Adobe Premiere Pro Cc Shortcuts Mac



09.11.17

By Dylan Osborn

  1. I love learning keyboard shortcuts — it familiarizes me with a program’s functionality and improves my speed. So I’ve rounded up 16 keyboard shortcuts you should start using today. Some you may know, and some you may not, but all of them will increase your command of Adobe Premiere Pro.
  2. A run through of the most useful shortcuts in Adobe Premiere Pro CC by Leighton Milne. Learn which keys you can use to save time during post production.
  3. Adobe Premiere Pro Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows and macOS The shortcuts listed are the default shortcuts forAdobe Premiere Pro CC 2020. The cheat sheet does not reflect shortcuts that have been customized by an individual user.
  4. Additional keyboard shortcuts by accessing the Keyboard Shortcut dialogue box. On a MAC: It is located under the Adobe Premiere Pro Menu Keyboard Shortcuts. On a PC: It is located under the Edit Keyboard Shortcuts. In addition, presets for Final Cut Pro 7 or Avid Media Composer shortcuts help make you quickly feel right at home.

Most applications have keyboard shortcuts to save you mouse clicks. But video editors know that using shortcuts for repeated actions like playing footage, setting in and out points, inserting, and trimming, are vital to getting that cut done on deadline. Adobe Premiere Pro also has hundreds of commands that aren’t mapped by default, so spending a few minutes in the Keyboard Shortcuts window to map your custom layout can turn more of your editing time into creative time. Here are 10 default shortcuts that you should know, and 10 shortcuts that are worth mapping, from our editor’s resource book The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro.

The fast way is to use the rearrange edit keyboard shortcut (cmd + option if you are on a Mac or ctrl + alt if you are on Windows. How To Rearrange or Swap Clips on Timeline: Select a clip on the timeline in Adobe Premiere Pro CC; Press Cmd+Option and drag to the right or left (notice cursor icon changes to curved arrow).


10 Useful Default Keyboard Shortcuts

These work with the default layout. Go to the File menu (or Premiere Pro CC menu on Mac) and choose Keyboard Shortcuts > Keyboard Layout Preset > Adobe Premiere Pro Default if it isn’t already selected.

1. To expand and minimize your timeline tracks, use Shift+=/ -. Ctrl+=/ - (Cmd+=/ -) handles only video track height, and Alt+=/ - (Opt+=/ -) only audio track height.

2. The backslash key () will zoom your sequence to show everything in the timeline. Much faster than messing with the scroll bar.


3. Setting In and Out points with I and O is common. You can clear In and Out points with Ctrl+Shift+I (Opt+I), Ctrl+Shift+O (Opt+O), and Ctrl+Shift+X (Opt+X) for both.

4. X will mark the clip under the Playhead, but the / (forward slash) key will set In and Outs around all the clips you currently have selected.

5. D is the keyboard shortcut for Select Clip at Playhead. Immensely useful!

6. To Deselect All clips, effects or whatever is selected, hit Shift+Ctrl+A (Shift+Cmd+A on Mac).

7. Hitting Ctrl+K (Cmd+K) cuts the clip in two. It’s like using the Razor Tool, only faster. This works on active tracks. Add the Shift modifier key, and you cut all clips under the Playhead in two.

8. Ripple Trim Previous Edit to Playhead (Q) and Ripple Trim Next Edit to Playhead (W) are indispensable for doing rough cuts. Just move the Playhead to where you want to ripple trim, hit Q or W, and the region between the Playhead and the previous or next edit will be ripple deleted away. This kind of trimming is called Top & Tail Editing, and is by far the fastest way to remove the unwanted parts of a clip. Fun fact: Adobe engineers added these commands at the request of The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro author Jarle Leirpoll.


9. F is for Match Frame. Park over any clip in the sequence and hit F to open the master clip in the Source Monitor at the exact same frame.

10. The opposite is the Reverse Match Frame command. When parked on a frame in the Source Monitor, Shift+R takes you to the first clip that frame appears in. Keep hitting Shift+R, and you will cycle through all the instances of that frame in the sequence.

10 Keyboard Shortcuts Worth Mapping

Search for these in the Keyboard Shortcuts window, then drag the command to the shortcut key you want to map it to. When finished, you can save your custom keyboard layout preset for future use.

1. Your first step after creating or opening a new sequence should be to check your Sequence Settings. Why not map a shortcut for it?

2. Just as Zoom to Sequence zooms you all the way out, Zoom to Frame will zoom you all the way in to the frame level. Mapping this to Ctrl+ (Cmd+ on Mac) is easy to remember if you already use for Zoom to Sequence.

3. If you cut a clip in two but don’t remove any frames, that’s called a through edit. Join All Through Edits will rejoin any through edits in your selection.

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4. Adding keyframes for audio volume or video position can mean a lot of clicking with the mouse – unless you map the Add or Remove Audio/ Video Keyframe commands.

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5. Show Audio Time Units lets you zoom in – and adjust edits – at the subframe level in your Premiere Pro sequence. Map this command, use it, and watch the time indicators at the top of the Timeline panel change. This is a lifesaver for music edits.

6. The Move all Video/ Audio Sources Up/ Down commands work on your source patching, at the far left of your timeline. With these you can easily control where your video and audio clips go, when you cut them into your sequence.

7. If your V1, A1, A2, etc. source patches get out of control, reset them with the Default Source Assignment command.

8. Paste Attributes (for Motion, Opacity, Effects, etc.) is mapped by default, but Remove Attributes is not.

9. Select Nearest Edit Point as Trim In/ Out,Select Nearest Edit Point as Roll, and Select Nearest Edit Point as Ripple In/ Out are indispensible for trimming faster. Instead of hovering over a cut with the mouse, you can instantly select the type of trim you need to do (regular, roll, or ripple). These work on all active tracks.


10. You can replace a clip in the Timeline with a new one from the Source Monitor or a bin, retaining any effects, animation and other adjustments you’ve made to the original clip in the Timeline. Replace with Clip From Source Monitor, From Source Monitor Match Frame, and From Bin are the replace edit commands you can map.

For hundreds more Adobe Premiere Pro tips from experts Jarle Leirpoll, Dylan Osborn, Paul Murphy, and Andy Edwards, consult The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro.

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About the Author

Emmy-winning editor and Certified Premiere Pro Instructor, Dylan Osbornshows broadcasters and professional editors how to maximize their Adobe software in post-production. He has built workflows and conducted on-site training at CNN, CBS, A+E Networks, Spectrum SportsNet, and the EPiX channel and has been producing and editing broadcast television, short films, and documentaries in Los Angeles and New York City for over ten years.

CategoryShortcutFunction
EditSSnap feature – turn on or off
EditAlt / OptionUnlink Audio / Video [Holding down Alt Key while clicking on a linked clip will unlink the audio and video portion of it]
EditAlt + [Set begin workarea marker
EditAlt +]Set End workarea marker
EditVSelection Tool
EditCRazor or Cut tool
EditALT + Right / Left ArrowMove SELECTED clip, one frame at a time
EditSHIFT + DeleteRipple Delete
PlaybackSpacebarToggle Play Forward / Stop
PlaybackJPlay reverse
PlaybackLPlay forward
PlaybackKStop Play
PlaybackK+LPlay forward in slow motion. [Hold down K first and then Hold down L
PlaybackK+JPlay reverse in slow motion [Hold down K first and then hold down J]
PlaybackK+(L)Play forward one frame at a time [Hold down K, then press L for each frame to move forward]
PlaybackK+(J)plary reverse one frame at a time [Hold down K, then press J for each frame to move back]
Timeline (backslash)Resizes timeline to display entire project
TimelineHOMEMove to the beginning of the timeline
TimelineENDMove to the End of the timeline
TimelinePage UpMove to the beginning of current clip or earlier edit point
TimelinePage DownMove to the end of the current clip or next edit point
TimelineISet Inpoint
TimelineOSet Outpoint
TimelineQGo To Inpoint
TimelineWGo To Outpoint
Timeline* [Keypad]Adds Marker [Has to be asterisk key on numeric keypad and not shift + 8]
TimelineZZoom Tool (+ / – on keyboard to zoom in/out, not keypad)

Adobe Premiere Pro Shortcut Keys Pdf

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Modifier KeyKeyDescription of shortcut
EEject
EscapeCancel capture
FFast forward
GRecord
RRewind
SStop
TabNavigate through editable fields
DClear in point
FClear out point
GClear in and out points
Ctrl GGroup
Ctrl ShiftGUngroup
Ctrl RSpeed/duration
Ctrl Shift/Duplicate
Ctrl ASelect all
Ctrl ShiftADeselect all
Ctrl CCopy
ShiftDeleteRipple delete
DeleteClear
Ctrl EEdit original
Ctrl FFind
Ctrl VPaste
Ctrl ShiftVPaste insert
Alt Ctrl VPaste attributes
Ctrl XCut
Ctrl ZUndo
Ctrl ShiftZRedo
Ctrl /New bin
Ctrl ShiftHSelection
Ctrl IImport
Alt Ctrl IImport from browser
Ctrl MExport Media
Ctrl NNew sequence
Alt Ctrl NNew project
Ctrl OOpen project
Alt Ctrl OBrowse in bridge
Ctrl QExit
Ctrl SSave
Ctrl ShiftSSave as
Alt Ctrl SSave a copy
Ctrl WClose
Ctrl ShiftWClose project
Ctrl ShiftHGet properties for selection
MMatch frame
QGo to in point
WGo to out point
F1Adobe premiere pro help
Ctrl 0Clear current sequence marker
Ctrl Shift0Clear current clip marker
Alt 0Clear all sequence markers




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