6 Replies Latest reply: Jul 29, 2012 10:21 AM by Ann Bens RSS

    Set Work Area command

    Cris is Bliss Community Member

      Is there a Set Work Area or Set Beginning and Set End of Work Area keyboard command like there is in After Effects.   I looked in the Keyboard Shortcuts and did not see one.

       

      On a Mac using CS5.5

       

       

      Thanks in Advance

        • 1. Re: Set Work Area command
          shooternz Community Member

          ALT [  and ALT ] will set the Work Area Bar to the CTI position on the timeline

          • 2. Re: Set Work Area command
            Ann Bens CommunityMVP

            Type in a key word to easily find shortcuts:

             

            keyboard shortcuts.png

            • 3. Re: Set Work Area command
              ExactImage Community Member

              ...and of course you can change them too.  

               

              I've never undersood why so many shortcuts require modifier keys, expecially 'different' modifiers between Mac and Windows.  Since we go back and forth between them we created a simplified version. 

               

              For instance, we replace Alt+[ with just the [ key, and Alt + ] with just ].  Why press Alt when you really don't need to?

              • 4. Re: Set Work Area command
                Sebasvideo Community Member

                ExactImage wrote:

                 

                ...and of course you can change them too.  

                 

                I've never undersood why so many shortcuts require modifier keys, expecially 'different' modifiers between Mac and Windows.  Since we go back and forth between them we created a simplified version. 

                 

                For instance, we replace Alt+[ with just the [ key, and Alt + ] with just ].  Why press Alt when you really don't need to?

                 

                Exactly. Many shortcuts in Premiere have pointless modifiers when there's no need for them.

                • 5. Re: Set Work Area command
                  Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

                  The only caveat to that process would be to check carefully that there is not already a keyboard shortcut (without the modifier keys), that would be overwritten. Now, if it is not one that you would ever use, no harm, no foul.

                   

                  As the keyboard shortcuts are grouped by the Panel, that has focus, that keyboard shortcut (without the modifier key), might appear in some other Panel - just check it out first.

                   

                  Good luck,

                   

                  Hunt

                  • 6. Re: Set Work Area command
                    Ann Bens CommunityMVP

                    When chaging shortcuts to keys that are already in use it will tell you and also to which commend it is assigned to.