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823Final Cut Pro User Guide
Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
Intro to shortcuts and gestures in Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro provides several ways to increase your efficiency while you put together
your project:
• Standard keyboard shortcuts: Many common tasks, such as opening a specific window
or adding a clip from the browser to the timeline, can be accomplished very quickly by
pressing one or more keys. See
Keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro.
• Multi-Touch gestures: If you have a Multi-Touch trackpad or mouse, you can take
advantage of Multi-Touch gestures to quickly perform many tasks while creating your
project. See
Multi-Touch trackpad gestures in Final Cut Pro.
• Touch Bar: If your MacBook Pro has a Touch Bar, you can use familiar gestures like
swipe and tap to quickly perform tasks such as scrubbing the timeline, applying an
audio fade, selecting tools, or editing text. The contents of the Touch Bar are dynamic—
the controls change depending on your current selection within Final Cut Pro and other
apps. Related buttons and sliders appear together in groups in the bar. See Touch Bar
shortcuts in Final Cut Pro.
• Custom keyboard shortcuts: You can add to the standard keyboard shortcuts by
creating your own custom keyboard shortcuts for features that you use frequently, such
as Color Board controls. Or if you’re more familiar with keyboard shortcuts from another
app, you can use the Command Editor to substitute those keyboard shortcuts in place
of the default set in Final Cut Pro. See View keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro.
Keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro
You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in Final Cut Pro. To use
a keyboard shortcut, press all the keys in the shortcut at the same time. Shortcuts for
common commands are listed in the table below. For information about viewing, creating,
and managing shortcuts, see
Intro to the Command Editor in Final Cut Pro.
Application
Action Command Shortcut
Hide Final Cut Pro Hide Application Command-H
Hide all applications except
Final Cut Pro
Hide Other Applications Option-Command-H
Open the Command Editor Keyboard Customization Option-Command-K
Minimize Final Cut Pro Minimize Command-M
Open an existing library or a new
library
Open Library Command-O
Open the Final Cut Pro Preferences
window
Preferences Command-Comma (,)
Quit Final Cut Pro Quit Command-Q
Redo the last command Redo Change Shift-Command-Z
Undo the last command Undo Change Command-Z