![]() ![]() All of the zoom controls above the zoom preset buttons in the edit window can be clicked and dragged for continuously variable zoom but the question I get asked most often about waveform zoom is how to return the zoom level to its default. Zooming the waveform often confuses people as, especially since the introduction of clip gain, there can be confusion as both result in bigger waveforms but for very different reasons. Find out how in this Pro Tools Fundamentals article. If you want to do that you can do it using Zoom Toggle. While Option+F zooms horizontally to fill the screen with the edit selection, it won’t fill the screen both horizontally and vertically. Instead I zoom in (Option+F), edit and zoom out again(Option+A). I’ve never seen the point as I lose my bearings so quickly. I almost never scroll through sessions horizontally. Option/Alt F zooms horizontally to fill the screen with the current edit selection. Option A zooms the edit page out horizontally to show the entire session. ![]() These two shortcuts were the first quantum leap in session navigation for me. I still teach using command and square brackets as it always works regardless of whether command focus is active, which is more appropriate for beginners in my opinion. Although I use lots of command focus shortcuts, R and T for zoom in /out have never been ones I’ve used much. Incremental horizontal zooming using CMD+ (control on a PC) is still something I use every day. I don’t use zoom presets myself but for a new user they are very simple and they are a very friendly introduction to using keyboard shortcuts as they are the only buttons in Pro Tools with their shortcut written on the button! Cmd+ And R+T The defaults are sensibly chosen but if you want to set custom zoom values then CMD+clicking (control on a PC) on a zoom preset button until it flashes will set a custom value. By default they zoom in progressively further from 1-5. Using the zoom preset buttons zooms in horizontally by preset amounts. This is a feature I teach to new users as their very first introduction to zooming in Pro Tools. Here is a round up of Zoom related tips for use in Pro Tools: Zoom Presets Personally I favour using keystrokes but there are useful scroll wheel alternatives to these (Option/Alt with either the scroll wheel or a 2 finger trackpad drag zooms horizontally). New users often use the zoom buttons and the zoom tool, I would recommend everyone finds an alternative to these as quickly as possible. Zooming, and session navigation in general represents the difference between slick and effortless operation of familiar tools and that feeling of struggling through software as if you are knee-deep in treacle. There was only ever one contender for this letter. And so we arrive at the last letter of the alphabet. ![]()
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