General Keyboard Shortcuts

Command Description Windows macOS
Acquire from TWAIN This is the shortcut key to scan a drawing with a TWAIN device. Ctrl + Shift + S Shift + ⌘ + S
Add Frame After Selection The shortcut key to display the Add Frame After Selection dialog box in the Xsheet View. Ctrl + H Ctrl + H

Add Frame At End

 The shortcut key to display the Add Frame At Bottom dialog box in the Xsheet View.

 

 

Add Frame At Start

 The shortcut key to display the Add Frame At Top dialog box in the Xsheet View.

 

 

Add Frame Before Selection

 The shortcut key to display the Add Frame Before Selection dialog box in the Xsheet View. Ctrl + G

⌘ + G

Add Key Exposure Add a drawing key exposure.    
Advanced Save This is the shortcut to open the Advanced Save dialog box. This dialog box is used to save specific parts of a scene (scene data, palette lists, palettes and drawings). Ctrl + Shift + S Shift + ⌘ + S

Auto Render

 This is the shortcut key to render frames automatically. Ctrl + Alt + R

⌘ + Alt + R

Cancel Preview This is the shortcut key to cancel the automatic preview. Shift + Esc Shift + Esc
Clone The shortcut key to main Edit->Clone    

Copy

 This is the shortcut key to copy the selection. Ctrl + C

⌘ + C

Create Empty Drawing

 This is the shortcut key used to replace selected drawings by new drawings. Alt + Shift + R

Alt + Shift + R

Cut

 This is the shortcut key to cut the selection. Ctrl + X

⌘ + X

Decrease Exposure Removes one frame from the exposure of a timed value. - -

Delete

 This is the shortcut key to delete the selection. Del

Backspace

Deselect All

 This is the shortcut key to deselect all selected objects. Esc

Esc

Disable Pivot Manipulator When activated, the pivot point cannot be changed position visually.    
Duplicate The shortcut key to main Edit->Duplicate.    

Duplicate Drawings

 This is the shortcut key used to replace selected drawings by a copy of the drawing. Alt + Shift + D

Alt + Shift + D

Easy Flip This is the shortcut key to execute a single flip in the Drawing view.    
Export Animated GIF Use this shortcut to open the Export Animated GIF window.    
Export Images Opens the Export Images dialog box which you can use to save rendered frames to file. Ctrl + Shift + Y Ctrl + Shift + Y

First Frame

 This is the shortcut key to go to the first frame. <

<

Free Pan and Zoom

 This is the shortcut key to pan and zoom the current view. Space Space

Go to Next Column

 Go to Next Column J

J

Go to Next Drawing

 Go to Next Drawing G

G

Go to Previous Column

 Go to Previous Column H

H

Go to Previous Drawing

 Go to Previous Drawing F

F

Help

 This is the shortcut to the Online Help  

 

Import Movie

 Import QuickTime movie to the scene

 

 
Increase Exposure Adds one frame to the exposure of a timed value. + +

Invert Selection

 This is the shortcut key to invert the selection in the current view.

Ctrl + Shift + I

Shift + ⌘ + I

Last Frame

 This is the shortcut key to go to the last frame. >

>

Merge The shortcut key to main Edit->Merge    
Mirror View This is the shortcut key to mirror the view horizontally.    

New

 This is the shortcut to create a new scene. Ctrl + N

⌘ + N

Next Frame

 This is the shortcut key to go to the next frame. period (.)

period (.)

Open

 This is the shortcut to open a scene or open drawings in paint mode. Ctrl + O

⌘ + O

Paste

 This is the shortcut key to paste the clipboard contents to the scene. Ctrl + V

⌘ + V

Paste Cycle This is the shortcut key to paste the clipboard contents to the scene in cycles. Ctrl + / ⌘ + /
Paste Reverse This is the shortcut key to paste the clipboard contents to the scene in reverse. Ctrl + . Ctrl + .

Paste Special

 This is the shortcut key to paste the clipboard contents to the scene. Ctrl + B

⌘ + B

Paste Special Again

 This is the shortcut key to paste the clipboard contents to the scene. Ctrl + Shift + B

⌘ + Shift + B

Peg Selection Mode

 This is the shortcut key to toggle the peg selection mode for the transform tool.  

 

Preferences

 Launches the preferences dialog. Ctrl + U

⌘ + U

Previous Frame

 This is the shortcut key to go to the previous frame. comma (,)

comma (,)

Quick Close-up

 This toggles between a global view and a close-up view. Shift + Z

Shift + Z

Recentre

 This is the shortcut key to recentre the view on the mouse pointer in the current view. N

N

Redo

 This is the shortcut key to redo the an operation that was undone. Ctrl + Shift + Z

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Remove Key Exposure Remove a drawing key exposure.    

Rename Drawings

 This is the shortcut key used to rename selected drawing. Ctrl + D

⌘ + D

Render and Play

 This is the shortcut key to render and preview your scene in the Player module.

 

 

Reset Pan

 This is the shortcut key to recentre the current view. Shift + N

Shift + N

Reset Rotation

 This is the shortcut to reset the rotation of the current view. Shift + X

Shift + X

Reset View

 This is the shortcut key to reset the pan, the zoom and the rotation in the current view. Shift + M

Shift + M

Reset Zoom

 This is the shortcut key to reset the zoom level of the current view.    

Rotate View CCW

 This is the shortcut key to rotate the view counter clock-wise.    

Rotate View CW

 This is the shortcut key to rotate the view clock-wise.    

Save

 This is the shortcut to save everything in a scene (scene data, palette lists, palettes and drawings). Ctrl + S ⌘ + S

Select All

 This is the shortcut key to select everything in the current view. Ctrl + A ⌘ + A

Select Child

 Select Child. Shift + B Shift + B

Select Parent

 Select Parent. B B
Shortcuts Launches the shortcuts dialog.    

Test SWF Movie

 This is the shortcut key to render and preview your scene in a Flash movie.    

Toggle Full Screen

 This is the shortcut key to toggle the full screen display mode. Ctrl + F

⌘ + F

Toggle Playback

 This is the shortcut key to playback frames in Sceneplanning views. It is invoked on keyRelease. Shift + Return

Shift + Return

Undo

 This is the shortcut key to undo the previous operation. Ctrl + Z

⌘ + Z

Zoom In

 This is the shortcut key to zoom-in the current view. 2

2

Zoom Out This is the shortcut key to zoom-out the current view. 1

1