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David5E71
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January 25, 2021
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Premiere Pro 14.8 - Can't get the 'Q' key keyboard shortcut to work

  • January 25, 2021
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Hi, I'm newish to Premiere Pro, my problem at the moment is that I can't get the 'Q' keyboard shortcut to work. I'm on the default keyboard settings, so it should be my Ripple Trim shortcut but I press the button when the clip I want to delete is selected and nothing happens???

Can anyone help please?

 

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    Correct answer Kevin J. Monahan Jr.

    Hi David,

    Sorry for this. I suspect that this function is not working because the proper tracks are not targeted in the Sequence. Click the blue boxes for Video and Audio (A1 and V1, likely) that correspond to the tracks you wish to trim at the Timeline's header—then press the Q key. Does that make sense? Let us know if it works.

     

    Thanks,
    Kevin

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    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
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    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.Community ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    January 29, 2021

    Hi David,

    Sorry for this. I suspect that this function is not working because the proper tracks are not targeted in the Sequence. Click the blue boxes for Video and Audio (A1 and V1, likely) that correspond to the tracks you wish to trim at the Timeline's header—then press the Q key. Does that make sense? Let us know if it works.

     

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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      Randy31043498ruex
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      July 25, 2023

      Thank you, you are correct; it worked, except for me the problem was I had 3 unused tracks selected along with the two I had audio and video on. Once I unselected the unused tracks (empty tracks) it worked perfectly. I'm a beginner with video editing and I was trying to keep up with a couple of tutorials when several of the shortcuts wouldn't work, even though they looked to be programmed ok, it drove me crazy. Thank you.

        Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew
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        Justin Taylor-Hyper BrewCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 29, 2021

        Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. If when you press the Q key there, the virtual Q key doesn't highlight then that means Premiere isn't recieving the key, it's being captured by another process. Close any background processes you don't need and try it again, could be like AutoHotKey or a shortcut manager on Mac depending on your platform.

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