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The terms Left, Right, Up and Down in these tables refer to the arrow (cursor) keys.

General shortcuts

Ctrl+1

Open Main Library tab

Ctrl+2

Open Movie tab

Ctrl+3

Open Disc tab

Ctrl+4

Close focused window

Ctrl+5

Open Title Editor (from Movie Editor)

Ctrl+6

Open Exporter

Ctrl+ I

Open Importer

Ctrl+S

Save project, title or menu

Alt+F4

Close application

Shift+F10

Access context menu

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Ctrl+A

Select all

Shift+Ctrl+A

Deselect all

Ctrl+C

Copy to clipboard

Ctrl+V

Paste from clipboard

Ctrl+X

Cut to clipboard

End

Go to end

Home

Go to beginning

Alt+Enter

Play using full screen

Esc

Exit full-screen viewing, or close panel

Delete

Delete without copying to clipboard

Double-click

Open appropriate editor (Media, Titler, Project, Montage etc.)

F1

Open context sensitive help

Library

Ctrl+N

New collection

Alt+Click

Play in thumbnail

Numbers 1-5

Rate selected clip(s)

Number 0

Remove rating from selected clip(s)

Page Up

Scroll up a page

Page Down

Scroll down a page

Right

Expand folder in tree

Left

Collapse folder in tree

Arrow keys

Navigate up, down. left, right

Delete

Delete selected clip and / or media

F7

Show / hide tagging interface

Playing and transport

Spacebar

Play and pause

Shift+Spacebar

Loop playback

Alt+Enter

Play using full screen

Esc

Exit full-screen viewing

Alt+Click

Play in thumbnail

J

Fast reverse (hit multiple times for faster playback)

K
(or Shift K)

Pause playback

L

Fast forward (hit multiple times for faster playback)

Shift+L

Slow forward (hit multiple times for slower playback)

Shift+J

Slow reverse (hit multiple times for slower playback)

Right
(or X)

Step forward 1 frame

Left
(or Z)

Step back 1 frame

Shift+Right
(or Shift+X)

Step forward 10 frames

Shift+Left
(or Shift+Z)

Step backward 10 frames

D
(or Page up)
(or Ctrl+Left)

Jump backward to cut

F
(or Page down)
(or Ctrl+Right)

Jump forward to cut

Ctrl+I

Jump to mark in

Ctrl+O

Jump to mark out

. (period)

Jump to next marker

, (comma)

Jump to previous marker

Importer

Enter

Stop Motion: Capture Frame (when capture frame is open)

Right

Expand folder in tree

Left

Collapse folder in tree

Arrow keys

Navigate up, down. left, right

Ctrl+A

Check all

Ctrl+Shift+A

Uncheck all

F4

Start Import

Movie interface

A
(or I)

Mark in

S
(or O)

Mark out

Shift+I

Clear mark in

Shift+O

Clear mark out

Shift+U

Clear mark in and out

Scroll Lock

Audio Scrub On/Off

E
(or Home)

Go to start

R
(or End)

Go to end

P

Toggle Magnetic Snapping

; (semicolon)

Split clip(s) at scrubber position

M

Add/Delete marker

. (period)

Jump to next marker

, (comma)

Jump to previous marker

Ctrl+. (period)

Open Marker list panel

Delete

Delete selected clip(s) from timeline

Double-click on clip in timeline

Open media editor for clip

B

Send preview clip to the primary track on the timeline (at scrubber position)

H

Swap Preview between timeline and source

Ctrl+5

Open Title Editor

F5

Show/Hide Audio Mixer

F7

Create Song

Numeric pad +

Zoom in the timeline

Numeric pad -

Zoom out the timeline

[ (left bracket)

Zoom out on the timeline

] (right bracket)

Zoom in on the timeline

Ctrl+[

Fit timeline to window

Ctrl+]

Show every frame (zoom in)

Alt

Provides the alternate behavior when editing on the timeline (insert/overwrite)

T

Trim Mode On/Off

Right

Trim 1 frame right (with trim open)

Left

Trim 1 frame left (with trim open)

Shift+ Right

Trim 10 frames right (with trim open)

Shift+ Left

Trim 10 frames left (with trim open)

Ctrl+Click on trim

Add second trim point to the same track

Shift+Click on trim

Open similar trim point on all tracks

Tab

Cycle focus on open trim points

Media editors

Numbers 1-8

Choose a corrections or effects category

Double-click slider

Return slider to default

Ctrl+L

Rotate Photo Left

Ctrl+R

Rotate Photo Right

Alt+Enter

Play using full screen

Esc

Exit full-screen viewing

Title Editor

Shift+Left

Expand character selection left

Shift+Right

Expand character selection right

Shift+Ctrl+Left

Same as Shift+Left (expand by word)

Shift+Ctrl+Right

Same as Shift+Right (expand by word)

Ctrl+B

Toggle bold

Ctrl+I

Toggle italic

Ctrl+U

Toggle underline

Ctrl+A

Select all

Ctrl+D

Deselect all

Spacebar

With timeline area selected: Start and stop playback

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