mousecut: every feature, listed
An editor's timeline over the open After Effects comp: layers become clips on tracks, edited with Premiere-style tools, each edit one undo step. 42 tools, presets, styles, effects and actions in 7 groups. mousecut comes with mouzeclick: one plan with everything included, $25 a month.
Tools 10
- Selection toolTool
Selects, moves and trims clips; Ctrl-drag inserts, Alt-drag copies, Ctrl on an edge ripple trims.
- Track select forwardTool
Selects every clip from the clicked point onward on that track, or on all tracks with Shift.
- Ripple edit toolTool
Trims a clip edge and moves the following clips by the same amount.
- Rolling edit toolTool
Moves the cut between two touching clips on a track, lengthening one and shortening the other.
- Rate stretch toolTool
Drag a clip edge to change its length by making it play faster or slower.
- Razor toolTool
Cuts the clicked clip at that point; Shift-click cuts every unlocked clip there.
- Slip toolTool
Shifts which source frames a clip shows while keeping its place and length.
- Slide toolTool
Moves a clip while the neighbouring clips lengthen or shorten to fill around it.
- Hand toolTool
Drags the timeline view sideways and up and down.
- Zoom toolTool
Click zooms the timeline in at that point; Alt-click zooms out.
Options 2
- SnappingAction
Toggles snapping of drags and razor to cuts, playhead, In/Out, markers and the work area.
- Ripple all tracksAction
Toggles whether ripple trims and ripple deletes move clips on every track or only the edited track.
Edits 6
- CutAction
Cuts the selected clips at the playhead, or every unlocked clip under it when nothing is selected.
- LiftAction
Removes everything between In and Out on unlocked tracks, leaving a gap.
- ExtractAction
Removes everything between In and Out on unlocked tracks and closes the gap.
- InsertAction
Places Project panel footage or comps at the playhead on the target track, pushing later clips right.
- OverwriteAction
Places Project panel footage or comps at the playhead on the target track, over what is there.
- UnlinkAction
Splits a clip's picture and sound into two layers, or links a lined-up picture and sound again.
History 3
- UndoAction
Runs After Effects' own undo; each mousecut edit is one step.
- RedoAction
Runs After Effects' own redo.
- Keyboard shortcutsAction
Shows or hides the list of mousecut keys.
Keyboard edits 18
- Cut every trackAction
Ctrl+Shift+K cuts every unlocked clip under the playhead regardless of selection.
- DeleteAction
Delete removes the selected clips and leaves a gap.
- Ripple deleteAction
Shift+Delete removes the selected clips and moves what follows left.
- Close gapsAction
G slides clips left to close every gap, or only gaps before selected clips.
- NudgeAction
Alt+Left or Right moves the selected clips one frame, ten with Shift.
- Set In / Set OutAction
I and O set In and Out points at the playhead; Alt+X clears both.
- Copy and pasteAction
Ctrl+C copies clips; Ctrl+V pastes them at the playhead over what is there, within the same comp.
- Paste insertAction
Ctrl+Shift+V pastes copied clips at the playhead and pushes later clips right.
- Group / UngroupAction
Ctrl+G groups selected clips so clicking one selects all; Ctrl+Shift+G ungroups.
- Select allAction
Ctrl+A selects every clip.
- Add markerAction
M adds a comp marker at the playhead, refused where one already exists.
- Play / stopAction
Space plays or stops the preview in After Effects.
- Move, insert or copy by dragAction
Dragging clips overwrites, Ctrl-drag inserts and pushes right, Alt-drag drops a copy; dragging to another track reorders layers.
- Playhead navigationAction
Arrows step a frame (Shift: ten), Up/Down jump to previous/next cut, Home/End to comp start/end.
- Zoom in, out, fitAction
= and − zoom the timeline, \ fits the whole comp, Ctrl+wheel zooms at the pointer.
- GuideAction
F1 opens the guide explaining how to use every tool.
- Scrub the rulerAction
Click or drag the time ruler to move the playhead; it snaps when snapping is on.
- Box selectAction
Drag in empty timeline space to draw a box that selects clips; Shift adds to the selection.
Tracks 2
- Track target (V1, V2…)Action
Clicking a video track's name makes it the target for Insert and Overwrite.
- Lock trackAction
Locks a video track, or the sound-only clips on an audio lane, so edits leave them alone.
Footer 1
- ZoomAction
Slider that sets the timeline zoom level.
More in mousecut
Comp-specific targets, locks, groups and In/Out are remembered per comp. Waveforms and thumbnails come from the mouzeclick bridge. Clip label colours (17) follow After Effects label indices and are display only.