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Keyboard Shortcuts

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Current shortcut bindings are routed through shortcutRegistry, so presets and per-action overrides update live from Settings.

Presets

MasterSelects ships with 6 presets:

  • MasterSelects
  • Premiere Pro
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Final Cut Pro
  • After Effects
  • Beginner

Beginner currently matches MasterSelects.

Preset Differences

Action MasterSelects / Beginner Premiere Pro DaVinci Resolve Final Cut Pro After Effects
Loop Shift+L Ctrl+L Ctrl+/ Ctrl+L none
Cut tool C C B B none
Split at playhead Shift+C Ctrl+K Ctrl+B Ctrl+B Ctrl+Shift+D
Clear In/Out X Ctrl+Shift+X Alt+X Alt+X none
Frame step Left/Right Left/Right Left/Right Left/Right PageUp/PageDown or Ctrl+Left/Right
Add marker M M M M Numpad* or Shift+8
New project Ctrl+N Ctrl+Alt+N none Ctrl+N Ctrl+Alt+N
Open project Ctrl+O Ctrl+O none Ctrl+O Ctrl+O
Save Ctrl+S Ctrl+S Ctrl+S none Ctrl+S
Save As Ctrl+Shift+S Ctrl+Shift+S Ctrl+Shift+S none Ctrl+Shift+S
Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z

On Mac, Ctrl maps to Cmd and Alt maps to Option.

Current Bindings

Playback

  • Space toggles play/pause.
  • J reverses playback.
  • K pauses playback.
  • L plays forward.
  • Shift+L toggles loop playback in the default preset.
  • I sets the in point at the playhead.
  • O sets the out point at the playhead.
  • X clears in/out in the default preset.

Navigation

  • Shift+Scroll pans horizontally.
  • Ctrl+Scroll or Alt+Scroll zooms the timeline around the playhead.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Scroll or Cmd+Shift+Scroll toggles slot-grid view.
  • Left and Right arrows step one frame at a time.

Editing

  • C toggles the cut tool in the default preset.
  • Escape exits cut mode.
  • Shift+C splits the clip at the playhead in the default preset.
  • Ctrl+C copies selected keyframes when any are selected; otherwise it copies selected clips.
  • Ctrl+V pastes keyframes when the clipboard contains keyframes; otherwise it pastes clips.
  • Delete / Backspace removes selected keyframes first, then clips.
  • M adds a marker at the playhead.

Selection

  • Click selects a single clip.
  • Ctrl+Click / Cmd+Click adds or removes a clip from the selection.
  • Shift+Click toggles only the clicked clip.
  • Normal click on a linked video clip selects the linked audio clip too.
  • Alt+drag moves linked clips independently.

Keyframes

  • Click a diamond to select a keyframe.
  • Shift+Click adds or removes keyframes from the selection.
  • Shift+drag moves keyframes more slowly.
  • Right-click a keyframe to change easing.
  • Right-click a Bezier handle to reset it to its default position.

Blend Modes

  • + or Numpad+ advances the blend mode on the selected clip(s).
  • - or Numpad- moves to the previous blend mode.
  • In After Effects preset mode, the blend-mode bindings follow the AE-style Shift+= / Shift+- layout.

Project

  • Ctrl+N creates a new project in presets that expose it.
  • Ctrl+O opens a project in presets that expose it.
  • Ctrl+S saves the current project.
  • Ctrl+Shift+S saves as a new project name.
  • Ctrl+Z undoes the last action.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z redoes the last action.
  • Ctrl+Y is available in the default preset only.

Preview

  • Tab toggles preview edit mode on the focused editable preview, or on the first editable preview when no preview has focus.
  • 1, 2, 3, and 4 highlight the matching slot in the multi-preview panel.

Panels

  • The German-layout u-umlaut key toggles fullscreen for the hovered dock tab.

Context-Specific Behavior

Timeline Keyframes

  • Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V obey the keyframe clipboard first.
  • Paste uses the selected clip when exactly one clip is selected; otherwise it falls back to the original clip from the copied keyframes.

Preview Edit Mode

  • Tab only works when the preview source is editable.
  • The preview panel ignores the shortcut when showing a non-editable source monitor.
  • In camera edit mode, 1, 2, 3, and 4 animate only the focused/first edit preview between Front, Side, Top, and Camera view.

Docking

  • Escape also cancels panel drag operations in the dock container.

Inputs

  • Most handlers ignore text inputs and content-editable fields.
  • Save / Save As still prevent the browser default save dialog even when focus is inside an input.

Customization

  • Shortcuts can be changed in Preferences -> Shortcuts.
  • Each action can store one or more combos.
  • Conflicts are detected live in the UI.
  • Custom named presets are saved locally.
  • Resetting to a preset clears manual overrides.

Input Display

Preferences -> General -> Input Display can show recent key presses, mouse clicks, mouse drags, and wheel gestures as a large overlay near the bottom-left of the app.

  • The overlay can be toggled on or off.
  • The size slider persists locally.
  • Moving the size slider shows a live mock overlay in the real screen position.
  • Mouse clicks show the mouse icon without a click text label.
  • Drag input is distinguished from a simple click after the pointer moves past a small threshold and remains visible until the drag ends.
  • Wheel input shows scroll up, down, left, or right and stays as one continuous overlay while scrolling continues.
  • Held keys are combined with pointer input, so combinations such as Shift + Left Drag or Ctrl + Scroll Up are visible.

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