Shortcut Keys for Working with Video

Ctrl+A – selects all the clips in the project’s timeline.

Ctrl+dragging a clip – copies a picture to a selected place in the timeline.

Ctrl+Alt+dragging a clip – if a video clip is cropped, this shortcut repositions the clip and the contents of the crop based on which parts of the original clip the crop corresponds to.

Alt+dragging a clip – if a video clip is cropped, this shortcut retains the clip’s position but shifts the contents of the crop.

Dragging a clip+Alt – when dragging a clip, toggles between overwriting and not overwriting.

Ctrl+Shift+dragging a clip – copies the clip to the selected layer. It is copied to the same place in the timeline as it had in the original clip.

Shift+dragging a clip – deletes the gap after the originally dragged clip and shifts all the following clips to keep from creating a gap within the track.

Selecting clips’ borders+Shift – the clips are moved on the timeline to avoid changing their durations.