Use these hotkeys to edit the BFX timeline. Some of the hotkeys from the EditDesk record timeline may also apply. See Timeline Hotkeys.
| Press: | To: | |
|---|---|---|
| N+right arrow | Trim current segment head to the right | |
| N+left arrow | Trim current segment head to the left | |
| N+Alt (right side of the keyboard) | Trim head to in point | |
| N+Ctrl (right side of the keyboard) | Trim head to out point | |
| N+spacebar | Trim head to positioner | |
| N+[ | Trim current segment head to in point | |
| N+] | Trim current segment head to out point | |
| B+right arrow | Trim tail to the right | |
| B+left arrow | Trim tail to the left | |
| B+Alt (right side of the keyboard) | Trim tail to in point | |
| B+Ctrl (right side of the keyboard) | Trim tail to out point | |
| B+spacebar | Trim tail to positioner | |
| M+right arrow | Slide selected transition to the right | |
| M+left arrow | Slide selected transition to the left | |
| M+Alt (right side of the keyboard) | Slide transition head to in point | |
| M+Ctrl (right side of the keyboard) | Slide transition head to out point | |
| M+spacebar | Slide transition head to positioner | |
| M+[ | Slide selected transition to in point | |
| M+] | Slide selected transition to out point | |
| ,+/+right arrow | Slip selected segment to the right | |
| ,+/+left arrow | Slip selected segment to the left | |
| Home | Create a timewarp on selected segment | |
| F+click | Copy from the timeline | |
| G | Perform an insert edit | |
| J | Perform a replace edit (replaces a segment in the timeline with material from another clip without changing the sequence duration) | |
| Shift+J | Perform a replace edit on source media | |
| K | Perform a ripple edit (replaces a segment in the timeline with material from another clip and ripples the track, which may change the sequence duration) | |
| H | Perform an overwrite edit without maintaining gaps between segments in the source material | |
| Shift+H | Perform an overwrite edit and maintain gaps between segments in the source material | |
| ; | Perform an append edit | |
| Shift+; | Perform a prepend edit | |
| L | Perform an aligned edit | |
| Shift+' | Swap segments in the timeline | |
| . (period) | Extract | |
| Shift+. (period) | Lift | |
| Ctrl+ . (period) | Extract and delete material | |
| Shift+Ctrl+. (period) | Lift and delete material | |
| Alt+D | Delete a layer from a BFX timeline | |
| / | Match | |
| Ctrl+/ | Match (keep handles) | |
| Alt+/ | Cycle Match type | |
| ] | Enable or disable Auto Key | |
| | | Set a keyframe | |
| [ | Remove a keyframe |
