Premiere Pro Keyboard Shortcuts

Adobe Premiere Pro is one of the finest video editing software programs. This helps to edit the video, add audio and adjust the lighting to create a wonderful video to present on the screens. Most video editors make their videos lively with the help of Premiere Pro. If you are a beginner or looking for quick video editing shortcut keys, this is for you. Yes, here I’ll give you the easy and useful keyboard shortcut keys for Premiere Pro. It will reduce the time spent editing the video. So let’s scroll down the page to get your shortcut keys.

Essential Premiere Pro Keyboard Shortcuts for Editors

1.  Create New Project – Ctrl+Alt+N 
2.  Create New Sequence – Ctrl+N
3. Import file – Ctrl+I 
4. Audio Gain – G   
5. To Change the Clip speed duration – Ctrl+R 
6. To Create a Marker in Timeline – M
7. Playback Speed Fast Forward – L
8. Playback speed Reverse Forward – J
9. Pause the Video Playback – K
10. To split the sequence – C
11. Selection Tool – V
12. Select the Playhead – D
13. Ripple Delete – Shift+Delete
14. Select All – Ctrl+A 
15. Deselect All – Ctrl+Shift+A
16. Save Project – Ctrl+S 
17. Undo Project – Ctrl+Z
18. Text tool – T
19. Export media – Ctrl+M
20. Exit Project (Premiere Pro) – Ctrl+Q

Shortcut Keys Explanation for Newbies

• Audio Gain: (G) – Do you have any issues with the audio volume? For example, if your audio file has low and high volume levels, tap on the (G) to adjust the audio level.
• Clip Speed duration: (Ctrl+R)  – Do you want to change the clip speed? Then press (Ctrl+R) to bring up a pop-up where you can adjust the speed and duration of your own clip.
• To create Marker: (M) – When previewing a video or audio editing in Premiere Pro, if you make any changes to a specific video part, you can use a marker (M) to easily notify the specific part that you want to edit or add something else.
• Playback Speed Fast Forward: (L) – In your editing, repeat playback will take more time. To quickly check, press (L) to increase the playback speed.
• Playback speed Reverse Fast Forward: (J) – If you want to reverse the playback speed in your video, simply press (J).
• Pause: (K) – Do you want to pause the video? Then, in the timeline, press (K) to pause playback.
• Razor Tool: (C ) – The Razor tool is used to split a clip into a timeline. If you want to quickly split a clip, simply press the (C) key.
• Selection Tool : (V) – If you want to select a specific clip or transition. Just press (V) to select the clips in the timeline.
• Select the play head: (D) – To select the play head in the timeline, press the (D) key on your keyboard.
• Ripple Delete: (Shift+Delete) – When we delete the selected clip in the timeline, a gap between the two clips is created. So you can press (Shift+Delete) to quickly remove the clip without a gap.
• Deselect All: ( Ctrl+Shift+A ) – If you have all of your files or clips selected in the Project panel, you can deselect all of them by pressing (Ctrl+Shift+A).
• Undo Project: (Ctrl+Z) – It will help to go back to the last or previous editing process. If you accidentally delete or want to undo your project, just press (Ctrl+Z).
• Text Tool: (T) – If you want to text in a project, you can press (T) to create the text easily.
• Export media: (Ctrl+M) – Do you want to export files? Then, using the keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+M), navigate to the Export media page.
• Exit Project (Premiere Pro): (Ctrl+Q) – Once you have finished all your work or have gone to another application, simply press (Ctrl+Q) to quit the project.