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ADD EDIT shortcut
im a final cut user and recently got PP CS5. in final cut there is a shortcut called “add edit” it allows me to add a cut to the video on the timeline from a click of the keyboard button. i cant seem to find this feature so does anyone know what its called in premiere pro?
here is a link to the final cut feature
https://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2009/04/improving_editing_workflow_with_add_edit_feature.php -
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The functions are called insert edit or overlay edit. Keys are , or . Repectively.
Jon Barrie
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Hi…
On the PC the default is Ctrl+K.
I’ll assume Command+K on the Mac.
(Razor at Current Time Indicator)
Alex
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i tried apple K and it doesnt work. i cant find the insert edit or overlay edit key in the keyboard layout. ive looked in the tools section and there is no insert edit or overlay option.
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Ctrl/cmd + K only works in the timeline with an active selected track (highlighted tracks are lighter in shade than unselected) the cut will occur through a clip at the point the playhead or (CTI) is positioned.
Insert (, )and overlay (.) shortcut keys add a clip to the timeline via the same principal of a selected track. The bottom most track is where it will fall. The shortcut keys are part of the source monitor panel tool box not the editing tool box. Hover the mouse arrow over the buttons in the source panel to reveal the button name and the shortcut key for it.
Look up insert edit and overlay edit for more detail in the online premiere pro help documents if my description is a little hairy. Always helps to see it rather than read it.
Jon Barrie
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Mind you, these are default settings. You can manually change the keyboard shortcuts to anything you are more comfortable with. You can even asign shortcuts to things that don’t have any default keys associated.
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FYI…
As of CS4 I don’t think that this has an effect unless you have your tracks enabled properly.
So that may be why you don’t see it working.
Alex
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After re-reading your original post – the answer has been presented to you.
What you are asking is for the equivalent of the ctrl+v shortcut in FCP. whereby you make a cut to a clip in the timeline at the position of the playhead.
the way to do this in PPro is with Cmd+k (mac) or Ctrl+k (PC). This shortcut will only ‘cut’ on a clip in an active track.
To activate a track see that it is either dark or light grey. if it is light grey it is active, dark is deactive. select the track name to switch the active deactive state. to get all tracks active hold shift and then select a dark grey deactive track to get all tracks light grey active (for either video or audio – depending on what track you select).
holding shift and selecting a light grey active track will then make all tracks dark grey inactive. I have assigned short cuts to activate deactivate my tracks to shift and = for all video tracks active and shift and – for all video tracks deactive. for audio tracks I use the same combo’s but added the ctrl modifier key to them: so ctrl and shift and = activates all audio tracks.
its a long winded explanation but I hope it helps to ‘understand’ the concept behind the workflow.
– JB
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i have figured it out, thank you very much for the detailed reply.
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BUMP AGAIN…
Sorry– I know that this is technically a solved query and somewhat in bad threadiquette on my part to bump, but I haven’t found anything else on the googles, that as nearly resembles my own problem.
So, I know that the COMMAND + K function adds an edit to any active tracks (similar to the ALT + V function on FCP7). BUT activating and deactivating tracks to make an edit kind of negates the whole shortcut keystroke process…no? Is there any way to add an edit to a specific region without activating or deactivating tracks? Right now I’m just toggling tools (C and V) and I’m about to catch arthritis over here with all the mousing all over the place…not to mention I must be losing like 30 mins of productivity for every 4 mins of video that I edit…
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