Adobe Premiere Tips, Tricks, and Keyboard Shortcuts For Fast Editing

Learn how we setup our keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Premiere to edit footage as quickly as possible.

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[iamwarren]

Here's a summary of all the shortcuts assigned in this video:
A – Zoom out
S – Zoom in
D – Clear and Delete
F - Ripple Delete
Q – Step back
W – Step Forward
E – Shuttle slow right
R - Shuttle slow left
Z - Track select tool

Standard
C – cut cool
V – selection tool
Alt + command - Switch clips – (alt+control in video)
Hold alt – drag copy clips
Shift+cut - Cut down through all layers of clips

Thanks for the tips, great video

[CodPast]

Finally a video where the guy is giving tips without trying to be funny or promoting some s****y paid promotion. Thank you!

[mylarmelodies]

Ace. Reference for shortcuts in this vid:
A zoom out
S zoom in
D clear
F ripple delete
Q step back
W step forward
E shuttle slow right
Z track select tool
C cut tool (Hold Shift to cut whole timeline)
V select tool
ALT+CTRL exchange/swap clip locations
ALT-drag = copy clip

[NiNjaXrEhaB]

8yrs later and I come back to this video anytime I install premiere on a new device. After becoming so adapted to these shortcuts it blows my mind people edit without using them too. 8yrs later, thank you once again

[dougieladd]

1:55 A and S keys = zoom in and out
2:05 D and Delete key = Clear/Delete
2:45 F key = Ripple Delete
3:40 Q and W = Step Back and Step Forward respectively
4:25 E Key = Shuttle Slow Right (Speed up video)
5:24 Z Key = Track Select Tool
8:19 Alt + CTRL = Re-arrange clips

Quick reference :)

[ryedonable]

i've been back and forward to this video everytime i edited in another device, this video really help me a lot! thank you!

[cheeriomartinez]

Anyone else come back to this video more than once?

[huvver]

3 years later and this is still a super useful video. As always, thanks for all the super helpful content you and your team continue to put out.

[adorableandray]

This is massive!
Thanks so much for this. Props from Russia.

[Arttective]

This video is one of the important pillars in video editing. NEVER DELETE THIS!

[TechWithBrett]

Flawless, thank you for the great video. Exactly what I needed.

[glizzy]

honestly the best soft tutorial ive ever seen. short and straight to the point ! i love it

[jbriggs]

This is awesome! Thanks! However, I hope you've remapped the functions that were originally assigned to the Q and W keys because they're great. I just learned about them about a month ago. You can choose a clip in your timeline, find the moment in that clip where you want that clip to start, and then hit Q to ripple delete everything prior to where the playhead is in just that clip. Then, when you get to the point in that clip where you're ready for it to end, you can hit W to ripple delete the unwanted portion of the end of that clip. So, so useful.
If you want to remap it, it's called "Ripple Trim Previous Edit to Playhead" and "Ripple Trim Next Edit to Playhead"

[GumbyPlays]

Over the years, anytime I have gotten a new computer or had to completely re-do my keybinds.. I always come back to this video. It's the best!

[WatchItPlayed]

These are fantastic tips. Thanks so much. I intend to implement many of them.

[dimitrifritz]

Best soft soft tutorial for beginners on YouTube! I'm an absolute beginner and all the other tutorials I've found on YouTube have been so

[pramodjois]

thanks for that and I like to ask about .how to add fadeout and fadein .and how do slow motion in this plz

[markrobinson]

please do more videos great teaching style humble enough to say “can’t believeI didn’t know this” all tips are huge time savers newcomers listen to this guy he is the real deal

Thank you very much for your tips dude, appreciated! <3

[talentsystem]

With all the soft soft tutorials that exist on YT, yours just created that "light bulb illumination" mont in my head. Thanks for taking the