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

Preview

Return

Play

L or Spacebar or ~ (tilde)

Play from edit line to Out point*

+ ~ (tilde)

Play from In point to Out point

+ + ~ (tilde)

Play faster

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

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

+ ~ (tilde) or

+ click Play button

Stop

Spacebar or K

Loop from In point to Out point

+ + ~ (tilde)

Reverse

J or + + ~ (tilde)

Scrub without rendering

Drag edit line in the Timeline time ruler

Scrub with transitions, effects, and superimposing visible

+ drag edit line in the Timeline time ruler

Scrub with alpha channel visible only

+ + drag edit line in the Timeline time ruler