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Avid Media Composer Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Media Composer Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

General Commands

⌘ + ,
Prefer­ences
⌘ + H
Hide Media Composer
⌘ + ⌥ + H
Hide other applic­ations
⌘ + Q
Quit Media Composer
⌘ + W
Close project
⌘ + S
Save all
⌘ + X
Cut
⌘ + C
Copy
⌘ + V
Paste
⌘ + A
Select all in active window
⌘ + ⇧ + A
Deselect all in active window
⌘ + F
Find
⌘ + G
Find again
⌘ + ⌃ + Space
Special characters input

Workspaces

⌘ + ⇧ + F
Full screen playback
⌘ + ,
Restore to default position
Esc
Toggle Source/Rec

MultiC­amera Mode

⌘ + ⇧ + M
Start MultiC­amera mode
F9
MultiC­amera 1
F10
MultiC­amera 2
F11
MultiC­amera 3
F12
MultiC­amera 4

Tools

⌘ + 1
Audio Tool
⌘ + 2
Calculator
⌘ + 3
Command Palette
⌘ + 4
Composer Window
⌘ + 5
Media Creation Tool
⌘ + 6
Console Window
⌘ + 7
Capture Tool
⌘ + 8
Effect Palette
⌘ + 9
Project Window
⌘ + 0
Timeline Window
 

Bins

⌘ + N
Create a new bin
⌘ + ⇧ + N
Create a new sequence
⌘ + O
Open selected bin
⌘ + W
Close active bin
⌘ + S
Save active bin
⌘ + P
Print active bin
⌘ + I
Get info
⌘ + D
Duplicate selected object
⌘ + B
Go to Capture Mode
⌘ + ⇧ + G
Group selected clips
⌘ + =
Bin settings
⌥ + drag
Copies selected object/s
⌘ + ⇧
Change Relink to Unlink in menu

Timeline

⌘ + ]
More detail
⌘ + [
Less detail
⌘ + /
Show entire sequence
⌘ + J
Zoom back
⌘ + M
Zoom in
⌘ + =
Timeline settings
H
Focus

Audio

⌘ + ⇧ + V
Paste audio keyframes

Captur­ing­/Lo­gging

F1
Mark In point
F2
Mark Out point
F3
Add Red locator
F4
Start Captur­ing­/Lo­gging
F5
Add Red locator
F6
Add Green locator
F7
Add Blue locator
F8
Add Cyan locator
F9
Add Magenta locator
F10
Add Yellow locator
F11
Add Black locator
F12
Add White locator
 

Bins - Frame & Script Views

⌘ + L
Enlarge frame
⌘ + K
Reduce frame
⌘ + T
Align frames to grid

Bins - Text View

⇥
Move to next column
⇧ + ⇥
Move to previous column
⏎
Move to next row
⇧ + ⏎
Move to previous row
⌘ + E
Sort again
⌘ + ⌥ + E
Reverse sort
⌘ + T
Align columns

Editing

⌘ + Z
Undo previous action
⌘ + R
Redo previous action
⇧ + drag clip to Record monitor
Overwrite clip into sequence
⌥ + drag clip to Record monitor
Splice clip into sequence
⌥ + X
Extract and place in Source monitor
⌥ + C
Copy and place in Source monitor
⌥ + Z
Lift and place in Source monitor
⌥ + double click
Open in pop-up monitor
⌥ + click in monitor
Hand pointer for dragging subclip
⌥ +
Opens select a bin dialogue
⌘ + L
Enlarge frame in monitor
⌘ + K
Reduce frame in monitor
⌘ + ⇧ + click in zoomed monitor
Hand pointer to move frame
⇧ + T
Mark clip duration at position
⌃ + V
Splice clip into timeline ignoring marks
⌃ + B
Overwrite clip into timeline ignoring marks