Quote I know I can adjust the volume of a clip by dragging the volume bar up or down and I can also change it by going into the audio room. Both are a little cumbersome in my opinion. What I would like to be able to do is simply click on a clip and then use hotkeys to nudge the volume up or down. Just as a for instance, maybe have it so that each time I hit a U the volume goes gently up, and each time I hit a D the volume goes gently down.

This seems like a no brainer to me but I can't find any way to set this up. Am I missing something?

PD has a whole bunch of hot keys and several dozen customizable ones, but I don't see clip volume adjustments anywhere. The volume related ones I do see are on a program/playback level: bring up the system volume control with Ctrl + U, and mute/unmute playback with Ctrl+bkspc.

There's also a command to restore a clip's original volume level (but it has no default hot key assigned).

[Coincidentally, I just found that there's one to automatically take a snapshot and insert it on the timeline as a freeze frame (with the duration specified under Preferences), which I had no idea was even there until just now. This is why I like the forum so much!]

You could try writing a script to open up the Keyframe tool, expand the Volume control and hit the up/dn dB arrow key 10x to bump the clip's volume up/dn by 1 dB at a time, but my guess is that would probably take as much time (or longer) as manually typing in the value you wanted.

The Rate Us & Provide Suggestions option under PD's File menu may be the best way to get this implemented, but even if your idea gets the green light, it might not happen until PD19...

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PD has a whole bunch of hot keys and several dozen customizable ones, but I don't see clip volume adjustments anywhere. The volume related ones I do see are on a program/playback level: bring up the system volume control with Ctrl + U, and mute/unmute playback with Ctrl+bkspc.

There's also a command to restore a clip's original volume level (but it has no default hot key assigned).

[Coincidentally, I just found that there's one to automatically take a snapshot and insert it on the timeline as a freeze frame (with the duration specified under Preferences), which I had no idea was even there until just now. This is why I like the forum so much!]

You could try writing a script to open up the Keyframe tool, expand the Volume control and hit the up/dn dB arrow key 10x to bump the clip's volume up/dn by 1 dB at a time, but my guess is that would probably take as much time (or longer) as manually typing in the value you wanted.

The Rate Us & Provide Suggestions option under PD's File menu may be the best way to get this implemented, but even if your idea gets the green light, it might not happen until PD19...

Much thanks, Optodata. You've confirmed what I was finding (NOT finding, actually) so I'll quit looking. I will be suggesting this to Cyberlink and if they do put it into PD 19 I might just upgrade. Again, thanks. If you don't take joy in the snow you'll have less joy in your life and the same amount of snow.