iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual

Appendix C. Master Keyboard Shortcut List

Here it is, by popular, frustrated demand: The master list of every secret (or not so secret) keystroke in iMovie 6, including all of the keys you can press while dragging things. Clip and post to your monitor (unless, of course, you got this book from the library).

Table C-1. Navigation

Action	Keystrokes
Play/Stop	Space bar
Rewind to start	Home
Jump to end	End
1 frame back/forward	Left arrow, right arrow
10 frames back/forward	Shift-left arrow, Shift-right arrow
Previous/next bookmark	⌘-[, ⌘-]
Add bookmark/Delete bookmark	⌘-B, Option-⌘-B
Add Chapter Marker	Shift-⌘-M
Delete Chapter Marker	Option-⌘-M

Table C-2. Timeline Viewer Editing

Select consecutive clips	Click first clip, Shift-click last one
Select nonconsecutive clips	Click first clip, ⌘-click each additional one
Nudge video clip	Click clip, then press right arrow (add Shift to move 10 frames at a time) to create black gap
Shorten clip (ripple edit)	Drag clip’s edge inward (other clips slide left to close up the gap)
Shorten clip (creating gap)	⌘-drag clip’s edge inward
Lengthen clip (ripple edit)	Drag clip’s edge outward (other clips slide right to accommodate longer clip)
Lengthen clip (trim adjacent clips)	⌘-drag clip’s edge outward (adjacent clip gets truncated by the overlap)
Switch to Clip Viewer	⌘-E (also switches back again)

Table C-3. Titles, Effects, Transitions

Delete title, effect, or transition	Select, then press Delete
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