Vegas Pro 18 keyboard shortcuts

Vegas Pro 18

Zeynel -
3 years ago
- Shortcuts
In this mode, 1, 3, 4, and 6 on the numeric keypad will trim the selected event edge. See below.
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Num 9

Enter edge-trimming mode and select event end; move to next event edge

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or ]
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F3

Trim left / right (when in edge-trimming mode)

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or F9
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Num 5

Enter / exit expanded edit mode (or exit edge-trimming mode)

You can also double-click an event edge to enter expanded edit mode.
In this mode, 1, 3, 4, and 6 on the numeric keypad will trim the selected event edge. See below
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Num 1

Trim selected events one frame left / right

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or Num 3
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Ctrl + Num 1

Time compress / stretch selected events one frame left / right

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or Ctrl + Num 3
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Alt + Num 1

Slip trim selected events one frame left / right

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or Alt + Num 3
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↑  Shift + Num 1

L/J trim left / right by frames

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or ↑  Shift + Num 3
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Ctrl + Alt + Num 1

Slide a transition or crossfade one frame left (trim adjacent)

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Ctrl + Alt + Num 3

Slide a transition or crossfade one frame right (trim adjacent)

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + Num 1

L/J cut left / right by frames

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or Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + Num 3
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Num 4

Trim selected events one pixel left

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Num 6

Trim selected events one pixel right

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Ctrl + Num 4

Time compress / stretch selected events one pixel left

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Ctrl + Num 6

Time compress / stretch selected events one pixel right

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Alt + Num 4

Slip trim selected events one pixel left

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Alt + Num 6

Slip trim selected events one pixel right

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↑  Shift + Num 4

L/J trim left by pixels

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↑  Shift + Num 6

L/J trim right by pixels

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Ctrl + Alt + Num 4

Slide a transition or crossfade one pixel left (trim adjacent)

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Ctrl + Alt + Num 6

Slide a transition or crossfade one pixel right (trim adjacent)

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + Num 4

L/J cut left by pixels

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + Num 6

L/J cut right by pixels

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Num 8

Move selected events up one track

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Num 2

Move selected events down one track

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Alt +
+

(drag inside the event) Slip trim: Move media within event without moving the event

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Alt +
+

(drag edge of event) Slip trim: Move the media with the edge as it is trimmed

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↑  Shift +
+

(drag edge of event) L/J trim: Ignore event grouping so you can trim audio and video events independently

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Ctrl + Alt +
+

(drag edge of event) Trim adjacent: Trim selected event and adjacent event simultaneously

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift +
+

(drag edge of event) Trim adjacent while ignoring event grouping for last L and J cuts

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Alt + ↑  Shift +
+

(drag edge of event) Slip-trim right edge of event

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Ctrl + Alt +
+

Trim adjacent while ignoring event grouping for fast L and J cuts

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or
+
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Alt + ↑  Shift +
+

(drag event) Slip-trim right edge of event

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift +
+

(or drag event) Event split or split / trim

Note: Holding the Shift key temporarily overrides snapping if it is enabled. Release the Shift key while dragging to snap the event to available snap points.
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Ctrl + Alt +
+

(drag middle of event) Slide: Trim both ends of event simultaneously

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Ctrl + Alt +
+

(drag over a crossfade) Slide crossfade: Move crossfade

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Ctrl +
+

(drag edge of event) Stretch (compress) the media in the event while trimming

1
=

Raise pitch one semitone

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Ctrl + =

Raise pitch one cent

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↑  Shift + =

Raise pitch one octave

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-

Lower pitch one semitone

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Ctrl + -

Lower pitch one cent

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↑  Shift + -

Lower pitch one octave

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + =

Reset pitch

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or Ctrl + ↑  Shift + -
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T

Select next take

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↑  Shift + T

Select previous take

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Num /

Convert cut to selection

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or Num *
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or Num -
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Ctrl + Num /

Convert transition to cut

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Ctrl + E

Open in audio editor

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Scroll left / right

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↑  Shift +   

Scroll left / right quickly

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Scroll up / down

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↑  Shift +   

Scroll up / down quickly

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Page Up / Down

Jump to top / bottom of image

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or ↑  Shift + Home
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or ↑  Shift + End
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Home

Jump to left edge of image

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End

Jump to right edge of image

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Shift + Page Up / Down

Jump to left / right edge of image

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\

Jump to horizontal center of image

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or Num *
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↑  Shift + \

Jump to vertical center of image

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or ↑  Shift + Num *
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Ctrl + Alt + R

Arm track for record

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + R

Arm for record and set recording path

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Ctrl + R

Record

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Q

Looped playback

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or Ctrl + ↑  Shift + L
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↑  Shift + Space

Play from start

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or ↑  Shift + F12
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Space

Start playback

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Ctrl + Space

Play from any window

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or F12
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⤶ Enter

Play / Pause

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or Ctrl + F12
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Space

Stop playback

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or Esc
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Ctrl + Home

Go to start of project

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Ctrl + End

Go to end of project

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Alt +

Go to previous frame

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Alt +

Go to next frame

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F12

Dim (attenuate) master bus output

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Num 0

Preview cursor position

You can specify the length of the time that is previewed using the Cursor preview duration box on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog.
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J

Scrub playback

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or K
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or L
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↑  Shift + M

Selectively prerender video

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↑  Shift + B

Build dynamic RAM preview

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Alt + ↑  Shift + 4

Toggle external monitor preview

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F7

Generate MIDI timecode

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↑  Shift + F7

Generate MIDI clock

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Ctrl + F7

Trigger from MIDI timecode

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + D

Enable multicamera editing

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1 - 9

Choose multicamera take

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Ctrl + 1 - 9

Choose multicamera take with crossfade

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Ctrl + Q

Insert new audio track

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Q

Insert new video track

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Ctrl +   

Change audio track volume or video track compositing level (when focus is on track list)

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift +   

Change audio track panning or video track fade-to-color setting (when focus is on track list and automation controls are visible)

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Z

Mute selected tracks

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↑  Shift + Z

Mute selected track and remove other tracks from mute group

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X

Solo selected tracks

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↑  Shift + X

Solo selected track and remove other tracks from solo group

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Ctrl + Alt + Z

Mute selected track group

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + Z

Mute selected track group and remove other track groups from the mute group

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Ctrl + Alt + X

Solo selected track group

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + X

Solo selected track group and remove other track groups from the solo group

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↑  Shift +
+

Override snapping (if snapping is on) or enable snapping (if snapping is off)

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Alt + F8

Quantize to frames

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F8

Enable/disable snapping

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Ctrl + F8

Snap to grid

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↑  Shift + F8

Snap to markers

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F8

Snap to all events

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F

Post-edit ripple affected tracks

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Ctrl + F

Post-edit ripple affected tracks, bus tracks, markers, and regions

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F

Post-edit ripple all tracks, markers, and regions

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Ctrl + L

Auto ripple mode

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + X

Automatic crossfades

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Ctrl + M

Render to new track

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G

Group selected events

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U

Ungroup selected events

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + U

Ignore event grouping

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Ctrl + U

Clear group without deleting events

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↑  Shift + G

Select all events in group

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V

Insert / Show / Hide track volume envelope

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↑  Shift + V

Remove track volume envelope

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P

Insert / Show / Hide track panning envelope

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↑  Shift + P

Remove track panning

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E

Cycle through effect automation envelopes

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or ↑  Shift + E
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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + E

Show/hide envelopes

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+ Num 8

(select envelope point and hold the mouse button; then press 8 on numeric keypad) Adjust envelope point up by one pixel


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Program name: Vegas Pro 18 Vegas Pro 18 (Productivity)

Vegas Pro is a video editing software currently developed by Magix Madison. It is a non-linear editing (NLE) software for video and audio, with an abilty to real-time multitrack editing. Vegas Pro runs on Windows.

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