Practicing JKL navigation helps editors with what benefit?

• A. Review footage efficiently
• B. Automates color grading
• C. Generates proxies
• D. Syncs audio

Answer: (A)

Fast, precise playback control with JKL navigation lets editors move through footage quickly. Using J to reverse, L to fast-forward, and K to pause enables rapid, frame-by-frame scrubbing without swapping between the mouse and keyboard. This makes reviewing long clips efficient: you can scan for the best takes, compare moments, and mark in/out points fast, keeping your editing flow smooth. Tasks like automating color grading, generating proxies, or syncing audio are separate workflows that rely on different tools, not on these playback shortcuts.