Finder and Mac OS Keyboard Shortcuts Every Video Editor Needs to Know

The following article and video tutorial discusses Mac OS keyboard shortcuts that every video editor needs to know. These are basic Mac Operating System functions (like tasks in Finder) that us video editors do probably hundreds of times a week. 

When you make some of these everyday actions we do into keyboard shortcuts instead of moving the mouse around and having to click, you shave off seconds per hour, minutes per week, hours per month, and days per year during your editing sessions. These micro time saving tips will ultimately give you more time doing things outside of the edit bay or provide you with more opportunities to edit more videos so you can earn more income.

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How to Export a Frame (.jpg, .png, .psd, .tif) from After Effects in Seconds

This tutorial is on how to export a still frame out of After Effects. In it you’ll learn how to take a frame in After Effects and export a JPEG (.jpg), PNG (.png), PSD (.psd), or TIFF (.tif). And you will learn how to export a still with or without an alpha channel as well. Here’s how:

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Export QuickTime Video with Alpha Channel in After Effects

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This tutorial is on how to export a QuickTime video with an alpha channel from After Effects. It’s simple to do. Here’s how:

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Solving a Common JPEG and Image Import Issue in After Effects

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This tutorial is on how to solve a common JPEG and image import issue in After Effects. If you have a JPEG, TIF, PNG, or PSD image that you imported into After Effects and it’s only a handful of frames long, more than likely you accidentally imported an image sequence instead of just the one image file. Here’s how to fix it:

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How to Change Space Between Letters in After Effects

This tutorial is on how to change the space between letters in After Effects. You’ll learn how to adjust the spacing between all the letters in a text layer and how to adjust the spacing between two individual letters.

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