iMovie HD Keyboard Shortcuts
You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in iMovie. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the menu shortcuts below). To do an action, press the keys indicated below.
Navigation |
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|---|---|
| Action | Shortcut |
| Play/Stop and Start/Stop capture | Space bar |
| Move playhead to beginning of movie | Home (not available on some keyboards) |
| Move playhead to end of movie | End (not available on some keyboards) |
| Forward one frame | Right Arrow |
| Forward ten frames | Shift-Right Arrow |
| Move playhead forward | Hold down Right Arrow |
| Back one frame | Left Arrow |
| Back ten frames | Shift-Left Arrow |
| Move playhead backward | Hold down Left Arrow |
Selection |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| Select multiple items | Shift-click items |
| Select a range of items (in the clip viewer or timeline viewer) | Click first item then Shift-click last item |
| Select items that are discontiguous (not adjacent to each other) | Command-click items |
Moving/cropping |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| Move audio clip | Click clip, then Left Arrow or Right Arrow |
| Move audio clip ten frames | Click clip, then Shift-Left Arrow or Right Arrow |
| Move video clip to create black frames | Click clip in timeline viewer, then Control-Left Arrow or Right Arrow |
| Move video clip to create ten black frames | Click clip in timeline viewer, then Control-Shift-Left Arrow or Right Arrow |
| Move video crop marker | Click marker-Left Arrow or Right Arrow |
| Move video crop marker ten frames | Click marker, then Shift-Left Arrow or Right Arrow |
Accept/cancel |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| Accept dialog (OK) | Return |
| Cancel dialog | Esc |
| Cancel rendering | Command-period (.) |
Titling |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| Move between text fields | Tab |
File menu functions |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| New Project | Command-N |
| Open Project | Command-O |
| Save Project | Command-S |
| Save Frame As | Command-F |
| Share | Shift-Command-E |
| Import | Shift-Command-I |
| Show Info | Command-I |
Edit menu functions |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| Undo | Command-Z |
| Redo | Shift-Command-Z |
| Cut | Command-X |
| Copy | Command-C |
| Paste | Command-V |
| Crop | Command-K |
| Split Clip at Playhead | Command-T |
| Create Still Frame | Shift-Command-S |
| Select All | Command-A |
| Select None | Shift-Command-A |
View menu functions |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| Switch to Clip Viewer or Timeline Viewer | Command-E |
| Scroll to Playhead | Option-Command-P |
| Scroll to Selection | Option-Command-S |
| Zoom to Selection | Option-Command-Z |
Bookmark menu functions |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| Add Bookmark | Command-B |
| Delete Bookmark | Shift-Command-B |
| Previous Bookmark | Command-[ |
| Next Bookmark | Command-] |
Advanced menu functions |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| Extract Audio | Command-J |
| Paste Over at Playhead | Shift-Command-V |
| Reverse Clip Direction | Command-R |
| Lock Audio Clip at Playhead | Command-L |
Help menu functions |
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| Action | Shortcut |
| iMovie Help | Command-? |