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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, previewSpace
Play backwards (faster)reverse, jkl, shuttleJ
Stoppause, jkl, shuttleK
Play forwards (faster)jkl, shuttle, fastL
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, presentF
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, bladeC
Delete selectionremove⌫
Ripple deleteremove, cut range, close gapX
Change clip speedfast, slow, rateS
Mark inrange, in pointI
Mark outrange, out pointO
Clear in/out marksrange⌥X
Select all clips⌘A
Deselectclear selectionesc
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, audioV
Clip system audio volumevolume, system audio, gain
Clip device audio volumevolume, iphone, ipad, device, gain
Hold frame at playheadfreeze, still, pause, extend, wait, talk longerH
Tidy upclean, flip, short, camera, zoom, jitter, jumpy, smooth
Blade toolrazor, split, cut tool, toggle splitB

Zoom

Add zoom at playheadzoom in, focusZ
Zoom: follow clicksauto, followA
Zoom: manual targetfixed, target
Duplicate zoomcopy⌘D
Zoom level 2.0×scale, level0
Zoom level 1.0×scale, level1
Zoom level 1.2×scale, level2
Zoom level 1.4×scale, level3
Zoom level 1.6×scale, level4
Zoom level 1.8×scale, level5
Zoom level 2.0×scale, level6
Zoom level 2.2×scale, level7
Zoom level 2.4×scale, level8
Zoom level 2.6×scale, level9
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, bookmarkM
Add a rectangle to the maskmask, area, region, blur, highlight
Show every hidden keyboard shortcutkeys, overlay, unhide

Callouts

Add callouttext, annotation, label, calloutT
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, snapN
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

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