iMovie: The Missing Manual

Appendix C. Master Keyboard Shortcut List

As you know, iMovie was conceived with a single goal in mind: speed, baby, speed. And part of gaining speed is mastering keyboard shortcuts, so you don’t waste time puttering around in the menus. So here it is, by popular, frustrated demand: the master list of every secret (or not-so-secret) keystroke in iMovie for the Mac. Clip and post it to your monitor (unless, of course, you got this book from the library).

Tip

There are also a million shortcut menus—the contextual menus that appear when you Control-click (or right-click) almost anything on the screen. Most of the time, the commands you find there just duplicate what’s in the menus. Learning the keyboard shortcut is still faster.

Panes, Panels, and Windows

Go to Library View (where you edit video)	1
Go to iMovie Theater	2
Show/Hide adjustments bar	3
Show/Hide Libraries list	Shift-⌘-1
Show Transitions browser	⌘-1
Show Titles browser	⌘-2
Show Maps & Backgrounds browser	⌘-3
Show iTunes library	⌘-4
Show Sound Effects browser	⌘-5
Show GarageBand browser	⌘-6
Open Precision Editor	⌘-/
Open Clip Trimmer window	⌘-R
Show/Hide Voiceover window	V
iMovie Preferences window	⌘-, (comma key)
Movie Properties	⌘-J
Import Window	⌘-I
Speed Editor	⌘-R
Minimize iMovie	⌘-M

Event Browser and Storyboard

Scroll to top/bottom	Home/End
Scroll up/down	Page Up/Page Down
Show skimmer info	Control-Y
Movie Properties	⌘-J
iMovie Help	Shift-⌘-?
New project	⌘-N
New trailer	Shift-⌘-N
New event	Option-N
Reveal in event	Shift-F
Reveal in Finder	Shift-⌘-R
Move to trash	⌘-Delete

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