This section contains the following topics:
General
Function | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut | Configurable |
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Shows Object Editor | CTRL + 1 |
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Shows Dopesheet View | CTRL + 2 |
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Minimize Spline Editor Height | SHIFT + PAGE DOWN (on stage view focus) |
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Increase Spline Editor Height | SHIFT + ↑ |
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Decrease Spline Editor Height | SHIFT + ↓ |
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Shows Spline View | CTRL + 3 |
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Maximize Spline Editor Height | SHIFT + PAGE UP (on stage view focus) |
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Shows Dope/Spline View | CTRL + 4 |
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Stage Tree
Function | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut | Configurable |
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Jumps to Top Container | HOME |
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Jumps to Last Container | END |
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Moves a page down in the tree | PAGE DOWN |
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Moves a page up in the tree | PAGE UP |
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Scrolls up the tree | UP ARROW (↑) |
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Scrolls down the tree | DOWN ARROW (↓) |
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Jumps to an item (Director, Actor, or Channel), in the tree | Press the first letter of the item name |
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Opens or closes the selected tree | + or RIGHT ARROW (→) |
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- or LEFT ARROW (←) |
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Group Directors | SHIFT + D |
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Ungroup Directors | CTRL + SHIFT + D |
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Delete Selection | DEL |
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Timeline
Animation
Function | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut | Configurable |
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Starts Animation | ENTER |
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Starts Animation Backwards | SHIFT + ENTER |
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Start Animation ignoring Stop points | CTRL + ENTER |
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Start Animation ignoring Stop points Backwards | CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER |
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Pause/Continues Animation Forward | SPACE |
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Pause/Continues Animation Backwards | SHIFT + SPACE |
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Pause/Continues Animation ignoring Stop points | CTRL + SPACE |
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Pause/Continues Animation ignoring Stop points Backwards | CTRL + SHIFT + SPACE |
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Timeline
Function | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut | Configurable |
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Sets timeline to 0 | HOME | |
Sets View to End Director | END |
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Set View to Time-line Start and move Marker | CTRL + HOME |
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Sets Time-line Marker/Value to End (not when infinity is selected) | CTRL + END |
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Set View to Time-line Start, Zoom Region | SHIFT + HOME |
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Set View to Time-line End, Zoom Region | SHIFT + END |
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Set View to Time-line Start, Zoom Region and move Marker | CTRL + SHIFT + HOME |
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Set View to Time-line End, Zoom Region and move Marker (not when infinity is selected) | CTRL + SHIFT + END |
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Move Timeline Marker | ←/→ In 1080i50 format, moves the time-line marker five fields, left or right, and in 1080i60 the movement is six fields, left or right. |
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ALT + ←/→. In 1080i50 format, moves the time-line marker 50 fields, left or right, and in 1080i60 the movement is 60 fields, left or right. |
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CTRL + ←/→. Moves the timeline 1 filed left or right. |
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Moves Time-line Marker to nearest Key Frame | J |
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Brings View to Time-line Marker | M |
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Jumps to next Key Frame | TAB (a Key frame must be highlighted first) |
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Jumps to previous Key Frame | SHIFT + TAB |
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Deletes Selected Key Frame(s) | DELETE |
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Tween Mode (Director Scalemark) | T + start/end click on the timeline |
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Zooming
Function | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut | Configurable |
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Pans View | Middle mouse click and drag |
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Zooms Time Axis In or Out | Mouse wheel |
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Z + Middle mouse click and drag |
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Zooms Time Axis to Selected Channel, keep Spline view | SHIFT + Z |
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SHIFT + Y |
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Zooms Time Axis to whole Animation, keep Spline view | SHIFT + X |
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Zooms Spline/Dopesheet View In | Mouse wheel |
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Z/Y |
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CTRL + Plus sign on the numeric keypad |
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Zooms Spline/Dopesheet View Out | Mouse wheel |
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X |
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CTRL + Minus sign on the numeric keypad |
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Zoom Splineview in (Drag middle Mouse button to adjust) | A |
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Zoom Splineview out (Drag middle Mouse button to adjust) | S |
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Zooms Spline View to whole Spline | SHIFT + A |
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Zooms Time Axis and Spline View to view all Key Frames of selected Channel | SHIFT + Q |
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Zooms Time and Value Axis to View All Key Frames | SHIFT + W |
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Zooms in onto specific region | X + Drag mouse rectangle |
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Y + Drag mouse rectangle |
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Zoom Timeline to selected Key Frames | SHIFT + C |
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Searching
Function | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut | Configurable |
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Open/close Keyframe Search | CTRL + F |
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Jump to first keyframe search result | CTRL + H |
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Jump to last keyframe search result | CTRL + E |
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Jump to next keyframe search result | CTRL + N |
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Jump to previous keyframe search result | CTRL + P |
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Keyframes
Function | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut | Configurable |
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Provides Rubber band Selection | R + Left mouse click and drag |
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Copies Selected Key Frame | C + Left mouse click and drag |
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Reverses the Order of Selected Key Frames | CTRL + R |
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Jumps to next Key Frame | TAB (a Key frame must be highlighted first) |
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Jumps to previous Key Frame | SHIFT + TAB |
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Insert Stop Point | P + Left Mouse button click on Director Bar |
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Insert Keyframe | INS + Left Mouse button click on Spline View |
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Invert Order of selected Keyframes | CTRL + R |
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View
Function | Key and/or Mouse Shortcut | Configurable |
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Switch timeline to seconds | CTRL + 8 |
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Switch timeline to frames | CTRL + 9 |
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Switch timeline to fields (on interlaced formats only) | CTRL + 0 |
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Snaps to Grid on/off | CTRL + G |
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Show spline 1 | 1 |
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Show spline 2 | 2 |
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Show spline 3 | 3 |
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Switch Keyframe info on/off | CTRL + I |
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Escapes from moving a Key Frame | ESC |
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See Also