QuickTime Player: Accessing Special Editing Commands

This article explains how to access the following QuickTime Pro editing commands available in the QuickTime Player application: Replace, Add, Add Scaled, and Trim. These commands are available only if QuickTime Pro is installed.

 

The special QuickTime Pro editing commands available in QuickTime Player are accessed through the Edit menu. With a movie open in QuickTime Player, hold down the key(s) indicated in Figures 1, 2, or 3, open the Edit menu, and choose the command.


Figure 1 Add and Trim
Mac OS keystroke  Option
Windows keystrokes  Ctrl-Alt


Figure 2 Replace
Mac OS keystroke  Shift
Windows keystroke  Shift


Figure 3 Add Scaled and Trim
Mac OS keystrokes  Option-Shift
Windows keystrokes  Ctrl-Alt-Shift

The Selection Start and Selection End markers (Figure 4) are used with all of these editing commands.


Figure 4 QuickTime Player Selection Start and Selection End markers

For more help with QuickTime Player, open its Help menu and choose On-line QuickTime Player Help.

For information on upgrading to QuickTime Pro, visit the QuickTime Web site at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

For information on the differences between QuickTime and QuickTime Pro, see article 24374: "Differences Between QuickTime and QuickTime Pro"

Published Date: Feb 17, 2012