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1. Audio Shortctucs |
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Alt+ click Pan slider |
Snaps to Mid in Audio Mix tool |
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Alt+ click Volume slider |
Snaps to 0 dB in Audio EQ and
Audio tools |
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Alt+ click Audio Track Monitor
button |
Selects track for audio scrub
monitoring |
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Alt+ click Track Solo button
(Automation Gain tool) /Alt+ 1…8) |
Mutes selected track (1 to 8) |
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Alt+ drag keyframe |
Moves selected audio keyframe horizontally in Timeline |
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Alt+ click digital scrub
parameters in Composer monitor |
Opens Audio Settings dialog box |
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Ctrl+N |
Creates a new bin |
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Ctrl+A |
Selects all items in the active
bin or the Project Window, if selected |
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Ctrl+W |
Closes open windows, bins or
dialog boxes |
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Ctrl+P |
Prints the selected bin in
whatever view you have selected (Text, Frame or Script View) |
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Ctrl+D |
Duplicates selected clip(s),
sequence(s), or title(s) |
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Shift+Ctrl+G |
Creates a Group Clip from selected
Master Clips or Sub Clips |
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Ctrl+I |
Information: First, select clips
or sequences in the bin, then use shortcut to open the Console window to
display information |
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Shift+Ctrl+ click Clip Menu |
Change the relink selection to
Unlink |
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Alt+ drag clips between bins |
Makes a copy of the clip. |
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Ctrl+Alt+ Click |
Create a pop-up window of
information about the selected item. |
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Ctrl+K/Ctrl+L |
Decrease / Increase Clip Frame
Image (when in Frame View or Script View) |
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Ctrl+T |
Tidy up: Align Clip to Grid (when
in Frame View) |
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When you are in Capture Mode, the
Avid Editor remaps your function keys to the shortcuts below |
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F1 |
While capturing (but not Batch
Capturing), pressing F1 will mark the In-Point of a subclip.
If you press F1 at a later time (before pressing the F2 key) the in-Point
will be updated. |
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F2 |
While capturing (but not Batch
Capturing), pressing F2 will mark the Out-Point of a subclip. |
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F3 |
Adds a Red locator to the clip |
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F4 |
When in Capture Mode, F4 begins
the capture. When in Log Mode, F4 logs a Master Clip to the bin. |
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F5 |
Adds a Red locator to the clip |
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F6 |
Adds a Green locator to the clip |
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F7 |
Adds a Blue locator to the clip |
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F8 |
Adds a Cyan locator to the clip |
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F9 |
Adds a Magenta locator to the clip |
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F10 |
Adds a Yellow locator to the clip |
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F11 |
Adds a Black locator to the clip |
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F12 |
Adds a White locator to the clip |
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Ctrl+Z |
Undo |
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Ctrl+R |
Redo |
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Ctrl+C |
Copy |
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Ctrl+V |
Paste |
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Alt+ Clipboard Symbol |
Copy the material between a Mark
In and Mark Out on the selected tracks, and places it not just into the
Clipboard, but into the Source Window. |
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Alt+ Weight Lift Symbol |
Lift the material between a Mark
In and Mark Out on the selected tracks, and places it immediately into the
Source Window. |
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Alt+ Cut Symbol |
Extract the material between a
Mark In and Mark Out on the selected tracks, and places it immediately into
the Source Window. |
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Alt+ double-click on a Clip,
Sequence, / Title icon in a bin |
Open the selected item(s) in a
pop-up monitor. |
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Alt+ click on either the Source Monitor
/ Record Monitor |
Change the cursor/pointer to a
hand-icon. You can now drag a subclip or a
subsequence to a bin. |
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Alt+ drag a clip (or multiple
clips) into the Record monitor |
The clip(s) will be spliced into
your Sequence at the Mark In position. |
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Shift+ drag a clip (or multiple
clips) into the Record monitor |
The clip(s) will be overwritten
into your Sequence at the Mark In position. |
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Ctrl+K/Ctrl+L |
Reduce / Enlarge Image (With
Source or Record Monitor) or Reduce/Enlarge Track (with Timeline active) |
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Alt+ Track Symbol |
Ignore the Track Selectors and
places an In and Out Mark based on the two nearest transitions to the blue
Position Indicator. |
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Esc |
Toggle between making the Source
and Record monitors active. |
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Ctrl+' |
Send selected window back to its
default location. |
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Tab |
Moves from one active slider to
next (In Effect Editor) |
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Shift+Arrow Left/Shift+Arrow Right |
Moves 10 units on a slider instead
of 1 unit. |
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Alt+ drag corner, side, / center
of wire frame |
Displays the image as you move it,
rather than displaying just a wire frame outline. |
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Alt+ drag keyframe |
Grab an active keyframe
in the Keyframe Position Bar and move it earlier or
later in time. |
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Ctrl+A |
With the Keyframe
Position Bar active, this will select all the keyframes. |
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Select segment + Delete key |
Remove an effect. |
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Select a segment, and then Alt +
double-click an Effect in the Effect Palette / an Effect Template in a bin. |
Add an effect to a segment that
already has an effect on it, creating a "Nest." |
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Ctrl+Alt+ click and drag video image (with image zoomed in) |
Change Arrow Pointer to Hand
Pointer for moving an enlarged video image around in the Record Monitor. |
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Alt+ Video Symbol |
Render to last drive selected,
without bringing up the render dialog box. |
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Press P while rendering |
Displays the percentage of the
render that is complete. |
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Press T while rendering |
Displays render time completed and
an estimated total render time. |
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Ctrl+. |
Stops the render process and
displays a dialog box asking if you would like to keep the already rendered
portion. |
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Click anywhere in the Timecode track |
Exit Effect Mode and return you to
Source/Record Mode. |
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Ctrl+ click near a transition in
the Timeline |
Snaps the blue position indicator
to the "head frame" (the first frame) of a segment. It also makes
the blue position indicator snap to Mark In points or to the next audio keyframe. |
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Ctrl+ Alt click near a transition
in the Timeline |
Snaps the blue position indicator
to the "tail frame" (the last frame) of a segment. It also makes
the blue position indicator snap to Mark In points or to the next audio keyframe. |
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Ctrl+L/Ctrl+K |
Increases / Decreases the height
of selected track(s). |
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Ctrl+ drag |
Hold key, then place cursor
between two tracks. The resize icon will appear. Now when you hold the mouse
button down you make the track wider or narrower |
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Ctrl+[/] |
Shows more or less detail in the
Timeline. |
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Ctrl+F |
Find |
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Ctrl+Y |
Adds a new video track. |
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Ctrl+U |
Adds a new audio track. |
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Alt+Ctrl+Y |
Opens a dialog box which allows
you to add a specifically numbered audio or video track. |
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Alt+Ctrl+U |
Opens a dialog box which allows
you to add a specifically numbered audio or video track. |
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Ctrl+ click on video / audio
monitor icon in track selector panel |
Solo 1 video track at a time (up
to 16) |
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Shift+ click segments when in
Segment Mode / Effect Mode |
Select multiple segments. |
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Ctrl+ drag a segment when in
Segment Mode |
Snap the "head" of the
selected segment(s) to a transition and to Mark In/Out and the blue position
indicator. |
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Alt+Ctrl+ drag a segment when in Segment Mode |
Snaps the "tail" of the
selected segment(s) to a transition and to Mark In/Out and the blue position
indicator. |
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Shift+Ctrl+ drag up / down |
Allows you to move segments to a
higher or lower track without letting them move left or right. |
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Ctrl+A |
Selects all tracks |
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Shift+Ctrl+A |
De-selects all tracks |
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Alt+Video Icon |
Perform a match-frame, but does
not remove previously placed Mark In or Mark out points. |
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Alt+Track Icon |
For the clip on the top-most
selected track, this opens the bin in which that clip resides |
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Ctrl+/ |
Displays the entire Sequence in
the Timeline Window. |
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Ctrl+M |
Allows the editor to select an
area of the timeline to "zoom" into. The smaller the slection, the greater the magnification. |
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Ctrl+J |
After using the "Zoom"
shortcut above, this shortcut allows the editor to return to the previously
used timeline magnification. |
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Ctrl+ = (equals) |
First, select the Composer Window,
a Bin, the Timeline or the Capture Tool, then use this shortcut to quickly
open the related settings. To open the Trim settings, you must be in Trim
Mode AND make sure that the Composer window is active (rather than the
Timeline window). |
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Ctrl+0 |
Opens or selects the Timeline
window |
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Ctrl+1 |
Audio tool |
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Ctrl+2 |
Avid Calculator |
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Ctrl+3 |
Command Pallette |
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Ctrl+4 |
Composer window |
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Ctrl+5 |
Media Creation |
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Ctrl+6 |
Console |
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Ctrl+7 |
Capture Tool |
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Ctrl+8 |
Effects Pallette |
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Ctrl+9 |
Project window |
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