you want, that output whatever you want. QMK even supports double and triple taps. Or one shot modifiers, where you press a modifier once and it will stay active until another key is pressed. Or Mod-Tap where you can make any key, like normal letter key, act like a modifier when held down. My point is this firmware is extremely mighty and you surely would find absolutely genious ways of utilizing it. Most of it, you could probably do in AutoHotkey, but I got the feeling the operating system is fighting more back than helping and this could already solve some of your issues or at least ease your live a bit. :)

[@LeleSocho]

Man with 400+ keys says: I'm out of keys!

[@NorroTaku]

another tarantastic video always a treat ^^

[@todayonthebench]

In regards to your pipedream about 10 000 Function keys.... Frankly, function keys are to a decent degree already used by programs both left and right, all the way up to F24. (Now it is exceptionally rare that programs touch the ones after F12 since most keyboards don't have the other 12.) But what you rather would want is a "macro" key. Now, I put "macro" in quote marks for a reason, the key wouldn't be a macro. But rather a fully user definable key that no program should use for anything unless the user tells the program to use it. Unlike function keys that have more or less been used as filler, instead of making a million specific buttons. We already have, inser (paste), home, end, page up/down, pause/break among other application specific buttons. The F keys were made to not need to have 100's more application specific buttons. But it is still expected that an application can use these buttons. And thereby colliding with user hotkeys. The "macro" key idea largely avoids the risk of that collision. Since no application should use them unless the user says so. These "macro" keys are though part of a larger pipe dream of my own. My idea is to simply reinvent the wheel. Make a new standard for how a keyboard sends data to a system. Including information that isn't just useful for the regular typist, but also make a well formulized standard covering extensive shortcut capabilities though the introduction of more scan codes. And also add support for RGB lighting, analog inputs, since both those things are mainly held back by the current fragmentation in regards to standards. Though, RGB lighting has proliferated, but the software side of things is a mess...

[@Saturn2888]

I think the one thing I learned from this video (being a non-Premier user) is that there's a potential shortcut key combination for the "degrees" character.

[@TaranVH]

Haha yes, I have it on my 3rd, azio keyboard.

[@Saturn2888]

@@TaranVH Smart. Quicker than copying it from a DuckDuckGo search.

[@TaranVH]

@@Saturn2888 you know what I have that's even better? The "blank" key from braille. Awesome in tandem with inspect element to change text on websites...

[@Saturn2888]

​@@TaranVH What's the "blank" key? Oh I see, it's a space character.   also does it, but it's literally a non-breaking space, so it has side-effects. That _is_ a really cool shortcut key. Never thought to use it. In fact, most JavaScript developers could benefit from knowing this; although, you can achieve similar effects using CSS.

[@xypod]

I have no knowledge of Premiere but i love watching Taran talk technical stuff :D

[@bobsamurai]

clicked for those trackballs. what is that 3 trackball setup you got back there? i searched your channel for "trackball" and nothing came up

[@TaranVH]

Tangent Ripple

[@the_toppi]

Would be really interested in a rediculously in depth tutorial series on Auto Hot Key. I want to get into it and become a macro guru like you but it's really hard to find beginner tutorials.

[@TaranVH]

Based on the comments here, I think that will be one of my next tutorials...

[@AlexSQuinn]

Taren should make a video on his thoughts on editing with the BRAW codec. Would love to know his thoughts.

[@TaranVH]

It's been buggy and annoying so far

[@AlexSQuinn]

@@TaranVH Amen to that

[@derkernsen]

22:44 „I don’t have any keys“ Taran, has 5 Keyboards in front of him.

[@Maxime_motion]

Hello MR Van Hemmert will wondering if you have a list of available short cut combination to customise you keyboard shortcut in premier. To not have The shortcut #### is already in use by Another Application command ####. same question fo Ae. hope my question is clear 🤓 🖖

[@nikolaisavic]

Taran have you ever thought about developing your own plugin similar to excalibur, but better and faster? Like where you can ad effects similar to AE FX Console... I think you could make so much money by that

[@TaranVH]

Nope.

[@ChristosGiannoulis]

Hey @Taran Van Hemert ! Have you considered using modifiers with F keys for additional layer of shortcuts? So Ctrl+F24 will give you another layer of shortcuts..Haven't tested it but just thinking...

[@ThomasS17]

I made an AHK script to use the caps lock key as Ctrl+Shift+Alt hotkey and thought that was more than enough shortkeys...

[@zeekjones1]

"It's too slow." "Too much delay." Sir, I think your macros on macros out macro'd the shortcuts in this.

[@lightarmanov6266]

Doesnt windows allow a program to grab the keyboard to prevent other programs using that keyboard? I know on Actkbd you csn do this and from there you can just map to specific keycodes or cause keycodes to send diffrent key sequences.

[@MakesBadNoise]

Ok so this is kind of out there but bear with me - what if instead of modifiers, you could use midi to trigger more commands? Using a function key as a modifier would certainly be an easier solution, but midi could permanently solve the issue of running out of key combinations. You could assign any additional commands to midi which could give you 16384 keys per midi channel. DAWs like Reaper already have things like this built in where a midi message can be linked to a command or multiple commands. I admit this would be a lot more practical for someone starting a rig like yours from scratch rather than building it in AHK though. Also I’m just thinking about how if you added a double tap function to each key, that could expand options for macros that you wouldn’t use twice in a row anyways.

[@lcarsos]

I think HID is the problem. Everyone based their drivers around HID, and then their language abstraction layers around HID, and then got stuck on the idea that shift HAS to provide an uppercase version of the lowercase. Like sending a colon into an OS is a literal shift+semicolon. The amount of hacking I had to do both to macos' keyboard and XKB to get a modified programmer dvorak working was actual hell. And then when you get into moving custom layouts into keyboard firmware with QMK you're still limited by how fast you can send a shift modifier, and needing to keep dead space around the trailing edge of the shift to make sure that a colon and then another letter doesn't accidentally screw up that letter. Or trying to create a new modifier key for use as a hyper or something. Or doing crazy things like trying to make a septambic keyer, HID fights you so hard. HID is the problem.

[@ansonx10]

Function keys are useful for more than professional work. Even gamers sometimes need a few more keys. The problem is a lot of games just IGNORE all function keys above F12 (regardless if it's AHK or a real button like on an Apple keyboard) We need to mainstream *at least* F13-F24 and I would totally be on board for standardizing thousands more keys that can be used for cool stuff. If keyboard manufacturers (besides Apple) still gave more than 12 Fs, software support would soon follow. It would probably be easiest to market/most successful as a "gaming" keyboard.

[@AlexusDelphi]

My goal is just to have as many alt codes on normal buttons as I can. My current design has about 210 keys

[@english_7743]

Needs more keyboard shortcuts

[@YashBudhiraja]

okay thats cool but can we get an update on the treehouse?

[@tamertamertamer4874]

When I learned that F13-F24 existed I asked myself why doesn’t windows allow like F-137 ? Like what holds it back ?

[@whigmalwhim]

Imagine if AHK had an ability to do ./configure and make a Makefile specific for that system

[@yongukjung5390]

Having an infinite number of macro keys would be amazing Like how TCP/IP ports can be anything from 0 to 65535

[@PavelYudichev]

OMG! How can we ever get 10k Fs? This will solve so many pains (generating new ones obv). So 10000 F-keys + QMK support will make so happy!

[@andrewhamel1]

Here's what I REALLY wanna know Taran.. What are you using to get the popups of your inputs? (scrolling, mouse buttons)

[@KodiGuides]

What keyboard is the one with the extra keys on the left ?

[@KingQuetzal]

What was the reason to not use a multi layer keyboard. I'm using a Moonlander and frequently use 10 layers it works fine for me. Only takes a moment to flash the board too and all of your shortcuts stay with you at other PC's if you take your keyboard with you.

[@elcapitan008]

I disagree (partially) with your last point. I'm a Premiere Butcher, doing fairly intermediate work, and I think that the extended F keys would be an excellent addition that can be pretty high on his list. With the caveat that Excal be very clear about how they work and what is being done.

[@TonySesek]

Hey Taran, do you have access to the F13-24 keys on any of your other keyboards? If not, I or someone can build something with a USB-Enabled Arduino. (I did make a custom keypad already with that, but it's made for gaming stuff, not video editing)

[@Bulkje]

Why don't you have mouse shortcuts?

[@maciejszablowski]

Maybe in future all of this will be just done via voice control and we will be just sitting in chair with coffee just giving orders :)

[@nullifier_]

22:44 Taran summarized

[@thecyberzone5114]

When will he make an updated version of his editing workflow I admire how he edits. For some, it may be complex. But for me, it is so helpful to find ways to speed things up or at least lighten/optimize the workload.

[@TaranVH]

I've been adding notes of things I doscover to an "addendum" list this whole time. Will make a tutorial out of them sometime. Come to think of it, I could just make that document public... Would have to revise it first tho........ Hmmmmmmmm

[@e.m.ber.]

@@TaranVH Would love to see it! (The document or the video) - Would be really helpful. :D

[@TheElThomaso]

@@TaranVH Awesome, looking forward to it!

[@DingleFlop]

Taran- I know this isn't the main topic of the video, but I am interested. You have many input types that you are interested in (the ball style controls, dials and then your macro keyboards)... Is there any input method that you're interested in working into your flow that just isn't supported or poorly supported? What control do you wish you had most?

[@TaranVH]

A knob that is also capacitive, to be used for gain. I touch it, and the number 0 appears onscreen. I rotate it and that number increases or decreases appropriately, up to about 30 and - 30. When I release, the GUI vanishes, and that amount of gain is applied to the clips I have selected. This is theoretically possible to do without any API access. Just write a program that for the knob that would accept the input, then send the shortcuts CTRL G, then the number, then ENTER.

[@TaranVH]

It being capacitive might be a terrible idea. An easy press button knob might be better. In general, I hate capacitive buttons... Too easy to accidentally press

[@jasonoesch4652]

@@TaranVH I remember a colleague of mine used to have a deck with multiple knobs on it that he was able to control multiple settings in premiere in. If I remember correctly tho, they had screens built into them, so that he would see the applied setting on the knob instead of in a pop up. It was a p in the a watching him set up what controlled what, the good thing was that you could set multiple profiles to different applications. Imma ask him what that thing was, but he might have built it himself, we called him Mr Jankmaster.... PS. Love the content man, you're what got my premiere creative juices flowing and you're content really got me through everything in the past months

[@davidpowers746]

Do you tape over the Corsair logo because you got one that has the shitty back tattoo design?

[@oneworldvideo]

For me the Excalibur dialog box only takes a split second to appear. Could it be an issue on your system?