Keyboard Shortcuts

Below are the keyboard shortcuts available.

General #

• i and o are used to set in and out points for audio and video. You can also press i and o while hovering the mouse over a file’s thumbnail (performing a hover scrub) to set the in and out points to use when dragging it into a sequence.
• enter submits comments/logs and replies in the comment list. Press shift+enter to insert a new line in fields that support it
• esc closes an open dialogue window

Video Player #

• i and o  set in and out points for audio and video. Any comments or logs made while in and out points are set will use them as a time range
• left arrow and right arrow go frame by frame
• up arrow jumps to the in point
• down arrow jumps to the out point
• j plays backward, k pauses, and l plays forward. When playing backward, j speeds up playback and l slows it down. Conversely, when playing forward, j slows playback and l speeds it up.
• space pauses and plays
• home jumps to the beginning of the clip
• end jumps to the end of the clip

Video Editor (Sequence) #

• up arrow and down arrow jump to the previous or next edit point in a sequence
• left arrow and right arrow go frame by frame
• j plays backward, k pauses, and l plays forward. When playing backward, j speeds up playback and l slows it down. Conversely, when playing forward, j slows playback and l speeds it up.
• space pauses and plays
• home jumps to the beginning of the sequence
• end jumps to the end of the sequence
• - and =  zoom the sequence in or out
• \ zooms out to fit the entire sequence in view
• f loads the topmost (or selected) clip at the cursor position in the file details view
• v selects the Move Tool
• h selects the Hand Tool
• c selects the Cutter Tool
• a selects the Select Forward Tool. All clips ahead of where you click will become selected. It’s a great way to move the rest of a sequence when working in the middle.
• s turns snapping on and off. Holding alt when selecting clips will ignore linked clips.
• delete deletes the selected clip
• shift + delete will Ripple Delete (move the clips down that are ahead of the one being deleted)
• Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V (or Cmd+X, Cmd+C, and Cmd+V on a Mac) cut, copy, and paste selected clips in the sequence. You can copy and paste between sequences too. Clips will be pasted starting at the position of the sequence cursor.
• Ctrl+Z (or Cmd+Z on a Mac) undoes the previous action
• Ctrl+Y (or Cmd+Y on a Mac) redoes the action