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Duel and duplicate comparison

Start a comparison

Situation What does V do?
Two clips are selected Opens Duel.
Three or more clips are selected Opens duplicate comparison.
There’s a Duel candidate Makes the clip under the pointer the opponent and opens Duel.
The clip under the pointer has a duplicate Opens duplicate comparison directly.
None of these Makes the clip a Duel candidate.

With one clip: press V, go to the other clip, then compare with Enter or V. The same flow works in preview. Press Esc to discard the candidate.

The duplicate badge on cards isn’t clickable. Use V to compare duplicates.

In Duel

Key Action
← / → Choose the side to keep.
Enter Keep the clip you chose and reject the other.
Space Play or pause the selected video.
M Keep both: both clips stay, and neither is rejected.
Esc Exit without deciding.

In duplicate comparison

Key Action
← / → Choose the column to keep.
Enter Keep the clip you chose and reject the others.
Esc Exit without deciding.

If you reached a button with Tab, Enter activates that button; it doesn’t make a decision.

If you made the wrong decision, use ⌘Z.