Keyboard shortcuts
The keys that work from any app, the keys while you record, and the editor's keys.
Change any shortcut in Settings › Shortcuts. If another app already uses a set of keys, Slyve tells you which one.
From any app
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| ⌥⇧R | Open the recorder, start, then finish the take |
| ⌥⇧S | Screenshot of an area |
| ⌥⇧W | Screenshot of a window |
| ⌥⇧A | Capture anything |
| ⌥⇧T | Copy text from an area |
| ⌥⇧Q | Read a QR code |
| ⌥⇧O | Open Slyve, with the Library |
| ⌥⇧E | Open your newest project |
| ⌥⇧C | Camera on or off |
| ⌥⇧K | Keys on video on or off |
| ⌥⇧D | Hide or show desktop icons |
| ⌃⌥⌘3 | Record a display |
| ⌃⌥⌘4 | Record a window |
| ⌃⌥⌘5 | Record an area |
| ⌃⌥⌘/ | Show or hide speaker notes |
Screenshot of the screen, Scrolling capture, Start now / Stop recording and Cancel recording have no keys until you set them. Settings offers ones you can take.
While you record
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| ⌥⇧P | Pause or resume |
| ⌥⇧R | Finish the take |
| ⌃⌥⌘⌫ | Restart the take |
| ⌃⌥⌘’ | Hide or show the recording controls |
| ⌃⌥⌘D | Draw on the screen (when Drawing while recording is on) |
| ⌃⌥⌘B | Drop a bookmark at this moment (a flag on the editor’s ruler) |
| ⌃⌥⌘M | Mute or unmute your microphone (hold to talk with Push to talk on) |
| ⌃⌥⌘R | Retake from your last bookmark (the take keeps recording) |
In the editor
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| ⌘1 to ⌘7 | Background, Cursor, Camera, Captions, Audio, Keys, Motion |
| ⌘J | Lumi panel |
| ⌘E | Export |
| ⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z | Undo / redo |
| M | Add a chapter marker |
| ⇧I / O | Mark In / Out, for Export › Selection only |
| ⌥X | Clear In and Out |
| S or ⌘B | Split the clip at the playhead |
| X | Delete back to the previous cut |
| Hold ⌥ | Split where you click on the timeline (or click the scissors for the split tool) |
| , / . | Back or forward half a second |
| ⌥, / ⌥. | Back or forward one second |
| ⇧⌘P | Search every command |
In the Library, ⌘K asks your assistant, ⌘E exports and ⇧⌘P searches every command. The screenshot editor’s keys are in Annotate a screenshot.