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Boom Box Post intern, Renata Schmult, is on a mission to expand her keyboard shortcut muscle memory! She drafted up some questions for an office-wide survey to learn about each of our editors’ favorite, most used and custom shortcuts for sound editorial work. In this post, we share the results and take a look at the similarities and differences of each editor’s shortcut workflow. We hope you learn a new shortcut or workflow tip from this post! Enjoy.
We are all familiar with the saying, “You learn something new everyday!” Well, in hopes that we can all continue to learn and grow together, I would like to share with you a few super simple workflow “hacks” that had me questioning, “How did I not know this before!?”
The first piece of advice I give any new sound editor is to get Pro Tools and learn the keyboard shortcuts. Forget proficiency in typing, that's child's play. In order to compete in the real world of post production sound, you need to be FAST. Knowing your way around the keyboard doesn't just shorten your workday, it tells the clients - who expect requests to be carried out quickly - that you are on top of your game.
Basic keyboard shortcuts - switching the tools, changing the view - need to be second nature. But with literally hundreds to learn, there's bound to be a few that have slipped through the cracks. Here are some of the best 'lesser-known' Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts to help speed up your workflow.
