Vegas Pro 18 keyboard shortcuts

Create new project

Create new project and bypass the Project Properties dialog

Exit

Close the current project

Open an existing project

Project properties

Save project

Save project as

Save version (incremental save)

Set focus to timeline

Show Explorer window

Show Trimmer window

Show Master Bus window

Show Video Preview window

Show Project Media window

Show Project Notes window

Show Transitions window

Show Video FX window

Show Media Generators window

Show Plug-in Manager window

Show Video Scopes window

Show Surround Panner window

Show Edit Details window

Show Mixing Console window

Show Device Explorer window

Show Loudness Meters window

Show Dashboard

Open Color Grading mode

Open Motion Tracking mode

Show / Hide audio bus tracks

Show / Hide video bus tracks

Show / Hide event media markers

Show / Hide active take information

Note: Stretched audio events will display a percentage in the lower-right corner of the event to indicate the stretched playback rate. If the media has a known tempo, the effective playback tempo (after stretching) is listed in parentheses after the stretch amount.

Show / Hide waveforms on events in the timeline

Show / Hide event buttons

Toggle Event headers

Show / Hide event fade lengths between selected and non-selected events

Toggle the display of the frame under the cursor or display splitscreen previews when you perform one of following edits:

Event slip, event slip-trim, event slide, or crossfade/transition slide. For example, when you drag the edge of a video event with this command selected, the Video Preview window will update to draw the last frame in the event as you drag. When the command is not selected, a static frame is displayed.

Show / Hide envelopes

Show next window

Show previous window

Recall window layout

Save window layout

Load default window layout

Load Vegas 14 default layout

Load audio mixing window layout

Load color correction window layout

When both are visible, toggle focus between track list and timeline (and bus track list and timeline if bus tracks are visible)

Switch focus to previous / next track or bus track

Zoom in / out horizontally in small increments (if timeline has focus)

Zoom in / out horizontally in large increments or zoom to selection (if one exists)

Zoom in time until each video thumbnail represents one frame

Decrease height of all tracks or bus tracks (depending on the focus)

Increase height of all tracks or bus tracks (depending on the focus)

Minimize / restore track height

When restoring track height, tracks that you previously minimized are not restored. These tracks can be restored by clicking the Restore Track Height button on the track header.

Set track heights to default height

Minimize / restore the window docking area

Maximize / restore the timeline vertically and horizontally (window docking area and track list will be hidden)

Zoom waveforms in / out vertically (audio only)

Center view around cursor

Go to

Set end of time selection

Go to beginning of time selection or viewable area (if no time selection)

Go to end of time selection or viewable area (if no time selection)

Go to beginning of project

Go to end of project

Select loop region

Restore previous five time selections

Move left by grid marks

Move right by grid marks

Move left / right one pixel (when Quantize to Frames is turned off)

Move to previous / next marker

Move one frame left / right

Move left / right to event edit points (including fade edges)

Move left / right (when not in edge-trimming mode or during playback)

Move edit cursor to playback cursor position during playback

Move cursor to corresponding marker or select corresponding region

Move to previous CD track

Move to next CD track

Move to previous CD index or region

Move to next CD index or region

Set in point

Set out point

(drag with mouse) Create time selection while dragging on an event

Cut selection

Copy selection

Paste from clipboard

Paste insert

Paste repeat

Delete selection

Trim event to selection

Render to new track

Create nested timeline

Open nested timeline

Open parent timeline

Undo

Redo

Rebuild audio peaks

Switch to normal editing tool

Switch to next editing tool

Switch to previous editing tool

Enable multicamera editing

(click events) Range select

(click individual events) Multiple select

Select all

Unselect all

Cut selection

Copy selection

Paste from clipboard

Paste insert

Paste repeat

Delete selection

Split events at cursor

Smart Split selected event

Rename selected event

Trim / Crop selected events

Move cursor to edge of previous selected events

Trim the start of the selected event to the cursor position

Time select previous selected event

Move cursor to edge of next selected event

Trim the end of the selected event to the cursor position

Time select next selected event

Move selected events one frame left

Move selected events one frame right

Move selected events one pixel left

Move selected events one pixel right

Enter edge-trimming mode and select event start; move to previous event edge

In this mode, 1, 3, 4, and 6 on the numeric keypad will trim the selected event edge. See below.

Enter edge-trimming mode and select event end; move to next event edge

Trim left / right (when in edge-trimming mode)

Enter / exit expanded edit mode (or exit edge-trimming mode)

You can also double-click an event edge to enter expanded edit mode.

In this mode, 1, 3, 4, and 6 on the numeric keypad will trim the selected event edge. See below

Trim selected events one frame left / right

Time compress / stretch selected events one frame left / right

Slip trim selected events one frame left / right

L/J trim left / right by frames

Slide a transition or crossfade one frame left (trim adjacent)

Slide a transition or crossfade one frame right (trim adjacent)

L/J cut left / right by frames

Trim selected events one pixel left

Trim selected events one pixel right

Time compress / stretch selected events one pixel left

Time compress / stretch selected events one pixel right

Slip trim selected events one pixel left

Slip trim selected events one pixel right

L/J trim left by pixels

L/J trim right by pixels

Slide a transition or crossfade one pixel left (trim adjacent)

Slide a transition or crossfade one pixel right (trim adjacent)

L/J cut left by pixels

L/J cut right by pixels

Move selected events up one track

Move selected events down one track

(drag inside the event) Slip trim: Move media within event without moving the event

(drag edge of event) Slip trim: Move the media with the edge as it is trimmed

(drag edge of event) L/J trim: Ignore event grouping so you can trim audio and video events independently

(drag edge of event) Trim adjacent: Trim selected event and adjacent event simultaneously

(drag edge of event) Trim adjacent while ignoring event grouping for last L and J cuts

(drag edge of event) Slip-trim right edge of event

Trim adjacent while ignoring event grouping for fast L and J cuts

(drag event) Slip-trim right edge of event

(or drag event) Event split or split / trim

Note: Holding the Shift key temporarily overrides snapping if it is enabled. Release the Shift key while dragging to snap the event to available snap points.

(drag middle of event) Slide: Trim both ends of event simultaneously

(drag over a crossfade) Slide crossfade: Move crossfade

(drag edge of event) Stretch (compress) the media in the event while trimming

Raise pitch one semitone

Raise pitch one cent

Raise pitch one octave

Lower pitch one semitone

Lower pitch one cent

Lower pitch one octave

Reset pitch

Select next take

Select previous take

Convert cut to selection

Convert transition to cut

Open in audio editor

Scroll left / right

Scroll left / right quickly

Scroll up / down

Scroll up / down quickly

Jump to top / bottom of image

Jump to left edge of image

Jump to right edge of image

Jump to left / right edge of image

Jump to horizontal center of image

Jump to vertical center of image

Arm track for record

Arm for record and set recording path

Record

Looped playback

Play from start

Start playback

Play from any window

Play / Pause

Stop playback

Go to start of project

Go to end of project

Go to previous frame

Go to next frame

Dim (attenuate) master bus output

Preview cursor position

You can specify the length of the time that is previewed using the Cursor preview duration box on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog.

Scrub playback

Selectively prerender video

Build dynamic RAM preview

Toggle external monitor preview

Generate MIDI timecode

Generate MIDI clock

Trigger from MIDI timecode

Enable multicamera editing

Choose multicamera take

Choose multicamera take with crossfade

Insert new audio track

Insert new video track

Change audio track volume or video track compositing level (when focus is on track list)

Change audio track panning or video track fade-to-color setting (when focus is on track list and automation controls are visible)

Mute selected tracks

Mute selected track and remove other tracks from mute group

Solo selected tracks

Solo selected track and remove other tracks from solo group

Mute selected track group

Mute selected track group and remove other track groups from the mute group

Solo selected track group

Solo selected track group and remove other track groups from the solo group

Override snapping (if snapping is on) or enable snapping (if snapping is off)

Quantize to frames

Enable/disable snapping

Snap to grid

Snap to markers

Snap to all events

Post-edit ripple affected tracks

Post-edit ripple affected tracks, bus tracks, markers, and regions

Post-edit ripple all tracks, markers, and regions

Auto ripple mode

Automatic crossfades

Render to new track

Group selected events

Ungroup selected events

Ignore event grouping

Clear group without deleting events

Select all events in group

Insert / Show / Hide track volume envelope

Remove track volume envelope

Insert / Show / Hide track panning envelope

Remove track panning

Cycle through effect automation envelopes

Show/hide envelopes

(select envelope point and hold the mouse button; then press 8 on numeric keypad) Adjust envelope point up by one pixel

(select envelope point and hold the mouse button; then press 2 on numeric keypad) Adjust envelope point down by one pixel

(select envelope point and hold the mouse button; then press 4 on numeric keypad) Adjust envelope point left by one pixel

(select envelope point and hold the mouse button; then press 6 on numeric keypad) Adjust envelope point right by one pixel

(drag envelope point or segment) Adjust envelope point value in fine increments without changing the point’s timeline position

(drag envelope point or segment) Adjust envelope point value in normal increments without changing the point’s timeline position.

Many shortcuts of the timeline will also work in the Trimmer. You’ll find commands specific to Trimmer below.

Add media from cursor: Adds current selection to the timeline as an event. If there isn’t any selection in the Trimmer, the entire clip is used

Add media to cursor

Transfer time selection from timeline to Trimmer after cursor

Transfer time selection from timeline to Trimmer before cursor

Toggle selected stream: Audio / Video / Both

Toggle audio / video stream height

Sort trimmer history

Clear trimmer history

Remove current media from Trimmer history

Save markers / regions

Toggle automatic marker / region saving

Open in audio editor

Show video in Video Preview window

Change 3D layout

Lock aspect ratio

Scale about center

Edit in object space

Prevent movement

Prevent scaling

Enable snapping

Enable rotation

Add

Constrain motion to a line through the center of the Surround Panner

Constrain motion to a constant radius from center

Constrain motion to the maximum circle that will fit in the Surround Panner

Move the pan point forward / backward (when the pan point is selected)

Move the pan point left / right (when the pan point is selected)

Move the pan point to a corner, edge, or center of the Surround Panner (when the pan point is selected and Num Lock is on)

Move the pan point to a corner on the largest circle that will fit in the Surround Panner (when the pan point is selected and Num Lock is on)

Rename selected channel

Insert new audio track

Cycle default / narrow / wide channel strip

Hide the selected channel strip

Show the Channel List pane

Show / Hide all channel strips

Show / Hide audio bus channel strips

Show / Hide audio track channel strips

Show / Hide assignable effects channel strips

Show / Hide master bus channel strip

Show / Hide preview channel strip

Show / Hide fader ticks

Show / Hide control region labels

Show / Hide Faders control region

Show / Hide Insert FX control region

Show / Hide I/O control region

Show / Hide Meters control region

Show / Hide Sends control region

Adjust selected fader

Adjust left channel of stereo fader

Adjust right channel of stereo fader

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Shortcut menu

Make finer fader / slider adjustments

(drag keyframes) Change relative keyframe spacing

(drag region tag) Move region without changing length

Play / Pause

Play from start

Stop

Mute track

Mute track and remove other tracks from mute group

Solo track

Solo track and remove other tracks from solo group

Change audio track volume or video track compositing level (when focus is on track list)

Change audio track panning or video track fade-to-color setting (when focus is on track list)

Change track focus

Zoom in / out

Zoom vertically

Zoom horizontally

Move the cursor in small increments

Trim the selected event edge one pixel (if you’re in edge-trimming mode)

Adjust scrub rate during playback

Move the cursor by frames

Trim the selected event edge one frame (if you’re in edge trimming mode)

Adjust scrub rate during playback

Auto-scroll

(first, hover over the handle) Move fader / slider. In plug-in windows, click the control first to give it focus

(first, hover over the handle) Move fader / slider in fine increments