Appendix C. Master Keyboard Shortcut List


Here it is, by popular, frustrated demand: The master list of every secret (or not so secret) keystroke in iMovie 6, including all of the keys you can press while dragging things. Clip and post to your monitor (unless, of course, you got this book from the library).

Table C-1. Navigation

Action

Keystrokes

Play/Stop

Space bar

Rewind to start

Home

Jump to end

End

1 frame back/forward

Left arrow, right arrow

10 frames back/forward

Shift-left arrow, Shift-right arrow

Previous/ next bookmark

-[, -]

Add bookmark/Delete bookmark

-B, Option- -B

Add Chapter Marker

Shift- -M

Delete Chapter Marker

Option- -M


Table C-2. Timeline Viewer Editing

Select consecutive clips

Click first clip, Shift-click last one

Select nonconsecutive clips

Click first clip, -click each additional one

Nudge video clip

Click clip, then press right arrow (add Shift to move 10 frames at a time) to create black gap

Shorten clip (ripple edit)

Drag clip's edge inward (other clips slide left to close up the gap)

Shorten clip (creating gap)

-drag clip's edge inward

Lengthen clip (ripple edit)

Drag clip's edge outward (other clips slide right to accommodate longer clip)

Lengthen clip (trim adjacent clips)

-drag clip's edge outward (adjacent clip gets truncated by the overlap)

Switch to Clip Viewer

-E (also switches back again)


Table C-3. Titles, Effects, Transitions

Delete title, effect, or transition

Select, then press Delete

Move between Title text boxes

Tab

Open palette of symbols

Option- -T

Cancel rendering

-period


Table C-4. Trash

Put selected clip(s) in Trash

Delete

Open Trash window

Shift- -T (or click Trash icon)

Empty Trash

Shift- -Delete


Table C-5. Project Files

New Project

-N

Open Project

-O

Close Window

-W

Save Project

-S


Table C-6. Import/Export

Import

Shift- -I

Export to QuickTime

Shift- -E

Export to iDVD

Control- -S


Table C-7. Clips Pane

Select multiple

Click first clip, -click each additional one

Show Info

-I


Table C-8. Still Photos

Export still image

-F

Create still clip from Playhead

Shift- -S

Copy Ken Burns setting

Option-click the word Start or End (copies setting from the other button)


Table C-9. General Editing

Undo

-Z

Redo

Shift- -Z

Cut

-X

Copy

-C

Paste

-V

Select All

-A

Select similar clips

Option- -A

Select None

Shift- -A

Crop

-K

Split Clip at Playhead

-T

Scroll to Playhead

Option- -P

Scroll to Selection

Option- -S

Zoom to Selection

Option- -Z


Table C-10. Audio Editing

Show/Hide Clip Volume Levels

Shift- -L

Show Audio Waveforms

Shift- -W

Nudge an audio clip horizontally

Click clip, then tap left or right arrow (add Shift to move 10 frames at a time)

Scrub audio

Press Option while dragging Playhead

Extract Audio

-J

Paste Over at Playhead

Shift- -V

Lock Audio Clip at Playhead

-L


Table C-11. General iMovie Functions

Peferences

-,

Hide iMovie window

-H

Hide other programs

Option- -H

Quit iMovie

-Q

Accept dialog box

Return

Cancel dialog box

Esc





iMovie 6 & iDVD
iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
ISBN: B003R4ZK42
EAN: N/A
Year: 2006
Pages: 203
Authors: David Pogue

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