Premiere shortcuts cheat sheet

I’ve rounded up the keyboard shortcuts in Premiere Pro worth memorizing first.

Shortcuts marked with ⁕ are customized for speed. You can also download a preset file with these shortcuts that you can import into Adobe Premiere Pro on your device.

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Shortcuts list

Reviewing

• Set in/out point  I/O

• Insert on timeline  ,

• Drag insert  Cmd/Ctrl + Drag

• Replace clip  Opt/Alt + Drag

• Deselect all  L ⁕

Navigating

• Go to previous/next clip  ↑/↓

• Go back/forward one frame  ←/→

• Zoom in/out on timeline  T/R ⁕

• Fast forward/rewind  FF/SS ⁕

• Hand tool  H

• Maximize/minimize panel  ~

Selecting & deleting

• Selection tool  V

• Select clips at playhead  D

• Ripple delete clip  X ⁕

Cutting

• Cut at playhead  Shift + G ⁕

• Trim before/after playhead  Q/W

• Cut/razor tool  C

• Ripple edit tool  B

Arranging

• Move + insert  Cmd/Ctrl + Drag

• Paste insert  Shift + V ⁕

• Duplicate  Opt/Alt + Drag

• Swap  Opt/Alt + Cmd/Ctrl + Drag

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