Mac OS X to the Max: iMovie Editing Shortcuts
Table 17.3 lists the name, keyboard shortcut, and a brief description of each iMovie command.
Menu | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | What It Does |
|---|---|---|---|
iMovie | Preferences |
| Opens the iMovie Preferences dialog box. |
File | New Project |
| Creates a new iMovie project. |
File | Open Project |
| Opens an existing iMovie project. |
File | Save Frame As |
| Saves the frame currently displayed on the Monitor as an image file outside of iMovie. This enables you to capture frames from a movie as a graphic. |
File | Import | Shift- | Enables you to import content into an iMovie project, such as graphic files, audio files, and so on. |
File | Export | Shift- | Enables you to export an iMovie project to videotape, to QuickTime, or for DVD. |
File | Show Info |
| Opens the Clip Info window thatprovides information about a selected clip. |
File | Empty Trash | None | Empties the iMovie Trash. |
Edit | Select All |
| Selects all the clips in the Clips pane or on one of the viewers. |
Edit | Select None | Shift- | Unselects any selected clips; this causes your entire movie to be shown in the Monitor. |
Edit | Crop |
| Removes all frames that are outside the crop markers. |
Edit | Split Video Clip at Playhead |
| Creates two clips from the current clip. The clips are separated at the location of the Playhead when the command is used. |
Edit | Create Still Frame | Shift- | Creates a still image of the current frame and places that image on the Clips pane, from which you can add it to a movie. |
Advanced | Extract Audio |
| Extracts the audio track from a selected video clip and places it on one of the Audio tracks where it becomes just like any other audio; for example, you can move it on the timeline, crop it, and so on. |
Advanced | Paste Over at Playhead | Shift- | Pastes selected frames over frames in the selected clip starting at the current location of the Playhead. Use this command to replace some of the video in a clip. |
Advanced | Lock/Unlock Audio Clip at Playhead |
| Locks an audio clip to the current location of the Playhead, such as when you place it at the beginning of a video clip when you want the audio to always remain in sync with the video clip, even if you move the video clip on the timeline. If you select a locked audio clip and use the command, the clip becomes unlocked again. |
Advanced | Reverse Clip Direction |
| Causes the selected clip to play in the opposite direction. |
Advanced | Restore Clip | None | Causes a clip to which you have applied special effects to be returned to the condition it was in when you imported it into iMovie (except for any edits you made, such as removing frames). |
None | Decrease volume | Down arrow | Decreases the playback volume. |
None | Fast Forward (Camera mode) |
| Makes the camera play in fast forward. |
None | Increase Volume | Up arrow | Increases the playback volume. |
None | Move audio clip backward by 1 frameof audio clips precisely. | Click audio clip; then left arrow | Enables you to move the location |
None | Move audio clip backward by 10 frames | Click Audio clip; then Shift-left arrow | Enables you to move audio clips in 10-frame increments. |
None | Move audio clip forward by 1 frame | Click audio clip; then right arrow | Enables you to move an audio clip forward by one frame. |
None | Move audio clip forward by 10 frames | Click audio clip; then Shift-right arrow | Enables you to move an audio clip forward by 10 frames. |
None | Move backward 1 frame | Left arrow | Moves the Playhead back one frame. |
None | Move backward 10 frames | Shift-left arrow | Moves the Playhead back by 10 frames. |
None | Move Crop Marker backward by 1 frame | Click crop marker; then left arrow | Moves the selected crop marker back one frame, adding one frame to the currently selected frames if you selected the start crop marker or removing it if you selected the end crop marker. |
None | Move Crop Marker backward by 10 frames | Click Crop Marker; then Shift-left arrow | Moves the selected crop marker back 10 frames, adding 10 frames to the currently selected frames if you selected the start crop marker or removing 10 frames if you selected the end crop marker. |
None | Move Crop Marker forward by 1 frame | Click Crop Marker; then right arrow | Moves the selected crop marker ahead one frame, adding one frame to the currently selected frames if you selected the end crop marker or removing it if you selected the start crop marker. |
None | Move Crop Marker forward by 10 frames | Click Crop Marker; then Shift-right arrow | Moves the selected crop marker ahead 10 frames, adding 10 frames to the currently selected frames if you selected the end crop marker or removing 10 frames if you selected the start crop marker. |
None | Move forward 1 frame | Right arrow | Moves the Playhead forward by one frame. |
None | Move forward 10 frames | Shift-right arrow | Moves the Playhead forward by 10 frames. |
None | Move Playhead to beginning of clip/movie | Home | Moves the Playhead to the beginning of a clip if a clip is selected or to the beginning of the movie if no clip is selected. |
None | Move Playhead to end of clip/movie | End | Moves the Playhead to the end of a clip if a clip is selected or to the end of the movie if no clip is selected. |
None | Play/Stop (Edit mode) | Spacebar | Starts or stops playback of either a clip if one is selected or the movie if no clips are selected. |
None | Rewind (Camera mode) | Cmd-[ Rewinds the camera. | |
None | Start/Stop Import (Camera mode) | Spacebar | Starts or stops the import process. |
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