Change keyboard shortcuts
Choose VLPremiere Pro › Keyboard Shortcuts… (⌥⌘K) to change any key, or press Import from Premiere Pro… to bring your .kys set.
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The default keys follow industry-standard editing conventions, so most editors can start cutting straight away. Every shortcut can be changed in the Keyboard Shortcuts window.
Change a shortcut
- Choose VLPremiere Pro › Keyboard Shortcuts… (⌥⌘K, or F1).
- Type in the search field to find a command, a menu or a key. Show narrows the list to all commands, those without keys, or those you changed.
- Click the command's key and press the new keys.
- If another command already uses them, the window says so. Assign Anyway moves the keys to this command.
Each changed row has a Reset button. Reset All… puts every shortcut back to its default.
Bring your Premiere Pro shortcuts
Press Import from Premiere Pro… and choose your .kys keyboard shortcut file. Your keys are used for the commands both editors share.
Default keys worth knowing
| Key | Tool or action |
|---|---|
| V | Selection |
| A | Track Select |
| B | Ripple |
| N | Rolling |
| R | Rate Stretch |
| C | Razor |
| Y | Slip |
| U | Slide |
| P | Pen |
| I / O | Mark In / Mark Out |
| , / . | Insert / Overwrite |
| J K L | Shuttle playback, and trimming in trim mode |
| M | Add marker |
| 1–9 | Cut between camera angles in a multi-camera sequence |
| Space | Play and stop |
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