Keyboard shortcuts

Handy keys to work faster. You never need these, but they save time.

Press Command + K to open the command menu. Type what you want to do, like “export”, and press Return. You don’t need to remember any shortcuts.

In this list, ⌘ is the Command key, ⇧ is Shift, ⌥ is Option and ⌃ is Control.

The ones worth learning

Key	What it does
Space	Play or pause
⌘ Z	Undo
⇧ ⌘ Z	Redo
S	Split at the playhead
T	Add text at the playhead
Backspace	Remove the selected thing

Recording

Key	What it does
⌘ N	New recording
⌃ ⌥ ⌘ R	Start or stop recording, from any app
⌃ ⌥ F	Flag this moment while recording

Moving around

Key	What it does
← / →	Back or forward one frame
⇧ ← / ⇧ →	Back or forward one second
[ / ]	Go to the previous or next flag
⌥ [ / ⌥ ]	Look at the previous or next saved version

Editing

Key	What it does
I	Mark the start of a part
O	Mark the end of a part
X	Cut the marked part
L	Keep the marked part (the AI won’t change it)
⌘ B	Split the selected block, or the clip, at the playhead
⌘ L	Lock the selection, so the AI won’t change it
⌘ D	Duplicate the selected blocks
⌘ C / ⌘ V	Copy the selected blocks, then paste them at the playhead
⌥ ← / ⌥ →	Move the selected blocks one frame earlier or later
⌥ ⇧ ← / ⌥ ⇧ →	Move the selected blocks one second earlier or later
⌃ L	Camera only, from the playhead
⌃ S	Screen only, from the playhead
⌃ B	Screen with camera bubble, from the playhead

General

Key	What it does
⌘ K	Command menu
⌘ I	Import videos
⌘ S	Save now
⇧ ⌘ E	Export
⌘ ,	Settings
⇧ ⌘ L	Go to your projects

Sidebar panels

Key	Panel
⌘ 1	Background
⌘ 2	Cursor
⌘ 3	Camera
⌘ 4	Captions
⌘ 5	Transcript
⌘ 6	Audio
⌘ 7	Keyboard shortcuts overlay
⌘ 8	Animations
⌘ 9	Ask AI
⌘ \	Show or hide the sidebar
⌘ T	Show or hide the extra timelines

Keys you can’t change

These always work the same way:

Key	What it does
Esc	Deselect, or stop picking something
⌦	Remove the selected thing (same as Backspace)

Change a shortcut

You can change any other shortcut in Settings → Shortcuts. Click a shortcut, then press the new keys. If those keys are already used, Cutaway tells you which command has them.