General Keyboard Shortcuts

Command Description Windows/Linux macOS
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

Auto Render Write

 This is the shortcut key to enable the Write nodes to write final frames to the file system. Ctrl + W

⌘ + W

Bounding Box Selection Style

 This is the shortcut key to toggle between BBox highlighting and colour highlighting of selected drawings.

 

 
Cancel Preview This is the shortcut key to cancel the automatic preview. Shift + Esc Shift + Esc
Clone The shortcut key to main Edit->Clone    
Control Selection Mode Enable the group selection of controls with the lasso or marquee.    

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 Layout

 Export scene layout to image.

 

 
Face Selected to Draw This is the shortcut key that makes the Perspective view perpendicular to a selected drawing, allowing you to draw on it.    

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

Get Rights to Modify Drawings

 The shortcut key to get the edit rights on the selected drawings. Alt + L

Alt + L

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

Go to the Eighth Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the Eighth Drawing in drawing view    

Go to the Fifth Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the Fifth Drawing in drawing view    

Go to the First Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the first Drawing in drawing view    

Go to the Fourth Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the Fourth Drawing in drawing view    

Go to the Ninth Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the Ninth Drawing in drawing view    

Go to the Second Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the second Drawing in drawing view    

Go to the Seventh Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the Seventh Drawing in drawing view    

Go to the Sixth Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the Sixth Drawing in drawing view    

Go to the Tenth Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the Tenth Drawing in drawing view    

Go to the Third Drawing in Drawing View

 Go to the third Drawing in drawing view    

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

Jog Backward

 This is the shortcut key to jog the frames backward.

 

 

Jog Forward

 This is the shortcut key to jog the frames forward.

 

 

Last Frame

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

>

Look at Selected This is the shortcut key that repositions a 3D object in the centre of the view.    
Merge The shortcut key to main Edit->Merge    
Mirror View This is the shortcut key to mirror the view horizontally.    

Move Backward

 This is the shortcut key to move the camera backward in the current view.

 

 

Move Forward

 This is the shortcut key to move the camera forward in the current view.

 

 

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

OpenGL Frames Opens the Save OpenGL Frames dialog box    

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

Preview Manager

 This is the shortcut key to open the Show/Hide Manager.

 

 

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

Read Changed Drawings

 This is the shortcut key to reload drawings that have changed on disk. Ctrl + ;

⌘ + ;

Recentre

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

N

Record and Play

 This is the shortcut key to record the camera view and play the result.

 

 

Redo

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

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Release Rights to Modify Drawings

 The shortcut key to release the edit rights on selected drawings. Alt + Shift + L

Alt + Shift + L

Remove All Drawings

 Removes all drawings from the thumbnails side panel. Esc

Esc

Remove Art Outside Selection

 This is the shortcut key to delete the selection. Shift + Del or Shift + Backspace

Shift + Del or Shift + Backspace
Remove Duplicate Key Exposure Remove duplicate drawing key exposure.    
Remove Key Exposure Remove a drawing key exposure.    
Rename by Frame Rename drawings by their frame number.    

Rename Drawings

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

⌘ + D

Rename Drawings with Prefix

 This is the shortcut key used to rename selected drawing by prepending a prefix to its exposure.

 

 

Render

 Opens the Render Write Nodes dialog box, which you can use to initiate a local composite or batch composite operation. Ctrl + Shift + Y

⌘ + Shift + Y

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.

Select Child Skipping Effects

 Select Child Skip Effects. Shift + B

Shift + B

Select Group Content

 Select Group Content.    

Select Next Sibling

Select next brother. ?

?

Select Parent

 Select Parent.

Select Parent Skipping Effects

 Select Parent Skip Effects. B

B

Select Previous Sibling

 Select previous brother. /

/

Select Synced Layers This is the shortcut key to select all linked read layers.    
Share Functions This is the shortcut key to share functions so that they are available to other layers.    
Shortcuts Launches the shortcuts dialog.    

Show Colour Model

 The shortcut key that opens/closes the Colour Model. Shift+K

Shift+K

Show Whats This The shortcut key to Help. F1 ⌘ + /

Shuttle Backward

 This is the shortcut key to shuttle the frames backward.    

Shuttle Forward

 This is the shortcut key to shuttle the frames forward.    

Shuttle Reset

 This is the shortcut key to reset the shuttle control's position.    

Test SWF Movie

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

Toggle Auto-Apply

 This is the shortcut key to toggle the Auto-Apply feature in node editors    
Toggle Auto-Get-Rights-to-Modify-Palette-Lists This is the shortcut key to toggle the automatic locking of palette lists.    
Toggle Auto-Get-Rights-to-Modify-Palettes This is the shortcut key to toggle the automatic locking of palettes.    
Toggle Auto-Lock This is the shortcut key to toggle the automatic locking of drawings.    

Toggle Editor

 This is the shortcut key that opens the editor for the selected node. Shift+E

Shift+E

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

Toggle Show Locked Drawings in Outline

 This controls whether the drawings will be drawn in full or only in outline when they are locked.    

Toggle Velocity Editor

 This is the shortcut to open the "Velocity Editor" Shift + V

Shift + V

Undo

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

⌘ + Z

Unload Model

 The shortcut key that unload the current frame in the Model View. Del

Del

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