Adobe Premiere Tricks

NICK’S SUPER SECRET TRICKS USING ADOBE PREMIERE
Nick Schlott, lead engineer for Adobe Premiere™ shares some of his super secret command keys. Shake out those fingers and check them out!
Shift keyCommand Key Option key Keyboard key

Edge View Active Result Macintosh Action Windows Action

Preview Window
Cycles through preview sizes 120 x 90 - 320 x 240 (Aspect constrained by output optionsaspect) Pops-up Preview options context menu Finds the video monitor, moves/resizes Preview window to fill that screen + click on window + click on window

+ click on window Ctrl + click on windowRight + click on preview window NA

Construction Window
Plays from edit point in Clip window Trimming; ripple edit to head of incoming clip Trimming; ripple edit to tail of outgoing clipTrimming; rolling edit Keys show each side of edit as you move Spacebar []+ ; ‘+ , .+ Pageup/dn + Spacebar []+ ; ‘+ , .+ Pageup/dn +

Timecode Display, Construction Window Ruler
Cycles through all timelines for different formats + click on time display + click on time display

Context Menu (available from Clip, Project, Library, Construction, Sequence windows)
Pops up Edit and Clip menu items + +Ctrl + click on any video/audio item Right + mouse click on any video/audio item

Window Options (available for any Clip, Construction, Project, Sequence, Library, or Titler window)
Shows windowoptions for that window NA Right click on window caption

Result

Macintosh Action

Windows Action

Clip Window (audio or video)
Alternates between jog and shuttle control Play Play from in toout Play from current position to out Loop from in to out Play backwards Match frame: Matches visible frame to time in Construction window Move 5 frames at a time Go to start/end of material Go toin/out marker Move to next/previous marker Change Clip window size I/O + + click in Clip window I/O Ctrl + NA + click on Spacebar + spacebar + + spacebar Alt + click on Spacebar + spacebar NA NA Alt +...