The following article is for a product that is now considered Legacy (EOL) status. Because of this, the information below may not match what is possible with current Elgato hardware and software. |
These are the keyboard shortcuts for Elgato Game Capture HD.
The "Command" key is also known as the "Apple" key, and has a symbol similar to a cloverleaf (⌘).
| Command | Mac | Windows | |
| Global | |||
| Switch to Capture | ⌘ + Shift + 1 | Ctrl + 1 | |
| Switch to Edit | ⌘ + Shift + 2 | Ctrl + 2 | |
| Toggle Fullscreen | ⌘ + Control + F | F11 | |
| Leave Fullscreen | Esc | Esc | |
| Show/Hide sidebar in fullscreen mode | F10 | F10 | |
| Capture/Editor | |||
| Start/Stop Recording | ⌘ + R | Ctrl + R | |
| Enable/Disable Live Commentary | ⌘ + L | Ctrl + L | |
| Start/Stop Live Streaming | ⌘ + Option + S | Ctrl + Alt + S | |
| Mute/Unmute | ⌘ + Option + ↓ | Ctrl + M | |
| Enable/Disable Preview | No Shortcut | Ctrl + P | |
| Play/Pause | Space | Space | |
| Fast Forward | Option + → | Alt + → | |
| Fast Rewind | Option + ← | Alt + ← | |
| Screenshot to Clipboard | ⌘ + Option + C | Ctrl + Shift + C | |
| Screenshot to Desktop | ⌘ + Shift + C | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C | |
| Timeline | |||
| Select All Clips | ⌘ + A | Ctrl + A | |
| Remove Clip Selection | ⌘ + Shift + A | Ctrl + Shift + A | |
| Select Clip At Playhead | ⌘ + Option + A | Ctrl + Alt + A | |
| Select Previous Clip | ⌘ + ← | Ctrl + ← | |
| Select Next Clip | ⌘ + → | Ctrl + → | |
| Zoom In | ⌘ and + | Ctrl and + | |
| Zoom Out | ⌘ and - | Ctrl and - | |
| Jump to First/Start Position | Home, Return | Home | |
| Jump to Last/Stop Position | End | End | |
| 1 step* backward (1/4 sec) | ← | ← | |
| 40 steps* backward (10 sec) | ⌘ + Option + ← | Ctrl + Alt + ← | |
| 240 steps* backward (60 sec) | Shift + ⌘ + Option + ← | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ← | |
| 1 step* forward (1/4 sec) | → | → | |
| 40 steps* forward (10 sec) | ⌘ + Option + → | Ctrl + Alt + → | |
| 240 steps* forward (60 sec) | Shift + ⌘ + Option + → | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + → | |
| Split/Cut clip into two parts | ⌘ + Shift + S | Ctrl + Shift +S | |
| Undo | ⌘ + Z | Ctrl + Z | |
| Redo | ⌘ + Shift + Z | Ctrl + Y | |
| Restore original segmentation for current video | Ctrl + Alt + Shift +Z | ||
| Delete currently selected clip(s)/segment(s) | Delete, Backspace | Delete | |
| Delete clip | Delete, Backspace | Delete | |
| Show advanced settings when opening device settings | Ctrl + Mouse Click | ||
| Stream Command/Overlays | |||
| Select Scene | 0-9, ⌘0 - ⌘9 | 0-9 | |
| Remove all overlays from scene | Option + Mouse Click | Ctrl + Shift + Delete | |
| Move selected overlays one pixel up / down / right / left | n/a | ↑, ↓, →, ← | |
| Move selected overlays ten pixels up / down / right / left | n/a | Shift + ↑, ↓, →, ← | |
| Bring selected overlays one step to the front / back | No Shortcut | Ctrl + ↑, ↓ | |
| Increase size of selected overlays (by one pixel along the short edge) | n/a | "+" , "-" | |
| Increase size of selected overlays (by ten pixels along the short edge) | n/a | Shift + "+" , "-" |
Please Note: * 1 step means 1 GOP on Windows, which is about 0.25s for GC recordings