Almost 20 Little-Known Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe Premiere Pro

Here are almost twenty little-known keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Premiere Pro that make timeline editing easier.

NOTE: Windows users, use Control for Cmd and Alt for Option.

Shortcut What It Does
D Selects the clip on the lowest active track under the playhead
E Extend selected edit point to playhead
W Ripple trim next edit to playhead
Shift + W Extend next edit to playhead
Option + W Trim next edit to playhead
Q Ripple trim previous edit to playhead
Shift + Q Extend previous edit to playhead
Option + Q Trim previous edit to playhead
/ Marks selected clip(s) on any track
Control + T Toggles selected edit point between ripple, roll and trim
Cmd + Down arrow Select next clip on lowest active track
Cmd + Up arrow Select previous clip on lowest active track
Shift + Home Go to selected clip start
Shift + End Go to selected clip end
Option + Left arrow Move selected edit point, or clip, one frame left
Option + Right arrow Move selected edit point, or clip, one frame right
Shift + Option + Left arrow Move selected edit point, or clip, ten frames left
Shift + Option + Right arrow Move selected edit point, or clip, ten frames right

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