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Mouseless workflow: Can I select clips on the timeline without using mouse?
Hi guys,
Trying to avoid using the mouse as much as possible; i can focus windows, create i/o points, move clips from source to timeline, navigate timeline etc etc all without mouse – but am I correct in thinking I cant actually select clips on the timeline without the damned mouse 🙁
REally frustrating because i have a 90% mouse free workflow – but without being able to select clips its kind of pointless 🙁
Elin
It’s all the those pesky details :p
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In Premiere CC press D to Select Clip at Playhead.
This selects the clips on targeted tracks
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You might also want to play around with speech recognition, depending on what platform and OS you’re on. All you need is a headset with a built in microphone – or just a microphone for that matter. It’s quite a fascinating experience to set up voice recognition, and just sit there telling your computer what to do.
There’s a feature called Mouse Grid which actually lets you control a “mouse” pointer via voice, by splitting the screen into sectors. It works quite well. I’ve played a bit with using Speech Recognition in Windows Vista – it works quite well, and it’s also available free for Windows 7. It’s a whole different experience:
https://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/set-up-speech-recognition
I did a presentation at our local library, aimed more at people who had lost motor control of their hands or arms, than those who might use it to edit, but I could see it working, especially in software which goes more by the numbers, such as PPro or AE, but not in Photoshop.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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command + arrow up/down
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Thanks for your replies guys –
@Matt – yes I heard about that – unfortunately I have cs6 🙁
@Joseph – certainly something to take into account as I get older – but i guess wont help me with this specific issue as it seems that I wont be able to map any commands to select clips on timeline – as it doesnt seem to exist…
@Paul – command up/down arrow doesnt seem to work in Cs6… is that also a cc command?
It’s all the those pesky details :p
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Check in Keyboard Shortcuts for “Select Previous Clip” and “Select Next Clip”. They’re under “Application” but not in a Menu Heading. I’m on CC and that’s where they’re located. Can’t remember if they were there in CS6 or prior. Kinda just been automatic. Or maybe I assigned them years ago.
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