{"id":83053,"date":"2017-01-03T11:36:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=83053"},"modified":"2017-01-03T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T18:38:01","slug":"alt-key-in-premiere-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/alt-key-in-premiere-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Harness the Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"learn-how-to-harness-the-power-of-the-alt-key-to-drastically-speed-up-your-premiere-pro-video-editing-workflow\">Learn how to harness the power of the Alt key to drastically speed up your Premiere Pro video editing workflow.<\/h2>\n<p><em>Image via Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The keyboard shortcuts associated with the <strong>Alt key<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>in Premiere Pro<\/strong> are surprising plentiful and powerful. This video tutorial looks at a few that can be implemented with ease in your daily <strong>video editing<\/strong> workflow.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fq4KBl46x0E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s take a closer look at a few of the <strong>Alt Key shortcuts<\/strong> covered in the tutorial above.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"isolate\">Isolate<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83058 size-full\" title=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Isolate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Isolate.gif\" alt=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Isolate\" width=\"755\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Video and audio are often <strong>linked<\/strong> together in the timeline. By default, when you bring a video clip into the timeline that contains audio, the two are linked. You can tell the two are linked by the brackets around the <strong>A<\/strong> and <strong>V <\/strong>symbols on the clip. If you want to edit the audio or video separately, you could <strong>unlink<\/strong> and then make your edits. A much faster way is to simply use the <strong>Alt key.<\/strong> When using the <strong>Alt key<\/strong>, you can make edits to either the <strong>audio<\/strong> or <strong>video separately,<\/strong> while still maintaining the link.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"duplicate\">Duplicate<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83057 size-full\" title=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Duplicate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Duplicate.gif\" alt=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Duplicate\" width=\"755\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To <strong>duplicate an asset<\/strong> on your timeline, simply hold the <strong>Alt<\/strong> key and <strong>grab your clip<\/strong> with the <strong>Selection<\/strong> tool to move it. As soon as you drag the clip, it will <strong>duplicate<\/strong>. As mentioned before, you could <strong>isolate<\/strong> the audio or video portion of a clip by holding the <strong>Alt key<\/strong> to select, and then, once selected, hold <strong>Alt<\/strong>\u00a0and move the\u00a0clip to <strong>duplicate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"rearrange\">Rearrange<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83059 size-full\" title=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Rearrange\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Rearrange.gif\" alt=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Rearrange\" width=\"755\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is definitely a handy shortcut to learn, as it can save you quite a bit of time. Often while editing you need to <strong>move a clip to a different location<\/strong> on the timeline. You can do this by grabbing the clip and holding the <strong>Command key<\/strong> to perform an <strong>Insert Edit.<\/strong> The problem is you are <strong>left with a gap<\/strong> from the source location. However, holding the <strong>Alt key<\/strong> while performing the <strong>Insert Edit<\/strong> will perform a <strong>Rearrange Edit,<\/strong> closing the gap.<\/p>\n<p>This is a pretty advanced function \u2014 be aware that you can throw a lot of things <strong>out of sync<\/strong> if you aren\u2019t paying attention.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"delete\">Delete<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83056 size-full\" title=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Delete\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Delete.gif\" alt=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Delete\" width=\"755\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just as the heading states, holding <strong>Alt<\/strong> while <strong>deleting<\/strong> <strong>a clip<\/strong> will perform a <strong>Ripple\u00a0Delete<\/strong>, closing the gap on your timeline. It&#8217;s the little shortcuts like these that will end up <strong>saving you massive amounts of time<\/strong> in the long run.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"replace\">Replace<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83060 size-full\" title=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Replace\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Replace.gif\" alt=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Replace\" width=\"755\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can <strong>replace<\/strong> a clip on the timeline with a clip in the <strong>Project<\/strong> <strong>Panel<\/strong> or <strong>Source Monitor.<\/strong> Simply hold the <strong>Alt key<\/strong>,\u00a0drag your clip from the <strong>Project Panel\/Source Monitor,<\/strong> and drop it on top of another clip in the timeline.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"create\">Create<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83055 size-full\" title=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Create\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Create.gif\" alt=\"The Power of the Alt Key in Premiere Pro: Create\" width=\"755\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As noted before, you can duplicate a clip by holding <strong>Alt<\/strong> and <strong>dragging a clip<\/strong> on the timeline. When you do this to a <strong>Title<\/strong>, it will <strong>duplicate<\/strong> in the timeline and also create a copy of the title in your <strong>Project Panel.<\/strong> This is the same as using the <strong>New Title Based on Current Title<\/strong> feature in the <strong>Title Designer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Got any other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/category\/premiere-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Premiere Pro<\/a> keyboard shortcuts to share? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to harness the power of the Alt key to drastically speed up your Premiere Pro video editing workflow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":85472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[714,21,39,92],"tags":[308,5376],"class_list":["post-class-post-83053","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-premiere-2","post-class-category-tutorials","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-category-video-tutorials-2","post-class-tag-premiere-pro","post-class-tag-video-editing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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