Chapter 24: Keyboard Shortcuts

This document lists the default keyboard shortcuts for Storyboard Pro. To use a shortcut, press the key(s) and the character simultaneously. The plus (+) sign is not part of the shortcut.

The shortcuts are for both Windows and Mac OS X:

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 4.2
Toon Boom Harmony
NOTE:

Commands without shortcuts are left blank in these tables.

The Custom column is provided so you can write down the shortcuts you customize.

Keyboard Shortcut Categories

3D Nodes
Camera
Caption
Colour
Drawing Tools
Edit
File
Help
Layer
Library
Play/Navigation
Sound
Storyboard
Tool Presets
View

3D Nodes

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Collapse All

 

 

 

 

 

Expand All

 

 

 

 

 

Frame Selected

 

 

 

 

 

Hide All Other Nodes        

 

Hide Nodes

 

 

 

 

 

Show Nodes          
Show/Hide Navigator [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[W] [Ctrl]+[⌘]+[W] [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[W] [Ctrl]+[⌘]+[W]  

Camera

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Align Camera Keyframe with Stage View Position          
Copy Camera from Selected Panels

 

 

 

 

 

Go to Selected Camera Keyframe

 

 

 

 

 

Paste and Fit Camera on Selected Panels

 

 

 

 

 

Remove Selected Camera Keyframes        

 

Reset Camera

 

 

 

 

 

Reset Selected Camera Keyframes          

Caption

COMMAND

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Add Caption to Panels

 

 

 

 

 

Add Caption to Storyboard

 

 

 

 

 

Add Sketch to Current Panel

 

 

 

 

 

Find Text in Captions

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F]

[⌘]+[Shift]+[F]

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F]

[⌘]+[Shift]+[F]

 

Save Captions Layout as Default

 

 

 

 

 

Show/Hide Captions          

Colour

COMMAND

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Mac OS X

 

Edit Colour

 

 

 

 

 

New Colour Swatch

 

 

 

 

 

New Texture

 

 

 

 

 

Show Colour View          

Drawing Tools

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Bring Forward          
Bring to Front          

Brush Tool

[Alt]+[B]

[Alt]+[B]

[Alt]+[B]

[Alt]+[B]

 

Camera Tool          

Close Gap Tool

 

 

 

 

 

Contour Editor Tool

 

 

Alt+Q

Alt+Q

 

Convert Brush Strokes to Pencil Lines

 

 

^

^

 

Convert Pencil Lines to Brush Strokes

 

 

&

&

 

Convert Strokes to Pencil Lines

 

 

 

 

 

Cutter Tool

[Alt]+[T]

[Alt]+[T]

[Alt]+[T]

[Alt]+[T]

 

Decrease Brush Size [[] [[] [[] [[]  

Draw Behind

 

 

 

 

 

Dropper Tool

[Alt] +[D]

[Alt] +[D]

[Alt] +[D]

[Alt] +[D]

 

Ellipse Tool

   

Alt+=

Alt+=

 

Eraser Tool

[Alt]+[E]

[Ctrl]+[E]

[Alt]+[E]

Ctrl+E

 

First Frame Transform Tool          

Flatten

[Alt]+[Shift]+[F]

[Alt]+[Shift]+[F]

Alt+Shift+F

Alt+Shift+F

 

Flatten and Remove Extra Strokes

 

 

 

 

 

Flip Horizontal

4

4

Alt+H

Alt+H

 

Flip Vertical

5

5

Alt+V

Alt+V

 

Group

 

 

 

 

 

Hand Tool

 

 

 

 

 

Increase Brush Size []] []] ] ]  
Join Pencil Lines          

Last Frame Transform Tool

 

 

 

 

 

Line Tool

   

Alt+\

Alt+\

 

Paint Tool

[Alt] +[I]

[Alt] +[I]

Alt+I

Alt+l

 

Paint Unpainted Tool

[Alt]+[Y]

[Alt]+[Y]

Alt+Y

Alt+Y

 

Pencil Tool

[Alt]+[9]

[Alt]+[9]

Alt+/

Alt+/

 

Perspective Tool

 

 

 

 

 

Rectangle Tool

   

Alt+7

Alt+7

 

Refra Tool          
Remove Art Inside Selection          

Remove Art Outside Selection

[Shift]+[Del]

[Shift]+[Del]

Shift+Del

Shift+Del

 

Remove Art Outside Selection (Backspace)

[Shift]+[Backspace]

[Shift]+[Backspace]

Shift+Backspace

Shift+Backspace

 

Resize Brush or Pencil Dynamically

[O]

[O]

O

O

 

Rotate 180

 

 

 

 

 

Rotate 90 CCW

[C] [C]

Ctrl+7

⌘+7

 

Rotate 90 CW

[V] [V]

Ctrl+9

⌘+9

 

Rotate View

[Ctrl]+[Alt]

[⌘]+[Alt]

 

 

 

Selected By Colour Tool          

Select Strokes With Current Colour

 

 

Ctrl+Shift+A

Shift+⌘+A

 

Select Tool

[Alt]+[S]

[Alt]+[S]

Alt +S

Alt+S

 

Send Backward          
Send to Back          

Snap and Align

 

 

 

 

 

Snap to Contour

[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[;]

[Alt]+[⌘]+[;]

Ctrl +Alt+;

Alt+⌘+;

 

Split Pencil Line          

Text Tool

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[T]

[⌘] +[Shift]+[T]

Alt+9

Alt+9

 

Ungroup

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaint Tool          

Zoom Tool

[Alt]+[Z]

[Alt]+[Z]

Alt+Z

Alt+Z

 

Edit

COMMAND

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Copy

[Ctrl]+[C]

[⌘]+[C]

Ctrl+C

⌘+C

 

Cut

[Ctrl]+[X]

[⌘]+[X]

Ctrl+X

⌘+X

 

Delete

[Delete]

[Delete]

Del

Del

 

Delete (secondary key)

[Backspace]

[Backspace]

Backspace

Backspace

 

Deselect All

[Esc]

[Esc]

Esc

Esc

 

Paste

[Ctrl]+[V]

[Ctrl]+[V]

Ctrl+V

⌘+V

 

Preferences

[Ctrl] + [U]

[⌘] + [,]

Ctrl+U

⌘+U

 

Redo

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Z]

[⌘]+[Shift]+[Z]

Ctrl+Shift+Z

Shift+⌘+Z

 

Select All

[Ctrl]+[A]

[⌘]+[A]

Ctrl+A

⌘+A

 

Select All Drawings In Scene

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[A]

[⌘]+[Shift]+[A]

Ctrl+Shift+A

Ctrl+⌘+A

 

Select All Panels in Current Act

 

 

 

 

 

Select All Panels in Current Scene

 

 

 

 

 

Select All Panels in Current Sequence          

Undo

[Ctrl]+[Z]

[⌘]+[Z]

Ctrl+Z

⌘+Z

 

File

COMMAND

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Windows

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Windows

Mac OS X

 

Backup Storyboard          

Close

[Ctrl]+[W]

[⌘]+[W]

Ctrl+W

⌘+W

 

Conformation: Export Project          
Conformation: Export Selected Panels          
Conformation: Export Tracked Panels          
Conformation: Import Animatic Project          
Create Optimized Drawings          

Export: Bitmap

 

 

 

 

 

Export: CSV

 

 

 

 

 

Export: Current Image

 

 

 

 

 

Export: EDL/AAF/XML

 

 

 

 

 

Export: Movie

 

 

 

 

 

Export: PDF          
Export: Soundtracks          
Export: To Toon Boom          
Import Images as Layers          
Import Images as Scenes          
Import Sound Files          
New from Final Draft Script          
New from Harmony Scenes          

New

[Ctrl]+[N]

[⌘]+[N]

Ctrl+N

⌘+N

 

Open [Ctrl]+[O] [⌘]+[O] Ctrl + O ⌘+ O  
Optimize Project          
Project Management: Extract          
Project Management: Insert          
Project Management: Merge and Replace          
Project Management: Merge          
Project Management: Split          
Quit [Ctrl]+[Q] [⌘]+[Q]      
Regenerate All Thumbnails          
Restore and Open Backup          
Save [Ctrl]+[S] [⌘]+[S]      
Save As          
Update Caption from CSV          

Help

COMMAND

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About

 

 

 

 

 

Help

[F1]

[F1]

F1

F1

 

Keyboard Shortcuts [Alt]+[K] [Alt]+[K] Alt + K Alt + K  

Open Welcome Screen

 

 

 

 

 

Storyboard on the Web

 

 

 

 

 

Layer

COMMAND

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Align Layer to Camera

 

 

 

 

 

Bring Layer Forward

 

 

 

 

 

Bring Layer to Front

 

 

 

 

 

Center Pivot on Selection

 

 

 

 

 

Change Bitmap Layer Resolution          

Change Layer Opacity

         
Convert to Bitmap Layer          
Convert to Vector Layer          

Copy End Layer Position to Start

 

 

 

 

 

Copy Layers

 

 

 

 

 

Copy Start Layer Position to End          

Delete Layer

 

 

 

 

 

Duplicate Layers          

Lock Layer

[Alt]+[L]

[Alt]+[L]

Alt+L

Alt+L

 

Merge Layers

 

 

 

 

 

Merge Selected Layers          
New Bitmap Layer          
New Vector Layer          

Paste Layers

 

 

 

 

 

Rename Layer

 

 

 

 

 

Reset Pivot          
Reset Selected 3D Nodes          

Reset Transform

[Ctrl]+[R]

[⌘]+[R]

Ctrl+R

⌘+R

 

Select Next (up) Layer in Current Panel          
Select Previous 9down) Layer in Current Panel          

Send Layer Backward

 

 

 

 

 

Send Layer to Back

 

 

 

 

 

Set Layer Layout As Default

 

 

 

 

 

Show/Hide Layer

 

 

 

 

 

Spread Layer Motion

 

 

 

 

 

Toggle Background Layer

 

 

 

 

 

Library

COMMAND

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Close Library

 

 

 

 

 

Delete Folder

 

 

 

 

 

Delete Thumbnails

 

 

 

 

 

Details

 

 

 

 

 

Generate Thumbnails

 

 

 

 

 

Import Files

 

 

 

 

 

List

 

 

 

 

 

New Folder

 

 

 

 

 

Open Library

 

 

 

 

 

Refresh

 

 

 

 

 

Rename

 

 

 

 

 

Thumbnails

 

 

 

 

 

Play/Navigation

COMMAND

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First Frame

[Home]

[Home]

Home

Home

 

First Panel

 

 

 

 

 

Go to Specified Frame

 

 

 

 

 

Go to Specified Scene          

Last Frame

[End]

[End]

End

End

 

Last Panel

 

 

 

 

 

Next Frame

[.]

[.]

.

.

 

Next Panel

[F]

[F]

F

F

 

Next Panel Caption          

Next Scene

 

 

 

 

 

Play

 

 

 

 

 

Play Selection

[Shift]+[Enter]

[Shift]+[Enter]

Shift+Return

Shift+Return

 

Previous Frame

[,]

[,]

,

,

 

Previous Panel

[A]

[A]

A

A

 

Previous Panel Caption          

Previous Scene

 

 

 

 

 

Toggle Audio Playback

         

Toggle Camera Mask

         

Toggle Camera Preview

         

Toggle Loop Playback

         

Sound

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Delete Current AudioTrack

 

 

 

 

 

Lock/Unlock All Audio Tracks          
New Audio Track          
Set Sound Clip Colour to Blue          
Set Sound Clip Colour to Custom          
Set Sound Clip Colour to Default          
Set Sound Clip Colour to Green          
Set Sound Clip Colour to Orange          
Set Sound Clip Colour to Purplr          
Set Sound Clip Colour to Red          
Set Sound Clip Colour to Yellow          
Show Sound Clip Names          
Show Volume          
Show Waveform          
Show Scrubbing          
Split Clip at Current Frame          

Storyboard

COMMAND

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Add Snapshot

 

 

 

 

 

Add Transition

 

 

 

 

 

Change Panel Duration          

Delete Transition

 

 

 

 

 

Duplicate Selected Panels

 

 

 

 

 

Join Selected Acts

 

 

 

 

 

Join Selected Sequences          

Lock Scenes and Panels Names

 

 

 

 

 

Lock Scene Duration          
Move Panel In to Current Frame          
Move Panel Out to Current Frame          

New Panel

[P]

[P]

P

P

 

New Panel Before

 

 

 

 

 

New Sequence

 

 

 

 

 

New Sequence from Selection

 

 

 

 

 

New Scene          
New Scene Before          
New Scene from Selected Panels          
Properties Alt + Return Alt + Return Alt + Return Alt + Return  
Record Voice Annotation          
Remove All Sequences from Project          
Rename Panel          
Rename Sequence          
Rename Scene          
Set Panel Colour to Blue          
Set Panel Colour to Custom          
Set Panel Colour to Default          
Set Panel Colour to Green          
Set Panel Colour to Orange          
Set Panel Colour to Purple          
Set Panel Colour to Red          
Set Panel Colour to Yellow          
Smart Add Panel          
Split Current Sequence          
Split Current Scene          

Split Panel at Current Frame

 

 

 

 

 

Start New Act

 

 

 

 

 

Unlock Scenes and Panel Names

 

 

 

 

 

Tool Presets

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Tool Preset Shortcut 0

 

 

 

 

 

Tool Preset Shortcut 1

L

 

 

 

 

Tool Preset Shortcut 2

 

 

 

 

 

Tool Preset Shortcut 3 M      

 

Tool Preset Shortcut 4

 

 

 

 

 

Tool Preset Shortcut 5          
Tool Preset Shortcut 6          
Tool Preset Shortcut 7          
Tool Preset Shortcut 8          
Tool Preset Shortcut 9          

View

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12 Field Grid

 

 

 

 

 

16 Field Grid

 

 

 

 

 

3D View Layout          

Drawing Layout

[3]

[3]

3

3

 

Exit Pitch Mode

 

 

 

 

 

Free Pan and Zoom [Spacebar] [Spacebar] Space Space  

Horizontal Layout

[6]

[6]

6

6

 

Light Table

 

 

Shift+L

Shift+L

 

Onion Skin: 1 Next

 

 

Ctrl+1

⌘+1

 

Onion Skin: 1 Previous

 

 

!

!

 

Onion Skin: 2 Next

 

 

Ctrl+2

⌘+2

 

Onion Skin: 2 Previous

 

 

@

@

 

Onion Skin: 3 Next

 

 

Ctrl+3

⌘+3

 

Onion Skin: 3 Previous

 

 

#

#

 

Onion Skin: No Next

 

 

Ctrl+`

⌘+`

 

Onion Skin: No Previous

 

 

~

~

 

Overview Layout

[5]

[5]

5

5

 

PDF View Layout

 

 

 

 

 

Pitch Mode Layout

[8]

[8]

8

8

 

Point of View at Panel Level

 

 

 

 

 

Point of View at Project Level

 

 

 

 

 

Point of View at Scene Level

 

 

 

 

 

Realistic Preview

 

 

 

 

 

Recentre

 

 

N

N

 

Reset Pan

[Shift]+[N]

[Shift]+[N]

Shift+N

Shift+N

 

Reset Rotation

[Shift]+[X]

[Shift]+[X]

Shift+X

Shift+X

 

Reset View

[Shift]+[M]

[Shift]+[M]

Shift+M

Shift+M

 

Reset View to Camera Overview

 

 

 

 

 

Reset View to Default Drawing Area

 

 

 

 

 

Reset View to End Camera

 

 

 

 

 

Reset View to Start Camera

 

 

 

 

 

Reset Zoom

[Shift]+[Z]

[Shift]+[Z]

Shift+Z

Shift+Z

 

Rotate View CCW

[C]

[C]

C

C

 

Rotate View CW

[V]

[V]

V

V

 

Show 4:3 Area

 

 

 

 

 

Show 4:3 Safety

 

 

 

 

 

Show Complete Camera Path

 

 

 

 

 

Show Grid

[Ctrl]+[G]

[⌘]+[G]

Ctrl+G

⌘+G

 

Show Grid Outiline Only

 

 

 

 

 

Show/Hide Onion Skin

[Alt]+[O]

[⌘]+[Alt]+[O]

Alt+O

Alt+O

 

Show Safe Area

 

 

 

 

 

Show Strokes

[K]

[K]

K

K

 

Timeline Layout

[4]

[4]

4

4

 

Toggle Full Screen

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F]

[⌘]+[Shift]+[F]

Ctrl+F

⌘+F

 

Toggle Snapping In Timeline

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical Layout

[7]

[7]

7

7

 

Zoom In

[2]

[2]

2

2

 

Zoom Out

[1]

[1]

1

1