Editor basics

Editing and effects

• Start from the Home Screen and track finished projectsThe Home Screen lists your recent projects with when each was saved and last exported. Right-click one to mark it Finished or In progress.
• Switch and reset workspacesChoose a layout in Window › Workspaces. If you have moved panels around and want the layout back, use Window › Reset to Saved Layout.
• Change keyboard shortcutsChoose VLPremiere Pro › Keyboard Shortcuts… (⌥⌘K) to change any key, or press Import from Premiere Pro… to bring your .kys set.
• Zoom the Program and Source monitorsUse View › Magnification or the keys: Fit is Shift-Command-0 and 100% is Shift-Command-1 for the Program Monitor. Command-scroll or pinch zooms around the pointer.
• Monitor overlays and the recent Source clipsThe Program Monitor can show the timecode, the clip name and a dropped frame indicator. The Source Monitor's clip name opens a menu of recent clips.
• Open a .prproj or XML projectOpen the file from the File menu, tick the sequences you need, then read the import report and relink any media that is still offline.
• Show or hide tools in Settings › ModulesOpen Settings › Modules and switch tools such as Voiceover Studio, Shorts Studio or AI Edit on or off. Switching off only hides them; nothing is deleted.
• Add extensions and learn with in-app guidesWindow › Extensions installs small add-on panels. The Learn panel has searchable step-by-step guides, and Show Me opens the tool a guide is about.
• Record a tutorial of the appFile › Record › Record Tutorial… records the project window with the cursor, shows your clicks, and zooms in on the panel you work in. Each recording joins a Tutorial Recordings sequence.
• Where your tutorial recordings goEach tutorial recording is saved beside your project and placed in the Tutorial Recordings bin and sequence. A window tells you where it is.
• Stop long jobs, greyed menu items, and File › RevertLong jobs have a Stop button. Menu items that cannot run are greyed with the reason. File › Revert goes back to the last saved version.
• The Tools panel: tool groups, Object Mask, Area and Create Video GridRelated tools share one button. Click for the tool you used last, or long-press to pick another. Every shortcut works as before.
• Smart search in Effects, Graphics, Looks and Keyboard ShortcutsType words in any order, with one typo, or in Russian: the search finds the right effect, template, look or shortcut, best matches first.
• Choose the Program Monitor's buttons with the Button EditorThe + at the end of the Program Monitor’s button bar opens the Button Editor. Add, move and remove buttons as in Premiere Pro.
• Hear a sound or see a notification when work finishesVLPremiere Pro plays a sound when an export, transcript, dub or other long job finishes, and shows a notification when the app is in the background.