Final Cut Pro keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 54 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Final Cut Pro 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top shortcuts

  • Ctrl+I — Import Media
  • Ctrl+N — New Project
  • Space — Play/Pause
  • Shift+Space — Play from beginning
  • ArrowRight — Forward one frame
  • ArrowLeft — Back one frame
  • Shift+ArrowRight — Forward 10 frames
  • Shift+ArrowLeft — Back 10 frames
  • Home — Go to beginning
  • End — Go to end
  • I — Mark in point
  • O — Mark out point
  • B — Blade tool
  • A — Select tool
  • T — Trim tool
  • P — Position tool
  • R — Range selection
  • Z — Zoom tool
  • H — Hand tool
  • Shift+C — Crop tool
  • Shift+T — Transform tool
  • Alt+D — Distort tool
  • Ctrl+T — Add default transition
  • Alt+ArrowUp — Lift from storyline
  • Alt+ArrowDown — Overwrite storyline
  • Q — Connect clip
  • W — Insert clip
  • E — Append clip
  • D — Overwrite clip
  • Alt+S — Solo

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