Pinnacle Studio version 12 Keyboard Shortcuts


The terms Left, Right, Up and Down in this table refer to the arrow (cursor) keys.

Main Studio interface
Space bar Play and stop
J Fast reverse (hit multiple times for faster playback)
K Halt playback
L Fast forward (hit multiple times for faster playback)
X or Ctrl+Up Step forward 1 frame
Y or Ctrl+Down Step back 1 frame
A or I Mark in
S or O Mark out
Ctrl+Left Trim in point by -1 frame
Ctrl+Right Trim in point by +1 frame
Alt+Left Trim out point by -1 frame
Alt+Right Trim out point by +1 frame
Alt+Ctrl+Left Rolling trim out point by -1 frame (trims following clip too)
Alt+Ctrl+Right Rolling trim out point by +1 frame
G Clear mark in and mark out
D Go to mark in (in trimmer tool)
F Go to mark out (in trimmer tool)
E or Home Go to start
R or End Go to end
Left Select previous clip
Right Select next clip
Delete Delete selected clip(s)
Insert Split clip at scrubber position
Page up Go to next page in Movie Window
Page down Go to previous page in Movie Window
Numeric pad + Zoom in the Timeline
Numeric pad - Zoom out the Timeline
C Set menu chapter
V Clear menu chapter
M Set return to menu
Ctrl+Page up Go to previous menu chapter
Ctrl+Page down Go to next menu chapter

 

Title Editor
Alt+Plus Bring to front
Alt+Minus Send to back
Ctrl+Plus Bring forward one layer
Ctrl+Minus Send back one layer
Ctrl+0 Text justification off
Ctrl+1 Text justification: bottom left
Ctrl+2 Text justification: bottom center
Ctrl+3 Text justification: bottom right
Ctrl+4 Text justification: middle left
Ctrl+5 Text justification: middle center
Ctrl+6 Text justification: middle right
Alt+Right Text justification: top left
Alt+Ctrl+Left Text justification: top center
Alt+Ctrl+Right Text justification: top right
G Kern, leading and skew
D Move, scale and rotate
F Expand character selection left
E or Home Expand character selection right
R or End Reduce horizontal scale of, or squeeze (kern), text selection depending on current edit mode (move/scale/rotate or kern/skew/leading)
Left Increase horizontal scale of, or stretch (kern), text selection
Ctrl+Down Reduce scale or leading of text selection depending on current edit mode
Ctrl+Up Increase scale or leading of text selection
Shift+Ctrl+Left Same as Ctrl+Left (coarse)
Shift+Ctrl+Right Same as Ctrl+Right (coarse)
Shift+Ctrl+Down Same as Ctrl+Down (coarse)
Shift+Ctrl+Up Same as Ctrl+Up (coarse)
Alt+Left In text selection: Move characters left. No selection: Move left all text from cursor to end of line.
Alt+Right In text selection: Move characters right. No selection: Move right all text from cursor to end of line.
Shift+Alt+Left Same as Alt+Left (coarse)
Shift+Alt+Right Same as Alt+Right (coarse)