{"id":217,"date":"2022-03-18T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifefitnessllc.com\/archives\/332"},"modified":"2023-09-14T19:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:41:08","slug":"why-you-should-create-these-5-keyboard-shortcuts-in-premiere-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/18\/why-you-should-create-these-5-keyboard-shortcuts-in-premiere-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Create These 5 Keyboard Shortcuts in Premiere Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keyboard shortcuts are essential for any serious editing project. Here are five\u00a0important tasks that deserve custom shortcuts.<\/h2>\n

Cover image via Shutterstock.<\/em><\/p>\n

There are so many shortcuts for Premiere Pro<\/strong> that it could take you just as long to learn them all as it would to learn to use the program. Although there are practical accessories like\u00a0printout sheets and editing keyboards\u00a0that will help you learn your shortcuts, many still\u00a0go unused.<\/p>\n

However, there are also plenty of editing tasks without a shortcut that would benefit from one.\u00a0Thankfully, Premiere Pro lets you customize pre-existing shortcuts<\/strong> and create new ones. Let\u2019s take a look at some features that\u00a0I think deserve the shortcut treatment. A few of these shortcuts are management-based rather than\u00a0edit-orientated, but I find having shortcuts for them is very beneficial.<\/p>\n

Playback Resolution<\/h3>\n

The playback resolution<\/strong> dictates the\u00a0resolution of the footage in the program (or source) monitor. You can decrease the resolution by 1\/2, 1\/4, 1\/8, or 1\/18<\/strong> (depending on the original resolution of the footage). This is a great feature if you\u2019re working with a video file that has a high data rate or high compression, and the file is just too difficult for your system to handle. You can simply lower the resolution down to 1\/4, which will enable you\u00a0to scrub through and play your footage with ease.<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re working with 4k files on a 1080p screen<\/strong>, you\u2019re not going to see a significant decrease\u00a0in the quality. However, a problem arises when you\u2019re working with mixed resolutions. If I\u2019m scrubbing through 4k files on a\u00a01080p timeline, and then I encounter\u00a0a segment of 1080p stock footage<\/strong>, the stock footage is going to look awful at 1\/4, and I\u2019m going to have to keep switching the resolution settings back and forth.<\/p>\n

You can eliminate the mouse movement with a few keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

If necessary, you can do the same with the source monitor<\/strong> and the paused resolution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Zoom\u00a0Monitor In or Out<\/h3>\n

\u201cDoes this shot have <\/em>soft focus or is it me?\u201d \u2014 <\/em>a\u00a0line I\u2019ve muttered at least a dozen times while editing. In Premiere, you can zoom in and out of the timeline using \u2013 or =<\/strong>, or you can hit Z for the zoom tool. What you cannot do is zoom in and out of the program or source monitor<\/strong> with a keyboard shortcut. You can quickly hit the dropdown menu under the program monitor, but the function becomes cumbersome if you need to zoom in and out while previewing your edit.<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

I recommend the following shortcuts for quick and easy access to the program monitor zoom function<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

Again, you can also assign shortcuts for the source monitor.<\/p>\n

Reveal in Project<\/h3>\n

Right-click on any media file in the timeline, and you can select \u201creveal in project<\/strong>,\u201d which will take you straight to that media clip in the project panel. When you\u2019re working with a limited\u00a0number of clips, it\u2019s not an important function. However, when you have many\u00a0media clips tucked away in bins, finding a specific clip (especially if it\u00a0carries a default filename) can become a hassle. While the \u201creveal in project\u201d segment of the pop-up menu is relatively close to the mouse upon right-clicking, you can make things easier by assigning\u00a0it a shortcut. I use\u00a0Ctrl<\/b> +1 (number pad)<\/strong>. When I click a clip, I can now very quickly bring it up in the cluttered project panel.<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

Reveal in Explorer<\/h3>\n

There may also be a circumstance when you need to find the original media clip on your drive<\/strong> \u2014 perhaps to make a copy or transfer the file to someone else. I often\u00a0find myself searching for a media clip on the drive, so I\u2019ve learned to assign shortcuts for the task. Since this\u00a0is similar to the reveal in project shortcut, I use\u00a0Ctrl +2 (number pad).\u00a0<\/b>Strangely, you cannot perform this task from the timeline panel<\/strong> with a shortcut. You can only assign a keyboard shortcut to reveal in explore in the project panel window \u2014 despite the option to right-click in the timeline.<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

Move Playhead to Cursor<\/h3>\n

Effective editors want to keep their hands on the keyboard<\/strong> as much as possible \u2014 switching back and forth to use the mouse eats up precious time. It\u2019s always bothered me that\u00a0if I work backward or forward away from the cursor on the timeline<\/strong>, I have to leave the keyboard to bring the playhead back to the cursor point<\/strong> \u2014 or perhaps you\u2019ve just lost sight of the cursor and you don\u2019t want to zoom out on the timeline<\/strong>. Whatever the case, you can eliminate\u00a0the need to remove your hand from the keyboard with a shortcut. CTRL + P<\/strong> should be available (P for \u201cplayhead\u201d).<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

There are still many functions to which\u00a0you cannot assign a keyboard shortcut, such as solo or muting individual audio tracks. Hopefully, Adobe will address these functions in the future, but in the meantime, take advantage of as many shortcuts as you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keyboard shortcuts are essential for any serious editing project. Here are five\u00a0important tasks that deserve custom shortcuts. Cover image via Shutterstock. There are so many shortcuts for Premiere Pro that it could take you just as long to learn them…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}