Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Audio
• Bin
• Capturing
• Editing
• Effect Mode
• Playing & Marking
• Timeline
• Trim Mode
• Tools
• Other
Audio
Alt + click Pan slider Option + click Pan slider Snaps to Mid in Audio Mix tool
Alt + click Audio Track Option + click Audio Track Selects track for audio scrub
Monitor button Monitor button monitoring
Capturing
When you are in Capture Mode, the Avid Editor remaps your function keys to the shortcuts below:
Keyboard
Description
Shortcut
While capturing (but not Batch Capturing), pressing F1 will mark the In-Point of a
F1 subclip. If you press F1 at a later time (before pressing the F2 key) the in-Point
will be updated.
While capturing (but not Batch Capturing), pressing F2 will mark the Out-Point of
F2
a subclip.
Option + click on
Alt + click on either
either the Source Changes the cursor/pointer to a hand-icon. You can now
the Source Monitor
Monitor or Record drag a subclip or a subsequence to a bin.
or Record Monitor
Monitor
Shift + drag a clip Shift + drag a clip (or The clip(s) will be Overwritten into your Sequence at the
(or multiple clips) multiple clips) into Mark In position.
into the Record the Record monitor
monitor
Ctrl + Apostrophe + Apostrophe Sends selected window back to its default location.
Effect Mode
With the Keyframe Position Bar active, this will select all
Ctrl + A
+A the keyframes.
Ctrl + Alt + click + Option + click for moving an enlarged video image around in the
and drag video and drag video Record Monitor. This is also useful for moving the
image (with image image (with image working area around when using the Advanced
zoomed in) zoomed in) Keyframe features or when using the Speed and
Position Graphs in the Timewarp Motion Effect Editor
Window.
Press T while Press T while Displays render time completed and an estimated total
rendering rendering render time.
This will quickly take you out of Effect Mode and return
Click anywhere in Click anywhere in
you to Source/Record Mode. Note: this shortcut does
the Timecode track the Timecode track
not work in Avid Xpress Pro.
Playing and Marking
Alt + Opt +
Steps forward or backward 10 frames.
or or
Alt + Opt +
Steps forward or backward 1 field.
or or
Alt + Opt +
Marks an In or an Out.
or or
Alt + Opt +
Goes to Mark In or Mark Out
or or
Holding Holding
This will scrub the audio forward or reverse at just 8fps.
and then Holding and then Holding
NOTE: This shortcut also works when in Trim Mode.
or or
Holding Holding This will scrub the audio forward or reverse just one
frame at a time.
and then Tapping and then Tapping
NOTE: This shortcut also works when in Trim Mode.
or or
Timeline
Ctrl + click on
video or audio + click on video
monitor icon in or audio monitor icon
track selector in track selector
panel panel
Alt + Lasso one or Ctrl + Lasso one or Same as above, except you can now lasso segments
more segments more segments inside the timeline tracks.
Ctrl + /
+/ Displays the entire Sequence in the Timeline Window.
(forward slash)
(forward slash)
Trim Mode
Alt + Opt +
Ignores the track selector panel configuration and will
jump to the previous or next transition in the Timeline.
or or
Ctrl + 6 +6 Console
Ctrl + Shift + Right Changes the Relink option to Unlink, allowing the Media
+ Shift + Clip
Click a Master Clip Files to become Unlinked from the Master Clip.
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