1. Adobe Premiere Tools Panel (Toolbox)
The toolbox contains common tools used for editing clips in the timeline. Click on any of the buttons
(or use the keyboard shortcuts) to select each tool. The default tool is the selection tool.
When you select a tool the mouse pointer will usually change to a new icon to represent the tool
when held over the timeline panel. In some cases you can change the behaviour of a tool by
holding down a modifier key such as the Shift key.
The tools are described below with links to more information.
Butto Keyboar Description
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Shortcut
V Selection tool
The default tool, used to select clips in the timeline.
M Track Select tool
Select all clips on a track from a given point, or select multiple tracks.
B Ripple Edit tool
Adjust an edit point and move other clips in the timeline to compensate.
N Rolling Edit tool
Adjust an edit point between two clips without affecting the rest of the timeline.
X Rate Stretch tool
Change the duration of a clip while simultaneously changing the speed to compensate.
C Razor tool
Cut a clip (or multiple clips) into two clips.
Y Slip tool
Move a clip's in and out points by the same amount simultaneously, so the rest of the timeline is not
affected.
U Slide tool
Move a clip back and forth in the timeline, while simultaneously adjusting adjacent clips to compensate.
P Pen tool
Create control (anchor) points.
H Hand tool
Drag the timeline view left and right.
Z Zoom tool
• Selection tool (arrow) - commonly used to select, drag, trim objects (use Shift-click
to select several).
• Track select tool - to select the whole track at once
• Ripple edit tool - applied on the edge between two clips. Changes the duration of
the clip on the left of the edge. Shortening a clip by ripple editing shifts all clips after
the cut back in time; conversely, extending a clip shifts the clips that follow the cut
forward in time. When you're making a ripple edit, empty space on one side of the
cut is treated as a clip and shifts in time just as a clip would be. Pressing Alt when
you begin to perform a ripple edit ignores the link between video and audio.
• Rolling edit tool - applied on the edge between two clips. Moves the edit point
between clips (extending one at the expense of another). If you move right 15
frames - then it increases the duration of the left clip by 15 frames - and cuts 15
frames more from the right clip. preserving other clips' positions in time and
maintaining the total duration of the sequence. Press Alt to make a split edit (to do
Video separately from audio - also known as an L-cut or J-cut).

2. • Rate stretch tool - to extend your clip (soo it plays "slow motion") - or do the
opposite.
• Razor tool - to cut the clip in timeline (both video and audio) into two separate clips
• Slide tool - to shift a clip in time while trimming adjacent clips to compensate for the
move. As you drag a clip left or right with the slide tool, the Out point of the
preceding clip and the In point of the following clip are trimmed by the number of
frames you move the clip. The clip's In and Out points (and hence, its duration)
remain unchanged.
• Slip tool - to shift a clip's In and Out points forward or backward by the same
number of frames in a single action. By dragging with the slip tool, you can change a
clip's starting and ending frames without changing its duration or affecting adjacent
clips.
• Pen tool - use to adjust volume, transparency, etc. right in the timeline.
• Hand tool - to move the whole timeline in the window left/right
• Zoom tool - to zoom. I usually simply put the time cursor where I want to expand
(zoom in) - and then press "+/=" key on the keyboard. Or press "-" to zoom out.