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Anand technical education

Table of Contents:

1. Audio Shortctucs
2. Bin Shortcuts
3. Capturing
4. Editing
5. Effect Mode
6. Timeline
7. Tools

1. Audio Shortctucs
Option+ click Pan slider	Snaps to Mid in Audio Mix tool
Option+ click Volume slider	Snaps to 0 dB in Audio EQ and Audio tools
Option+ click Audio Track Monitor button	Selects track for audio scrub monitoring
Option+ click Track Solo button (Automation Gain tool) /Option+ 1…8)	Mutes selected track (1 to 8)
Option+ drag keyframe	Moves selected audio keyframe horizontally in Timeline
Option+ click digital scrub parameters in Composer monitor	Opens Audio Settings dialog box

 

2. Bin Shortcuts
⌘+N	Creates a new bin
⌘+A	Selects all items in the active bin or the Project Window, if selected
⌘+W	Closes open windows, bins or dialog boxes
Return	Confirm column edit and move to edit the same column on the next bin item (while entering text)
⌘+P	Prints the selected bin in whatever view you have selected (Text, Frame or Script View)
⌘+D	Duplicates selected clip(s), sequence(s), or title(s)
⌘+Shift+G	Creates a Group Clip from selected Master Clips or Sub Clips
⌘+I	Information: First, select clips or sequences in the bin, then use shortcut to open the Console window to display information
Shift+Ctrl+ click Clip Menu	Change the relink selection to Unlink
Option+ drag clips between bins	Makes a copy of the clip.
⌘+ Click	Create a pop-up window of information about the selected item.
⌘+K/⌘+L	Decrease / Increase Clip Frame Image (when in Frame View or Script View)
⌘+T	Tidy up: Align Clip to Grid (when in Frame View)

 

3. Capturing
When you are in Capture Mode, the Avid Editor remaps your function keys to the shortcuts below
F1	While capturing (but not Batch Capturing), pressing F1 will mark the In-Point of a subclip. If you press F1 at a later time (before pressing the F2 key) the in-Point will be updated.
F2	While capturing (but not Batch Capturing), pressing F2 will mark the Out-Point of a subclip.
F3	Adds a Red locator to the clip
F4	When in Capture Mode, F4 begins the capture. When in Log Mode, F4 logs a Master Clip to the bin.
F5	Adds a Red locator to the clip
F6	Adds a Green locator to the clip
F7	Adds a Blue locator to the clip
F8	Adds a Cyan locator to the clip
F9	Adds a Magenta locator to the clip
F10	Adds a Yellow locator to the clip
F11	Adds a Black locator to the clip
F12	Adds a White locator to the clip

 

4. Editing
⌘+Z	Undo
⌘+R	Redo
⌘+C	Copy
⌘+V	Paste
Option+ Clipboard Symbol	Copy the material between a Mark In and Mark Out on the selected tracks, and places it not just into the Clipboard, but into the Source Window.
Option+ Weight Lift Symbol	Lift the material between a Mark In and Mark Out on the selected tracks, and places it immediately into the Source Window.
Option+ Cut Symbol	Extract the material between a Mark In and Mark Out on the selected tracks, and places it immediately into the Source Window.
Option+ double-click on a Clip, Sequence, / Title icon in a bin	Open the selected item(s) in a pop-up monitor.
Option+ click on either the Source Monitor / Record Monitor	Change the cursor/pointer to a hand-icon. You can now drag a subclip or a subsequence to a bin.
Option+ drag a clip (or multiple clips) into the Record monitor	The clip(s) will be spliced into your Sequence at the Mark In position.
Shift+ drag a clip (or multiple clips) into into the Record monitor	The clip(s) will be overwritten into your Sequence at the Mark In position.
⌘+K/ Command L	Reduce / Enlarge Image (With Source or Record Monitor) or Reduce/Enlarge Track (with Timeline active)
Option+ Track Symbol	Ignore the Track Selectors and places an In and Out Mark based on the two nearest transitions to the blue Position Indicator.
Esc	Toggle between making the Source and Record monitors active.
⌘+'	Send selected window back to its default location.

 

5. Effect Mode
Tab	Moves from one active slider to next (In Effect Editor)
Shift+Arrow Left/Shift+Arrow Right	Moves 10 units on a slider instead of 1 unit.
Option+ drag corner, side, / center of wire frame	Displays the image as you move it, rather than displaying just a wire frame outline.
Option+ drag keyframe	Grab an active keyframe in the Keyframe Position Bar and move it earlier or later in time.
Ctrl+A	With the Keyframe Position Bar active, this will select all the keyframes.
Select segment + Delete key	Remove an effect.
Select a segment, and then Option + double-click an Effect in the Effect Palette / an Effect Template in a bin.	Add an effect to a segment that already has an effect on it, creating a "Nest."
⌘+Option+ click and drag video image (with image zoomed in)	Change Arrow Pointer to Hand Pointer for moving an enlarged video image around in the Record Monitor.
Option+ Video Symbol	Render to last drive selected, without bringing up the render dialog box.
Press P while rendering	Displays the percentage of the render that is complete.
Press T while rendering	Displays render time completed and an estimated total render time.
⌘+.	Stops the render process and displays a dialog box asking if you would like to keep the already rendered portion.
Click anywhere in the Timecode track	Exit Effect Mode and return you to Source/Record Mode.

 

6. Timeline
⌘+ click near a transition in the Timeline	Snaps the blue position indicator to the "head frame" (the first frame) of a segment. It also makes the blue position indicator snap to Mark In points or to the next audio keyframe.
⌘+ Opt click near a transition in the Timeline	Snaps the blue position indicator to the "tail frame" (the last frame) of a segment. It also makes the blue position indicator snap to Mark In points or to the next audio keyframe.
⌘+L/⌘+K	Increases / Decreases the height of selected track(s).
Option+ drag	Hold key, then place cursor between two tracks. The resize icon will appear. Now when you hold the mouse button down you make the track wider or narrower
⌘+[/]	Shows more or less detail in the Timeline.
⌘+F	Find
⌘+Y	Adds a new video track.
⌘+U	Adds a new audio track.
Option+⌘+Y	Opens a dialog box which allows you to add a specifically numbered audio or video track.
Option+⌘+U	Opens a dialog box which allows you to add a specifically numbered audio or video track.
⌘+ click on video / audio monitor icon in track selector	Solo 1 video track at a time (up to 16)
Shift+ click segments when in Segment Mode / Effect Mode	Select multiple segments.
⌘+ drag a segment when in Segment Mode	Snap the "head" of the selected segment(s) to a transition and to Mark In/Out and the blue position indicator.
Option+⌘+ drag a segment when in Segment Mode	Snaps the "tail" of the selected segment(s) to a transition and to Mark In/Out and the blue position indicator.
Ctrl+ drag up / down	Allows you to move segments to a higher or lower track without letting them move left or right.
⌘+A	Selects all tracks
Shift+⌘+A	De-selects all tracks
Option+ Video Icon	Perform a match-frame, but does not remove previously placed Mark In or Mark out points.
Option+Track Icon	For the clip on the top-most selected track, this opens the bin in which that clip resides
Conmmand+/	Displays the entire Sequence in the Timeline Window.
⌘+M	Allows the editor to select an area of the timeline to "zoom" into. The smaller the slection, the greater the magnification.
⌘+J	After using the "Zoom" shortcut above, this shortcut allows the editor to return to the previously used timeline magnification.

 

7. Tools
+ = (equals)	First, select the Composer Window, a Bin, the Timeline or the Capture Tool, then use this shortcut to quickly open the related settings. To open the Trim settings, you must be in Trim Mode AND make sure that the Composer window is active (rather than the Timeline window).
0	Opens or selects the Timeline window
1	Audio tool
2	Avid Calculator
3	Command Pallette
4	Composer window
5	Media Creation
6	Console
7	Capture Tool
8	Effects Pallette
9	Project window