Keyboard Shortcuts

Railcut includes four built-in shortcut presets — Premiere (default), DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, and After Effects — and lets you fully customize any shortcut or save your own preset.

To change your preset or customize shortcuts, click the → Keyboard Shortcuts…

Note

Mac users: Railcut uses the Ctrl key (^), not Command, for all Ctrl shortcuts. This is because After Effects intercepts Command key shortcuts before CEP panels can receive them. All Ctrl+ shortcuts in this reference mean the physical Ctrl key on your keyboard.

Playback

J/K/L pass directly to After Effects and are not captured by Railcut.

Action	Key
Play / Stop (RAM Preview)	Space
Play Forward	L (passed to AE)
Rewind / Play Backward	J (passed to AE)
Stop	K (passed to AE)

Navigation

Action	Default (Premiere)	DaVinci	FCP	After Effects
Step Forward 1 Frame	→	→	→	→
Step Backward 1 Frame	←	←	←	←
Step Forward 10 Frames	Shift+→	Shift+→	Shift+→	Shift+→
Step Backward 10 Frames	Shift+←	Shift+←	Shift+←	Shift+←
Go to Start	Home	Home	Home	Home
Go to End	End	End	End	End
Next Edit Point	↓	↓	↓	↓
Previous Edit Point	↑	↑	↑	↑
Go to Work Area In	Shift+I	Shift+I	Shift+I	Shift+I
Go to Work Area Out	Shift+O	Shift+O	Shift+O	Shift+O

Clip nudge

Action	Key
Nudge 1 Frame Right	Alt+→
Nudge 1 Frame Left	Alt+←
Nudge 10 Frames Right	Alt+Shift+→
Nudge 10 Frames Left	Alt+Shift+←

Nudge moves selected clips in time without affecting other clips. No ripple.

Editing

Action	Default (Premiere)	DaVinci	FCP	After Effects
Delete (leave gap)	Delete	Backspace	Delete	Delete
Ripple Delete (close gap)	Shift+Delete	Delete	Shift+Delete	Shift+Delete
Lift (remove work area, leave gap)	;	;	;	;
Extract (remove work area, close gap)	'	'	'	'
Add Edit (targeted tracks)	Ctrl+K	Ctrl+\	Ctrl+B	Ctrl+Shift+D
Add Edit to All Tracks	Ctrl+Shift+K	Ctrl+Shift+\	Ctrl+Shift+B	Ctrl+Shift+K
Ripple Trim Next Edit (W)	W	W	W	W
Ripple Trim Previous Edit (Q)	Q	Q	Q	Q
Trim Next Edit (no ripple, Mac)	Alt+W	Alt+W	Alt+W	Alt+W
Trim Next Edit (no ripple, Win)	Ctrl+Alt+W	Ctrl+Alt+W	Ctrl+Alt+W	Ctrl+Alt+W
Trim Previous Edit (no ripple, Mac)	Alt+Q	Alt+Q	Alt+Q	Alt+Q
Trim Previous Edit (no ripple, Win)	Ctrl+Alt+Q	Ctrl+Alt+Q	Ctrl+Alt+Q	Ctrl+Alt+Q
Mark In Point	I	I	I	I
Mark Out Point	O	O	O	O
Mark Clip	X	X	X	X
Select All	Ctrl+A	Ctrl+A	Ctrl+A	Ctrl+A
Move Clip Up	Alt+↑	Alt+↑	Ctrl+Alt+↑	Alt+↑
Move Clip Down	Alt+↓	Alt+↓	Ctrl+Alt+↓	Alt+↓
Add Composition Marker	M	M	M	M
Undo	Ctrl+Z	Ctrl+Z	Ctrl+Z	Ctrl+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Shift+Z	Ctrl+Shift+Z	Ctrl+Shift+Z	Ctrl+Shift+Z

Note

Copy (Ctrl+C), Cut (Ctrl+X), Paste (Ctrl+V), and Paste Insert (Ctrl+Shift+V) are universal OS shortcuts. They work in Railcut but are not listed in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor and cannot be reassigned.

View

Action	Default (Premiere)	DaVinci	FCP	After Effects
Zoom In	=	Ctrl+=	Ctrl+=	=
Zoom Out	-	Ctrl+-	Ctrl+-	-
Zoom to Sequence (fit/toggle)	\	Shift+Z	Shift+Z	\
Toggle Snap	Shift+S	N	N	Shift+S
Minimize All Tracks	Shift+–	Shift+–	Shift+–	Shift+–
Expand All Tracks	Shift+=	Shift+=	Shift+=	Shift+=

Tools

Tool shortcuts are the same across all presets.

Tool	Key
Selection Tool	V
Track Select Forward	A
Track Select Backward	Shift+A
Ripple Edit Tool	B
Rolling Edit Tool	N
Rate Stretch Tool	R
Blade (Razor) Tool	C
Slip Tool	Y
Slide Tool	U
Pen Tool	P
Zoom Tool	Z
Hand Tool	H

Customizing shortcuts

Click → Keyboard Shortcuts… to open the shortcut editor. You can:

• Pick a built-in preset (Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, After Effects)
• Use the search field to filter shortcuts by name or description
• Click any shortcut in the list to reassign it
• Save your customizations as a named custom preset
• Reset to preset defaults at any time

Railcut detects conflicts and warns you if a new shortcut clashes with an existing one.

Tip

Preferences are saved per-machine. Switching computers means you’ll need to re-apply your custom shortcuts.