Premiere Keyboard Shortcuts

PC & Mac

CategoryShortcutFunction
EditSSnap feature – turn on or off
EditAlt / OptionUnlink Audio / Video [Holding down Alt Key while clicking on a linked clip will unlink the audio and video portion of it]
EditAlt + [Set begin workarea marker
EditAlt +]Set End workarea marker
EditVSelection Tool
EditCRazor or Cut tool
EditALT + Right / Left ArrowMove SELECTED clip, one frame at a time
EditSHIFT + DeleteRipple Delete
PlaybackSpacebarToggle Play Forward / Stop
PlaybackJPlay reverse
PlaybackLPlay forward
PlaybackKStop Play
PlaybackK+LPlay forward in slow motion. [Hold down K first and then Hold down L
PlaybackK+JPlay reverse in slow motion [Hold down K first and then hold down J]
PlaybackK+(L)Play forward one frame at a time [Hold down K, then press L for each frame to move forward]
PlaybackK+(J)play reverse one frame at a time [Hold down K, then press J for each frame to move back]
Timeline\ (backslash)Resizes timeline to display entire project
TimelineHOMEMove to the beginning of the timeline
TimelineENDMove to the End of the timeline
TimelinePage UpMove to the beginning of current clip or earlier edit point
TimelinePage DownMove to the end of the current clip or next edit point
TimelineISet Inpoint
TimelineOSet Outpoint
TimelineQGo To Inpoint
TimelineWGo To Outpoint
Timeline* [Keypad]Adds Marker [Has to be asterisk key on numeric keypad and not shift + 8]
TimelineZZoom Tool (+ / – on keyboard to zoom in/out, not keypad)
Modifier KeyKeyDescription of shortcut
  EEject
  EscapeCancel capture
  FFast forward
  GRecord
  RRewind
  SStop
  TabNavigate through editable fields
  DClear in point
  FClear out point
  GClear in and out points
 Ctrl GGroup
 Ctrl ShiftGUngroup
 Ctrl RSpeed/duration
 Ctrl Shift/Duplicate
 Ctrl ASelect all
 Ctrl ShiftADeselect all
 Ctrl CCopy
  ShiftDeleteRipple delete
  DeleteClear
 Ctrl EEdit original
 Ctrl FFind
 Ctrl VPaste
 Ctrl ShiftVPaste insert
Alt Ctrl VPaste attributes
 Ctrl XCut
 Ctrl ZUndo
 Ctrl ShiftZRedo
 Ctrl /New bin
 Ctrl ShiftHSelection
 Ctrl IImport
Alt Ctrl IImport from browser
 Ctrl MExport Media
 Ctrl NNew sequence
Alt Ctrl NNew project
 Ctrl OOpen project
Alt Ctrl OBrowse in bridge
 Ctrl QExit
 Ctrl SSave
 Ctrl ShiftSSave as
Alt Ctrl SSave a copy
 Ctrl WClose
 Ctrl ShiftWClose project
 Ctrl ShiftHGet properties for selection
  MMatch frame
  QGo to in point
  WGo to out point
  F1Adobe premiere pro help
 Ctrl 0Clear current sequence marker
 Ctrl Shift0Clear current clip marker
Alt  0Clear all sequence markers

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