Video Editing
Shortcut cheat sheets for editing timelines, previews, playback and creative video work. ShortcutRef covers 26 Video Editing apps with 831 shortcuts in total. Compare OS shortcuts side by side. Search by action, copy keys, or print a PDF reference.
Common Video Editing shortcuts
Keys these apps share most often.
| Action | Windows · macOS |
|---|---|
| Undo · shared by 22 | CtrlZ ⌘Z |
| Redo · shared by 22 | CtrlY ⌘⇧Z |
| Copy · shared by 15 | CtrlC ⌘C |
| Paste · shared by 15 | CtrlV ⌘V |
| Select all · shared by 13 | CtrlA ⌘A |
| Save · shared by 10 | CtrlS ⌘S |
| Print · shared by 10 | CtrlP ⌘P |
| Cut · shared by 10 | CtrlX ⌘X |
| Find · shared by 9 | CtrlF ⌘F |
| Zoom in · shared by 7 | Ctrl= ⌘= |
| Zoom out · shared by 7 | Ctrl- ⌘- |
| Open · shared by 7 | CtrlO ⌘O |
| Save as · shared by 7 | CtrlShiftS ⌘⇧S |
| Record · shared by 6 | R R |
| Replace · shared by 6 | CtrlH ⌘⌥F |
| Duplicate · shared by 6 | CtrlD ⌘D |
| Play / stop · shared by 5 | Space Space |
| New Project · shared by 5 | CtrlAltN ⌘N |
All Video Editing apps
Ableton Live39 shortcutsAbleton Live keyboard shortcuts for clip launching, arrangement, MIDI editing and session navigation.Adobe Acrobat34 shortcutsAdobe Acrobat keyboard shortcuts for viewing, navigating, searching and editing PDF documents.After Effects32 shortcutsAfter Effects keyboard shortcuts for motion graphics, animation, layers and timeline editing.Apache NetBeans28 shortcutsApache NetBeans keyboard shortcuts for code editing, navigation, refactoring, running and debugging.Apple Numbers22 shortcutsApple Numbers keyboard shortcuts for macOS: editing cells, formulas, formatting and navigation.Audacity34 shortcutsAudacity keyboard shortcuts for recording, editing, effects and audio navigation.Blender75 shortcutsBlender 3D keyboard shortcuts — viewport, modeling, animation, and more.DaVinci Resolve32 shortcutsDaVinci Resolve keyboard shortcuts for editing, playback, timeline trimming and color workflows.Eclipse30 shortcutsEclipse IDE keyboard shortcuts for editing, navigation, refactoring, running and debugging Java projects.Final Cut Pro51 shortcutsFinal Cut Pro keyboard shortcuts for editing, trimming, colour grading and timeline control.FL Studio35 shortcutsFL Studio keyboard shortcuts for pattern editing, mixer, piano roll and song arrangement.GarageBand20 shortcutsGarageBand keyboard shortcuts for macOS: transport, recording, tracks, editing and the workspace.GNOME Text Editor (gedit)24 shortcutsGNOME Text Editor / gedit keyboard shortcuts for editing, search, tabs and files on Linux.iMovie29 shortcutsiMovie keyboard shortcuts for video editing, clip trimming, timeline navigation and export.Joplin14 shortcutsJoplin keyboard shortcuts for notes and to-dos: creating, editing markdown, search and layout.Jupyter Notebook24 shortcutsJupyter Notebook keyboard shortcuts for running cells, command vs edit mode, and notebook editing.Kate21 shortcutsKate (KDE) text editor keyboard shortcuts for editing, search, navigation and documents.LibreOffice Calc32 shortcutsLibreOffice Calc keyboard shortcuts for spreadsheets: editing cells, formulas, navigation and formatting.LibreOffice Draw21 shortcutsLibreOffice Draw keyboard shortcuts for drawing, arranging objects, editing and navigation.LibreOffice Impress27 shortcutsLibreOffice Impress keyboard shortcuts for building, editing and presenting slide decks.LibreOffice Writer38 shortcutsLibreOffice Writer keyboard shortcuts for formatting, editing, navigation and document workflows.Logic Pro46 shortcutsLogic Pro keyboard shortcuts for recording, editing, mixing and MIDI production.Maya31 shortcutsAutodesk Maya keyboard shortcuts for tools, transforms, display, navigation and editing.OBS Studio26 shortcutsOBS Studio keyboard shortcuts for streaming, recording, scene switching and source management.Premiere Pro48 shortcutsAdobe Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts for video editing on Windows, macOS, and Linux.REAPER18 shortcutsREAPER keyboard shortcuts for the DAW: transport, editing, items, tracks and project navigation.
