Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut keys can help streamline your work with Catalyst Prepare software. The available shortcut keys are arranged in tables according to function.

The following keyboard shortcuts are available when the Video or Media Browser pane has focus.

Command	Windows Shortcut	macOS Shortcut
Enter full-screen preview/playback	F11 or Ctrl+F	⌘-F or Control-⌘-F
Exit full-screen preview/playback	Esc, F11, or Ctrl+F	Esc, ⌘-F, or Control-⌘-F
Switch between Organize/Edit workspaces	Alt+W	Option-W
Show/hide the Inspector/Copy/Export/Share pane	Ctrl+I	⌘-I
Show/hide the Inspector pane	Alt+1	Option-1
Show/hide the Copy pane	Alt+2	Option-2
Show/hide the Export pane	Alt+3	Option-3
Show/hide the Share pane	Alt+4	Option-4
Show/hide the secondary window	Alt+V	Option-V
Open application help	F1	Fn-F1 (F1 if the Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys setting is selected)

The following keyboard shortcuts are available when the Media Browser pane has focus.

Command	Windows Shortcut	macOS Shortcut
Navigate files/folders	Up, Down, Left, or Right Arrow	Up, Down, Left, or Right Arrow
Open/close folder in tree view	Right/Left Arrow	Right/Left Arrow
Select all files	Ctrl+A	⌘-A
Deselect all files	Ctrl+D	⌘-D
Delete selected files	Delete	Delete or fn+Delete
Load file and start/pause playback	Spacebar	Spacebar
Open selected folder	Enter or Ctrl+Down Arrow	Return or ⌘-Down Arrow
Navigate up one level	Backspace	⌘-Up Arrow
Go to start/end of list	Home End	Home End
Move selection up/down one page	Page Up Page Down	Page Up Page Down
Rename	F2	Fn-F2 (F2 if the Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys setting is selected)
Open library	Ctrl+O	⌘-O
New library	Ctrl+N	⌘-N

The following keyboard shortcuts are available when the Edit pane has focus.

Command	Windows Shortcut	macOS Shortcut
Switch Logging/Storyboard/Clip/Adjust Colors	` ~	` ~
Load previous/next file in Edit mode. Go to previous/next clip in Storyboard mode.	[ ]	[ ]
Save a snapshot of the current frame to a file.	Shift+S	Shift-S
Reset mark in and mark out points to the beginning and end of the clip.	Shift+R	Shift-R
Switch between Before/After/Split/2 Up video preview in Adjust Color mode.	1/2/3/4	1/2/3/4
Show/hide the Media Browser in View mode	Ctrl+B	⌘-B
Create subclip from selection in Logging mode.	S	S
Add clip to selected storyboard (when the Add To bar is visible).	Enter	Return
Undo color correction	Ctrl+Z	⌘-Z
Redo color correction	Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Y	Shift-⌘-Z

The following keyboard shortcuts are available when the Video pane has focus.

Command	Windows Shortcut	macOS Shortcut
Go to start	Ctrl+Home Ctrl+Up Arrow	⌘-Home ⌘-Up Arrow Fn- Left Arrow
Go to end	Ctrl+End Ctrl+Down Arrow End	⌘-End ⌘-Down Arrow Fn- Right Arrow
Go to previous frame	Left Arrow	Left Arrow
Go to next frame	Right Arrow	Right Arrow
Go to previous clip	[	[
Go to next clip	]	]
Start/pause playback	Spacebar	Spacebar
Start/stop playback	Enter	Return
Shuttle playback	J/K/L Press J or L once for 1x playback. Press J or L twice for 1.5x playback. Press J or L three times for 2x playback. Press J or L four times for 4x playback. Press K to pause playback. Press and hold K while pressing J or L to emulate a shuttle knob mode: press K+J to turn the knob to the left or K+L to turn the knob to the right.
Toggle looped playback	Q Ctrl+L	Q ⌘-L
Set Mark In point	I	I
Set Mark Out point	O	O
Add mark point	E	E
Go to Mark In point	Shift+I Home	Shift-I Home
Go to Mark Out point	Shift+O End	Shift-O End
Save a snapshot of the current frame to a file.	Shift+S	Shift-S
Reset Mark In/Out points	Shift+R	Shift-R
Go to previous marker (including Mark In/Out)	Ctrl+Left Arrow	⌘-Left Arrow
Go to next marker (including Mark In/Out)	Ctrl+Right Arrow	⌘-Right Arrow
Copy current frame to clipboard	Ctrl+C	⌘-C
Enter full-screen playback	F11 Ctrl+F	⌘-F Control-⌘-F
Show/hide the secondary window	Alt+V	Option-V
Zoom to fit	Ctrl+0	⌘-0
Zoom to 100%	Ctrl+1	⌘-1
Zoom in	Ctrl++	⌘-+
Zoom out	Ctrl+-	⌘--