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Keyboard shortcuts
Every shortcut in Sift, by screen, taken from the app's keymaps.
In Review, press Keys ? above the lists to see these in the app. Shortcuts don’t fire while you type in a text field.
Everywhere
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘Z | Undo the last change in the Activity panel (on an event’s pages) |
| G then R | Go to the Review queue |
| ⌘E | Export to Premiere (Review and Rough cut) |
Review
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| N / ⇧N | Next / previous thing that needs you |
| Enter | ★ Use in Selects; on a review item, its main action (such as Listen) |
| F | It’s fine: resolve the item and go to the next |
| A | Keep the candidate |
| R | Exclude the candidate |
| B | Make this the best take |
| ⌥← / ⌥→ | Move a candidate earlier / later |
| ↑ / ↓ | Previous / next item in the list; on the timeline, previous / next edit on the active angle |
| ← / → | Previous / next candidate or take; on the timeline, one frame |
| ⇧← / ⇧→ | On the timeline, one second |
| Space | Play or pause the program |
| J / K / L | Back or slower / stop / forward. Press again for 2×, then 4× |
| 1–9 | Watch that angle |
| S | Skimming on or off |
| [ / ] | Nudge sync by one frame |
| ⇧[ / ⇧] | Nudge sync by ten frames |
| X | In Listen, flip between A and B |
| / | Search the transcript |
| ⌘= / ⌘- | Zoom the timeline in / out |
| ⌘[ / ⌘] | Back / forward through your selections |
Rough cut
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play or pause |
| J / K / L | Shuttle back / stop / forward |
| ← / → | One frame |
| ⇧← / ⇧→ | One second |
| ↑ / ↓ | Previous / next segment start |
| 1–9 | Swap the selected shot (or the shot under the playhead) to that angle |
| ⌥← / ⌥→ | Move the selected segment earlier / later |
| ⌥⇧← / ⌥⇧→ | Trim the selected segment by one second |
| Esc | Clear the selection |
Devices board
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| M | Move the selected files to another device |
| Space | Quick look at the selected file |
| ⇧Space | Add or remove a file from the selection |
| ↑ / ↓ | Move between files |
| Esc | Clear the selection |
| ⌘Z | Undo on the board |
In the name-pattern box, Enter selects the matching files and Esc clears it.
Quick look: ← / → previous / next file, K play or pause, L play, J restart, Space close.
Style profiles
Video breakdown: Space play or pause, K pause, L play (again for 2×, then 4×), J back 5 seconds, ← / → previous / next moment, = or + zoom in, - zoom out, F fit the whole video.
Example player: ← / → previous / next example, Space play or pause, K pause, L play, J restart the example.
Style notes: ⌘↩ saves.
Export sheet
In the tree: ↑ / ↓ move, Space ticks or unticks, ← / → collapse or expand.