iMovie: is there a shortcut key to zoom timeline in and out?

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iMovie: is there a shortcut key to zoom timeline in and out?

iMovie: is there a shortcut key to zoom timeline in and out? I'm on imovie 11 version 9.0.4
posted: Tuesday October 30, 2012

iMovie '11, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Oct 30, 2012 9:09 AM

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AppleMan1958

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Oct 30, 2012 3:19 PM in response to Cosme422

The normal way to zoom in and out would be to use the thumbnail slider. I am not aware of any keyboard shortcut for this.

Here is a list of the keyboard shortcuts for iMovie.

http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3ae8c33b

Interestingly, in Final Cut Pro, there is a keyboard shortcut for zooming the timeline. For example, Shift-Z will scale the project to fit the timeline, and command+ and command- will zoom.

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Cosme422 Author

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Oct 30, 2012 6:11 PM in response to AppleMan1958

I did go into the manual before posting and read all the shortcuts. They were the same as the ones in this link you posted and I didn't find anything that says zoom. That little slider on the bottom right is a pain. I also hate the timeline following me around everywhere I move the mouse. It should be like vegas where ever you click on any clip that's where the timeline snaps to. Thanks for your reply AppleMan!

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