20 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Avid Media Composer When Editing Video FilesWhen we talk about using software the first thing is how easy it is to use. How much comfortable you are to use it? If we know the shortcuts the work will become smooth and actually we will be enjoying it and if we are using mouse and doing tons of clicks then the work seems to be more hectic and forget about the efficiency. So, the first thing after buying the Avid media composer is to know the keyboard shortcuts. Later, in this article we will be discussing few basic and important shortcuts which will help you to the maximum in using the media composer.Before moving toward the shortcuts we should talk about the versions and platforms on which you are running the software. Don’t worry about the different versions of Avid media composer because controls are 90 percent same.
The important thing which we need to care about is the platform. We run Avid media composer on two different platforms. Platforms here refer to operating systems.
Quickly find and visualize default keyboard shortcuts for Avid Pro Tools 9, 10, 11, 12, 2018 and First. For Generic PC keyboards, and for English, UK English.
Two platforms are Windows and Mac. There is slight difference between the controls in these two.
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As we all know that we have two important keys in windows which are generally used in most of the shortcuts, Alt and Ctrl. Whereas in Mac Alt is replaced by Option and Ctrl is replaced by a unique square symbol which all the Mac users will be familiar with.
Only these two control keys play the major role in making the composer easy to use.It's time to discuss some basic and important shortcut keys which will help you guys to use the Avid media composer effectively. Following is the list of shortcuts which are used frequently while editing.