Every key Snitt answers to, in one place. Review is built to be driven from the keyboard. See Reviewing the cut for what each action does.
Playback
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play / pause |
| L | Play forward. Press again to double the speed: 1×, 2×, 4×, 8×, 16×, 32× |
| J | Play backward, same ladder |
| K | Stop |
| ⇧Space | Play just the selection |
| ← / → | Move the playhead one word back / forward |
| ⌘← / ⌘→ | Move the playhead one frame |
The ladder stops at 32× rather than wrapping. Changing direction starts it over at 1×. The speed badge under the preview cycles the same ladder with a click, and that one does wrap.
Editing the transcript
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌫ | Cut the selection |
| Esc | Clear the selection |
| ⌘D | Show or hide cut material |
| ⌘Z | Undo |
| ⇧⌘Z | Redo |
With the mouse: one click selects a word, double-click the sentence, triple-click the segment, and ⇧-click extends the selection. Right-click a word for Cut and Restore.
Suggestions
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ⏎ | Accept the open suggestion |
| ⌫ | Reject the open suggestion |
Step between suggestions with the two chevrons beside the count in the transcript header. While a suggestion card is open, ⌫ rejects it rather than cutting your selection.
Finding words
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘F | Open the find bar, or put the keyboard back in it |
| ⏎ | Next match |
| ⇧⏎ | Previous match |
| Esc | Close the find bar |
Adjusting a cut
These apply only while a resizing session is open — after pressing Adjust in the selection bar.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ← / → | Nudge the active handle one frame |
| ⇧← / ⇧→ | Nudge it ten frames |
| ⇧Space | Play it as it stands |
| ⏎ | Done — keep it |
| Esc | Cancel — undo this session’s moves |
The timeline
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘- | Zoom out |
| ⌘= | Zoom in |
Pinching on a trackpad zooms too, and the slider beside the buttons does the same job.
Export
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘E | Export to Final Cut Pro and open it |
| ⌥ held with ⌘E | Choose where the file goes first |
The Export menu also carries Save as File…, which writes the same XML without launching anything, and the MP4 sizes. See Export to Final Cut and Export MP4.
The projects list
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ← / → | Move between project cards |
| ⌫ | Delete the selected projects (asks first) |
| ⌘-click | Add a card to the selection |
The app
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘, | Settings |
“Check for Updates…” sits in the Snitt menu under About, and in Settings → General. See Settings and Install and updates.
If a key does nothing
Almost always, a text field has the keyboard. A find box or a timecode field gets Space, ⏎, Esc and the arrows before the review does. Click into the transcript or the timeline to hand the keys back.
The other case is a session that owns them: while a cut is being resized, the arrows belong to the handle you are dragging.