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Every editor action
This page lists every action you can run from the Commands list (⌘K), with its keyboard shortcut where it has one.
Press ⌘K in the editor and type any of these. The grey words under a name are other words that find it. See Find any action with ⌘K.
Playback
| Play / Pausestart, stop, preview | Space |
| Play backwards (faster)reverse, jkl, shuttle | J |
| Stoppause, jkl, shuttle | K |
| Play forwards (faster)jkl, shuttle, fast | L |
| Previous framestep | ← |
| Next framestep | → |
| Back 1 secondstep, jump | ⇧← |
| Forward 1 secondstep, jump | ⇧→ |
| Previous edit pointcut, clip, jump | ↑ |
| Next edit pointcut, clip, jump | ↓ |
| Go to startbeginning, first frame | ↖ |
| Go to endlast frame | ↘ |
| Loop playbackrepeat | |
| Full-screen previewtheater, present | F |
| Previous markerflag, jump | |
| Next markerflag, jump | |
| Larger previewpreview size, zoom, canvas | ⌥= |
| Smaller previewpreview size, zoom, canvas | ⌥− |
| Preview size: Fit to windowpreview size, canvas | |
| Preview size: 75 %preview size, canvas | |
| Preview size: 50 %preview size, canvas | |
| Higher preview resolutionpreview resolution, quality | ⌥] |
| Lower preview resolutionpreview resolution, quality, performance | ⌥[ |
| Playback: energy saver on / offbattery, power, performance, energy |
Edit
| Undorevert | ⌘Z |
| Redo | ⇧⌘Z |
| Split at playheadcut, razor, blade | C |
| Delete selectionremove | ⌫ |
| Ripple deleteremove, cut range, close gap | X |
| Change clip speedfast, slow, rate | S |
| Mark inrange, in point | I |
| Mark outrange, out point | O |
| Clear in/out marksrange | ⌥X |
| Select all clips | ⌘A |
| Deselectclear selection | esc |
| Apply this clip's speed to every clipspeed, all, clips | |
| Reset clip trimuntrim, restore, extend | |
| Reset all trims and cutsrestore, original, uncut | |
| Merge clip with nextjoin, combine | |
| Merge clip with previousjoin, combine | |
| Hide / show the cursor in clippointer, mouse, hide | |
| Smooth / raw cursor movement in clippointer, mouse, smoothing, raw | |
| Clip microphone volumevolume, loudness, mute, gain, audio | V |
| Clip system audio volumevolume, system audio, gain | |
| Clip device audio volumevolume, iphone, ipad, device, gain | |
| Hold frame at playheadfreeze, still, pause, extend, wait, talk longer | H |
| Tidy upclean, flip, short, camera, zoom, jitter, jumpy, smooth | |
| Blade toolrazor, split, cut tool, toggle split | B |
Zoom
| Add zoom at playheadzoom in, focus | Z |
| Zoom: follow clicksauto, follow | A |
| Zoom: manual targetfixed, target | |
| Duplicate zoomcopy | ⌘D |
| Zoom level 2.0×scale, level | 0 |
| Zoom level 1.0×scale, level | 1 |
| Zoom level 1.2×scale, level | 2 |
| Zoom level 1.4×scale, level | 3 |
| Zoom level 1.6×scale, level | 4 |
| Zoom level 1.8×scale, level | 5 |
| Zoom level 2.0×scale, level | 6 |
| Zoom level 2.2×scale, level | 7 |
| Zoom level 2.4×scale, level | 8 |
| Zoom level 2.6×scale, level | 9 |
| Increase zoom levelscale, more | = |
| Decrease zoom levelscale, less | − |
| Restore auto zoomsreset, clicks, generate | |
| Remove all zoomsclear, delete | |
| Toggle glass loupe on the zoommagnifier, lens | |
| Zoom: follow the mousecursor, track, pointer | |
| Apply this zoom to all zoomssame, match, level, mode | |
| Disable all zoomsoff | |
| Enable all zoomson | |
| Add zoom by clicking the previewtarget, point, canvas, focus | ⇧Z |
Camera
| Change the camera at the playheadwebcam, bubble, side by side, split, full screen, hide, change, layout, presenter, avatar | |
| Camera layout: Hiddencamera, layout, mode | |
| Camera layout: Cornercamera, layout, mode | |
| Camera layout: Side by sidecamera, layout, mode | |
| Camera layout: Cutoutcamera, layout, mode | |
| Camera layout: Full screencamera, layout, mode | |
| Remove all camera layoutsclear, delete | |
| LUT studiolook, lut, colour, color, grade, cube, filter | |
| Record yourselfcamera, webcam, face, talk, record, later, voice over | |
| Present a deckpdf, slides, keynote, powerpoint, google slides, presentation, pages, talk, camera | |
| Disable / enable camera layoutlayout, camera, off, on |
Overlays
| Add blur maskprivacy, pixelate, redact, hide | |
| Add highlight maskspotlight, focus, dim | |
| Add glass loupemagnifier, lens, zoom | |
| Disable all maskshide | |
| Enable all masksshow | |
| Remove all masksdelete, clear | |
| Add marker at playheadflag, bookmark | M |
| Add a rectangle to the maskmask, area, region, blur, highlight | |
| Show every hidden keyboard shortcutkeys, overlay, unhide |
Callouts
| Add callouttext, annotation, label, callout | T |
| Add callouts for my clicksannotations, labels, describe, clicks | |
| Number all stepscallouts, tutorial, 1 2 3 | |
| Copy callout styleformat, look, callout | ⌥⌘C |
| Paste callout styleformat, look, callout, match | ⌥⌘V |
| Remove all calloutsannotations, notes, labels |
Slides
| Add slidetitle, card, text, image, intro, chapter | ⇧T |
Timeline
| Zoom timeline inscale, closer | ⌘+ |
| Zoom timeline outscale, overview | ⌘− |
| Fit timeline to windowwhole, overview | ⌘0 |
| Snappingmagnet, snap | N |
| Show every tracklanes, all tracks, simple, rows, expand | |
| Preview resolution: Fullquality, resolution, performance | |
| Preview resolution: Halfquality, resolution, performance | |
| Preview resolution: Quarterquality, resolution, performance |
Transcript
| Transcribe the recordingcaptions, speech, regenerate, words | |
| Show / hide captionssubtitles | |
| Export captions as SRTsubtitles, srt, captions | |
| Show partstakes, retake, audition, comp | |
| Clean up speechum, uh, filler, cough, throat, pause, silence, restart, repeat, false start, clean, tidy | |
| Remove filler wordsum, uh, clean | |
| Tighten pausessilence, gaps | |
| Fix restartsfalse start, retake, repeat, stutter, best take, clean | |
| Go to next restartfalse start, repeat, review | |
| Hide words from captionscut transcript only, show in captions, subtitles, ⌘⌫, ctrl+backspace | |
| Restore cut wordsundelete, bring back, uncut | |
| Correct transcript texttype over, edit words, spelling, fix | ↩ |
| Start or join a paragraphnew paragraph, line break | ⇧↩ |
| Transcribe new takesappend, retake, session |
Words
| Show the wordswords, text, captions | ⇧⌘T |
Narrator
| Show the narratorvoice, voiceover, script, ai, elevenlabs, heygen | |
| Add narration line at playheadvoice, voiceover, script, ai, say | |
| Speak narration with the AI voicegenerate, voice, voiceover, tts, elevenlabs, heygen |
Narration
| Make AI presenter clipsavatar, heygen, presenter, camera, lip sync, ai |
Audio
| Record voiceovervoice over, narrate, microphone, record | |
| Edit volume linesvolume, keyframe, automation, fade, duck, level, loudness, gain | ⇧V |
Inspector
| Show Partsinspector, settings, panel | ⌘1 |
| Show Wordsinspector, settings, panel | ⌘2 |
| Show Camerainspector, settings, panel | ⌘3 |
| Show Narratorinspector, settings, panel | ⌘4 |
| Show Soundinspector, settings, panel | ⌘5 |
| Show Frameinspector, settings, panel | ⌘6 |
| Show Zoominspector, settings, panel | ⌘7 |
| Show Pointerinspector, settings, panel | ⌘8 |
| Show Calloutsinspector, settings, panel | ⌘9 |
File
| Exportrender, mp4, save video | ⌘E |
| Quick export to filerender, mp4 | ⇧⌘E |
| Export and copy to clipboardpaste, share | |
| Export GIFanimation | |
| Export launch packproduct hunt, short, vertical, chapters, youtube, thumbnail, social | |
| Save project | ⌘S |
| Save project ascopy, duplicate | ⌥⇧⌘S |
| Open projectrecording, cinemac, myproj | ⌘O |
| Record next partretake, take, part, recording | |
| Export current frame as PNGstill, screenshot, picture, png | ⇧⌘S |
| Import videomp4, mov, movie, create project from video | |
| New blank projectempty, new project, start from scratch, slides only | ⇧⌘N |
| Add video to this projectimport, mp4, mov, clip, insert, part, media | |
| Show project in Finderfinder, folder, reveal | |
| Quick export settingsquick, export, preset, copy | |
| Share linkshare, upload, link, url, viewers, stats, publish | |
| Open last projectrecent, previous, reopen | ⌥⌘O |
| Move project to Trashdelete, remove, bin | ⌘⌫ |
| Copy project as ZIPshare, archive, send, zip, clipboard | |
| Export raw recording filesoriginal, source, tracks, mp4, m4a, extract | |
| Autosave on / offsave, automatic |
Presets
| Save style as presettemplate, style, look | |
| Import presetcinemacpreset, ssrspreset, template | |
| Rename presetpreset, name |
Screen
| Crop on the previewcrop, trim, frame, reframe, aspect, cut out | ⇧C |
Help
| Keyboard shortcutskeys, help, cheat sheet, hotkeys | ⌘/ |
| Editor settingspreferences, settings, options | ⌘, |
| Cinemac Helpdocs, manual, guide, how to, tutorial, support | |
| Send Feedbackfeedback, bug, report, idea, contact, support, suggestion |
Window
| Connect Agentagent, coding agent, claude code, codex, cursor, vs code, windsurf, gemini, mcp, ai |
Updated 22 October 2026Something unclear? Tell us