Viz Artist User Guide

Version 3.14 | Published October 30, 2020 ©

Stage Shortcuts

This section contains the following topics:

General

Function

Key and/or Mouse

Show Obj. Editor

CTRL + 1

Dopesheet View

CTRL + 2
SHIFT + PAGE DOWN

Spline View

CTRL + 3
SHIFT + PAGE UP

Dope/Spline View

CTRL + 4

Stage Tree

Function

Key and/or Mouse

Jump to Top Container

HOME

Jump to Last Container

END

Move a page down in the tree

PAGE DOWN

Move a page up in the tree

PAGE UP

Scroll up the tree

Cursor up

Scroll down the tree

Cursor down

Jump to an item (Director, Actor, or Channel), in the tree

Press the first letter of the item name

Open or close the selected tree

ENTER
RIGHT ENTER (numeric keyboard)

Stage Views

Function

Key and/or Mouse

Start/Continue Animation Forward

SPACE

Start Animation Backwards

SHIFT + ENTER

Set Time-line Marker/Value to Start

CTRL + HOME

Set Time-line Marker/Value to End (not when infinity is selected)

CTRL + END

Set View to 0

HOME

Set View to End director

END

Move the Time-line Marker one field

CTRL + the left or right arrow key

Move the Time-line Marker more than one field at a time

LEFT/RIGHT ARROW. This, for example, in 1080i50 format, moves the time-line marker five fields, left or right, and in 1080i60 the movement is six fields, left or right.

ALT + LEFT/RIGHT ARROW. This, for example, in 1080i50 format, moves the time-line marker 50 fields, left or right, and in 1080i60 the movement is 60 fields, left or right

Delete Selected Key Frame(s)

DELETE

Pan View

Middle mouse click and drag

Zoom Time Axis In or Out

Mouse wheel

Zoom Time Axis to Selected Channel

SHIFT + Z
SHIFT + Y

Zoom Time Axis to whole Animation

SHIFT + X

Zoom Spline/Dopesheet View In

Mouse wheel
Z/Y
CTRL + Plus sign on the numeric keypad

Zoom Spline/Dopesheet View Out

Mouse wheel
X
CTRL + Minus sign on the numeric keypad

Zoom Spline View to whole Spline

SHIFT + A

Zoom Time Axis and Spline View to view all Key Frames of selected Channel

SHIFT + Q

Zoom Time and Value Axis to View All Key Frames

SHIFT + W

Zoom Time Axis In/Out

Z + Middle mouse click and drag

Zoom Value Axis in Spline Editor In/Out

A + Middle mouse click and drag

Copy Selected Key Frame

C + Left mouse click and drag

Bring View to Time-line Marker

M

Reverse the Order of Selected Key Frames

CTRL + R

Snap to Grid on/off

CTRL + G

Set Time Axis to Seconds

CTRL + 8

Set Time Axis to Frames

CTRL + 9

Set Time Axis to Fields

CTRL + 0

Move Time-line Marker to nearest Key Frame

J

Scale a Portion of Selected Director

T + Left mouse click on Director Bar
This shows a region where Key Frames can be scaled.

Rubber band Selection

S + Left mouse click and drag

Zoom in onto specific region

Z + Left mouse click and drag

Insert a new Stop Point

S + Left mouse click on Director Bar

View Spline 1 (Rotation Channel Only)

CTRL + Z

View Spline 2 (Rotation Channel Only)

CTRL + X

View Spline 3 (Rotation Channel Only)

CTRL + C

Jump to next Key Frame

TAB (a Key frame must be highlighted first)

Jump to previous Key Frame

SHIFT + TAB

Escape from moving a Key Frame

ESC

See Also