![]() To add or remove the key combination, select it from the list and click the Remove button ( – symbol) or Add button ( + symbol). Then choose the modifier keys and change the character in the text field if needed. To edit an existing key combination, double-click the line you would like to change, or select it and click the Edit button. ![]() If the lock sign is on, click it, and you will be prompted to enter your Mac account password. You can edit, remove, or add a new key combination for your VM in just a few steps. You can also use and customize keyboard shortcuts for switching between Coherence, Full Screen, and Window view modes, and for showing and hiding Parallels Desktop in the Application Shortcuts menu, which I’ll cover in a moment. To see and customize your keyboard shortcuts, go to the Parallels Desktop menu in the top Mac menu bar, choose Parallels Desktop → Preferences → Shortcuts, and select your VM from the list. That way, if you’re used to pressing Cmd+C to copy text in Mac OS X, you don’t have to switch to the Windows equivalent, Ctrl+C. This menu is extremely useful for the keyboard shortcuts that require keys which aren’t present on a standard Mac keyboard.Ĭustomizing Keyboard Shortcuts with Parallels Desktopīy default, Parallels Desktop maps common Mac OS X keyboard shortcut key combinations to the equivalent Windows key combinations. You can also use these shortcuts by choosing Devices menu → Keyboard and selecting a key combination. To activate a keyboard shortcut, simply press a key combination on your keyboard. Looking to use your favorite keyboard shortcuts on your Mac and in your Windows virtual machine? No problem! Parallels Desktop lets you configure your keyboard shortcuts to work the way you want both on your Mac and Windows. ![]() When new tools come out, or a platform expands, it’s always wise to freshen up and learn some new strokes.Ĭhris “Ace” Gates is a four time Emmy A?ward-winning writer and producer.Guest blog by Manoj Dhanasekar, Parallels Support Team They’re the means to greater productivity and a direct path to a finished project. Keyboard shortcuts are your bread and butter as a video editor. Fortunately, DaVinci Resolve 14 takes into account the average editor’s muscle memory and keeps this one the same. The overwhelming nightmare of most video editors is lost work and the best way to avoid it is by frequently saving the edit. ![]() There’s one keyboard shortcut that reigns supreme above all others and that is “Save.” Yes, it’s common knowledge this is a universal shortcut, but it’s too important not to mention. Simply enough, “Shift F” toggles on and off the Full Screen Viewer and allows you to fill the screen with the playback. Unfortunately, producers and clients can be thrown off by the excess visual resonance. Full Screen ViewerĮditors are used to seeing every pane, panel, and window of their workspace. As an added bonus, Ctrl/Cmd Z will toggle between a zoomed out view of the entire timeline and the user’s zoomed in view on the playhead. You can also hold down the Alt/Opt key while scrolling with the mouse wheel to zoom in and out as well. Similar to other programs Ctrl/Cmd + zooms in and Ctrl/Cmd – will zoom the timeline out. Sometimes you’ll need to get in close to your cuts, down to the frame level, and other times you’ll need to pull out and get the big picture of the entire edit. Navigating the timeline is essential to any edit. A slide edit is performed in a similar way, by dragging the bottom half of the clip. When the user click drags the top half of the clip while holding down “T”, the user will perform a slip edit. What differentiates between a slip edit and a slide edit is where the user grabs the clip. All you have to do is hold down “T” while dragging the clip forward or backward. Slipping and sliding a clip in the timeline is one of the most powerful methods for refining an edit. You can toggle between disabling and enabling a clip by selecting it and typing “D.” 7. That’s when it’s useful to disable a clip. Toggle Disable/Enable ClipĮliminating or deleting a clip isn’t always the answer, especially if you’re in the process of deciding whether or not a clip should reside at a particular point in an edit. A ripple delete is a time saver used by efficient editors as it removes the clip and joins the edit together from the head to the tail of the deleted clip. However, if you delete a clip in the middle of an edit, simply deleting the clip will create several other steps of tedious work to join the rest of the clips together. Windows: “Ctrl Backspace” Mac: “Cmd Delete”ĭeleting a clip from the timeline is easy select it and hit “backspace” on Windows and “delete” on a Mac.
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