Split the video clip keyboard shortcut in 7 apps
Split the video clip has a documented keyboard shortcut in 7 apps here, among them Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, Final Cut Pro. The most common keys are Ctrl + Shift + D on Windows and Cmd + B on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe After Effects | Windows Ctrl + Shift + D | Mac Cmd + Shift + D | Split the selected layers |
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Windows Ctrl + K | Mac Cmd + K | Add an edit at the playhead |
| CapCut | Windows Ctrl + B | Mac Cmd + B | Split the clip at the playhead |
| Final Cut Pro | Windows Not documented | Mac Cmd + B | Cut the clip at the playhead |
| iMovie | Windows Not documented | Mac Cmd + B | Split the clip at the playhead |
| Kdenlive | Windows Shift + R | Mac Not documented | Cut the clip at the playhead |
| Shotcut | Windows S | Mac S | Split the clip at the playhead |
What most apps settled on for Split the video clip
On a Mac, it is Cmd + B in 3 of 6. 4 apps go their own way on Windows, and the table above is where to find them.
Where the table is deliberately empty
1 app here publishes no Mac key for Split the video clip, so that cell is left blank. 2 document it for Mac only. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Split the video clip, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Split the video clip do nothing
The 7 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since split the video clip is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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