Menus

Menus and Hotkeys

This page lists Olive's Menus and their default hotkey.

File Menu

Parameter	Default Keybind	Description
New Project	Ctrl+N
New Sequence	Ctrl+Shift+N
Open Project	Ctrl+O
Open Recent		Opens a recent project
Save Project	Ctrl+S
Save Project As	Ctrl+Shift+S
Save All Projects
Import	Ctrl+I
Export	Ctrl+M
Project Properties		Stores the users' OpenColorIO configuration and input color-space
Close
Close All Projects
Close All Projects Except
Exit	Ctrl+Q

Edit Menu

Parameter	Default Keybind	Description
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Shift+Z
Cut	Ctrl+X
Copy	Ctrl+C
Paste	Ctrl+V
Paste Insert	Ctrl+Shift+V
Duplicate	Ctrl+D
Delete	Del
Ripple Delete	Shift+Del	Deletes empty space between strips
Split	Ctrl+K
Select All	Ctrl+A
Deselect All	Ctrl+Shift+A
Add Default Transition	Ctrl+Shift+D	Adds a linear fade-in effect into the beginning of the strip.
Link/Unlink	Ctrl+L	Links or unlinks multiple selected strips together or detaches audio from the video source.
Enable/Disable	Shift+E	Mutes/hides selected strip(s).
Nest		Wraps multiple selected strips into a single strip.
Insert	,
Overwrite	.
Ripple to In Point	Q	Deletes empty space on the left side of the scrubber. This function also deletes footage if the scrubber is on a strip.
Ripple to Out Point	W	Deletes empty space on the right side of the scrubber. This function also deletes footage if the scrubber is on a strip.
Edit to In Point	Ctrl+Alt+Q	Deletes footage on the left side of the scrubber, but does delete the remaining empty space.
Edit to Out Point	Ctrl+Alt+W	Deletes footage on the right side of the scrubber, but does delete the remaining empty space.
Set In Point	I	Sets the starting point in the timeline. Useful for rendering certain segments of a project.
Set Out Point	O	Sets the end point in the timeline. Useful for rendering certain segments of a project.
Enable/Disable In/Out Point		Determines whether In/Out points will be used for rendering or editing or not.
Reset In Point
Reset Out Point
Delete In/Out Point	G
Delete In/Out Point	;
Ripple Delete In/Out Point	'	Ripple deletes whatever content that is between the in/out points, regardless of the strips' vertical locations.
Set/Edit Marker	M	Sets a marker in a specific time in the timeline.

View Menu

The view menu allows the configuration on drawing wave-forms, time, and safe-areas.

Parameter	Default Keybind	Description
Zoom In	=
Zoom Out	-
Increase Track Height	Ctrl+=
Decrease Track Height	Ctrl+-
Toggle Show All	\	When enabled, zooms out to show the entire project. Any zoom or movement disables this option.
Time Display Settings		Selects Frames, Drop Frame, Non-Drop Frame, or Milliseconds
Full Screen	F11	Exit with esc
Full Screen Viewer

Playback Menu

Controls playback speed and enabling/disabling playback loop.

Parameter	Default Keybind
Go to Start	Home
Previous Frame	Left
Play/Pause	Space
Play In to Out Portion	Shift+Space
Next Frame	Right
Go to End	End
Go to Previous Cut	Up
Go to Next Cut	Down
Go to In-Point	Shift+I
Go to Out-Point	Shift+O
Shuttle Left	J
Shuttle Stop	K
Shuttle Right	L
Loop

Window Menu

Display or hide the following windows

• Footage Viewer
• Parameter Editor
• Node Editor
• Sequence Viewer
• Project
• Tools
• Task Manager
• Curve Editor
• Timeline
• Audio Monitor

Options

• Maximize Panel `
• Lock Panels
• Reset to Default Layout

Tools Menu

The tools menu also handles timeline tools and Olive's preference.

Parameter	Default Keybind
Pointer Tool	V
Edit Tool	X
Ripple Tool	B
Rolling Tool	N
Razor Tool	C
Slip Tool	Y
Slide Tool	U
Hand Tool	H
Zoom Tool	Z
Transition Tool	T
Enable Snapping	S
Preferences	Ctrl+,

Help Menu

• Action Search / - Search any action to use on your project.
• About... - Shows Olive's website and license.