Search the settings
Press ⌘K in the editor and type what you see or what you want, like shadow or silence. Each result says where it lives, and Return opens it.
Mac appChrome
Where to find it
- Video editor
- Pro
- Search settings
- 1Press ⌘K, or click the search field at the top of the Pro column.From Simple, the editor switches to Pro on the way.
- 2Type the name of something on screen, or a problem in your own words.Try “blur”, “shadow”, “zoom speed”, “watermark”, “silence”.
- 3Move with ↑ and ↓, and press Return to open the result.Its section opens with the setting lit, so you can see where it lives next time.
Before you type, the list shows the settings you have changed on this video. When a result came from another word for it, the result says which, so “silence” finding Remove pauses is not a surprise.
Things search can do#
- Hide something at the playhead
- Add a zoom at the playhead
- Rebuild zooms from clicks
- Change the style
- Export video
Read next
Simple and ProSimple holds what the editor did and the choices most videos need, one click each. Pro has every setting, under the same names. Switch with the pill in the header.Keyboard shortcutsEvery key PointerCam answers to: recording in Chrome and on a Mac, the video editor, its timeline and preview, and the screenshot tools.
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