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    Use these shortcuts in the Monitor, Timeline, or Clip windows.

    RESULT

    ACTION

    Preview

    Return

    Play

    L or Spacebar or ~ (tilde)

    Play from edit line to Out point*

    Option key + ~ (tilde)

    Play from In point to Out point

    Option key + Shift key + ~ (tilde)

    Play faster

    Press ~ (tilde) or L more than once as needed

    Play from preroll to postroll (amount defined in General preferences)

    Command key + click Play button

    Stop

    Spacebar or K

    Loop from In point to Out point

    Command key + Shift key + ~ (tilde)

    Reverse

    J or Command key + Option key + ~ (tilde)

    Scrub without rendering

    Drag edit line in the Timeline time ruler

    Scrub with transitions, effects, and superimposing visible

    Option key + drag edit line in the Timeline time ruler

    Scrub with alpha channel visible only

    Option key + Shift key + drag edit line in the Timeline time ruler

    *Not available if you use the Input Method Editor (IME) to type double-byte characters.