Start

Keyboard shortcuts

Every key the editor answers, for transport, the timeline and saving.

Every key the editor answers. None fires while you are typing in a field or on the canvas.

Transport

KeyDoes
SpacePlay or pause
HomeScrub to the start
EndScrub to the end
⌘ scrollZoom the time scale over the timeline

Timeline

KeyDoes
ZAdd a zoom at the playhead
DAdd a card tilt at the playhead
SAdd a speed change at the playhead
FFreeze the frame at the playhead
WMove the webcam at the playhead
TAdd a text overlay at the playhead
HAdd an HTML layer at the playhead
← →Nudge the selected item 0.05 s
⇧← ⇧→Nudge the selected item 0.5 s
, .Nudge one frame
⇧, ⇧.Nudge ten frames
Delete or BackspaceRemove the selected clip or keyframe
EscapeClear a range drag, or close a compare

Saving

KeyDoes
⌘ZUndo
⇧⌘ZRedo
⌘SSave the draft now, or open the Save dialog if nothing is saved yet
⌘⌥SMake a checkpoint and open History

⌘S never makes a version; see Save and autosave. In the recorder, ⌘⇧S stops the take.