Keyboard shortcuts

HitFilm can be operated using only the mouse but you will often find it faster to use a combination of mouse and keyboard.

Certain key combinations can be used as shortcuts to common functions. They are listed here.

General

•Undo - Ctrl+Z
•Redo - Ctrl+Y
•Reset - Ctrl+R
•New project - Ctrl+N
•Open project - Ctrl+O
•Save project - Ctrl+S
•Save as - Ctrl+Alt+S
•Exit - Alt+F4
•Switch to Home screen - Ctrl+1
•Switch to Project screen - Ctrl+2
•Switch to Edit & Effects screen - Ctrl+3
•Switch to Export screen - Ctrl+4
•Switch to Help screen - Ctrl+5
•Select all - Ctrl+A
•Remove selection - Delete
•Rename selection - F2
•Cut selection - Ctrl+X
•Copy selection - Ctrl+C
•Paste selection - Ctrl+V
•Duplicate selection - Ctrl+D

General timeline

•Move playhead to start - Home
•Move playhead to end - End
•Jump to time - Ctrl+J (highlights current time indicator)
•Play/pause - Space
•Move playhead to previous frame - , or Ctrl+Left arrow
•Move playhead to next frame - . or Ctrl+Right arrow
•Move playhead back by 10 frames - Shift+, or Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow
•Move playhead forward by 10 frames - Shift+. or Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow
•Move playhead to previous edit point - Page up
•Move playhead to next edit point - Page down
•Set in point - I
•Set out point - O
•Set timeline in and out points to content - P
•Increase timeline scale - Ctrl++
•Decrease timeline scale - Ctrl+-
•Scroll timeline to playhead - Ctrl+Home

Viewer panel

•Move selected layer left by one pixel - Left arrow
•Move selected layer right by one pixel - Right arrow
•Move selected layer up by one pixel - Up arrow
•Move selected layer down by one pixel - Down arrow
•Move selected layer left by ten pixels - Shift+Left arrow
•Move selected layer right by ten pixels - Shift+Right arrow
•Move selected layer up by ten pixels - Shift+Up arrow
•Move selected layer down by ten pixels - Shift+Down arrow
•Select tool - V
•Hand tool - H
•Text tool - T
•Rectangle mask tool - R
•Ellipse mask tool - E
•Freehand mask tool - F
•Orbit tool - B
•Set selected mask point to linear - Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L
•Set selected mask point to curved - Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C

Editor sequence timeline

•Select tool - V
•Hand tool - H
•Slice tool - C
•Snap toggle - S
•Ripple delete - Alt+Delete
•Move selected clip left by one pixel - Left arrow
•Move selected clip right by one pixel - Right arrow
•Move selected clip up by one pixel - Up arrow
•Move selected clip down by one pixel - Down arrow
•Move selected clip left by ten pixels - Shift+Left arrow
•Move selected clip right by ten pixels - Shift+Right arrow
•Move selected clip up by ten pixels - Shift+Up arrow
•Move selected clip down by ten pixels - Shift+Down arrow

Composite shot timeline

•Select tool - V
•Hand tool - H
•Slice tool - C
•Snap toggle - S
•Open New Layer menu - Ctrl+Alt+N
•New plane - Ctrl+Alt+A
•New camera - Ctrl+Alt+C
•New light - Ctrl+Alt+L
•New grade - Ctrl+Alt+G
•New text - Ctrl+Alt+T
•New point - Ctrl+Alt+P
•Move playhead to previous keyframe of selected property - Alt+,
•Move playhead to next keyframe of selected property - Alt+.
•Move selected layer left by one pixel - Left arrow
•Move selected layer right by one pixel - Right arrow
•Move selected layer up by one pixel - Up arrow
•Move selected layer down by one pixel - Down arrow
•Move selected layer left by ten pixels - Shift+Left arrow
•Move selected layer right by ten pixels - Shift+Right arrow
•Move selected layer up by ten pixels - Shift+Up arrow
•Move selected layer down by ten pixels - Shift+Down arrow

Media panel (when panel is active)

•Set in point - I
•Set out point - O
•Move trimmer playhead to previous frame - Left arrow
•Move trimmer playhead to next frame - Right arrow
•Move trimmer playhead left by 5 frames - Shift+Left arrow
•Move trimmer playhead right by 5 frames - Shift+Right arrow
•Move trimmer playhead to start - Home
•Move trimmer playhead to end - End
•Create new composite shot - Ctrl+Shift+N
•Create new plane - Ctrl+Shift+A
•Import media files - Ctrl+Shift+O