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Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

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Viewport #

Keys Orbit Camera Regular Camera
Alt + LMB Rotate around pivot point Rotate around camera axis.
Alt + MMB Pan Pan
Alt + RMB
or
Alt + Scroll
or
Ctrl + Alt + LMB
Dolly in and out Dolly in and out
Alt + F Move focus & pivot point to selected object Frame camera on selected object
Ctrl + Alt + RMB Bank Camera
Alt + Shift + LMB Walking Pan on X + Z Rotate around camera focal point.
Alt + Shift + RMB Walking Pan in Y

Other #

Keys Description
1 Switch to the Perspective Camera.
2 Switch to the Left Camera.
3 Switch to the Top Camera.
4 Switch to the Below Camera.
5 Switch to the Orbit Camera.
6 - 9 Switch to user-added cameras from the Nodegraph.
0 Current playing camera in the Nodegraph.
E Translation
R Rotation
T Non-uniform Scale
Y Uniform Scale
P Node Picking
Alt + G “Toggle visibility of the Viewport grid.”
Ctrl + Plus Zoom into the viewport.
Ctrl + Minus Zoom out of the viewport.
Tab Change the gizmo mode, going forwards through translation, rotation, non-uniform scale and uniform scale.
Ctrl + Tab Toggle World or Local Gizmo movement.
Shift + Tab Change the gizmo mode, going backwards through translation, rotation, non-uniform scale and uniform scale.

Nodegraph #

Keys Description
Ctrl + LMB Zoom in and out of the Nodegraph.
Alt + LMB
or
Alt + RMB
Pan around the Nodegraph.
A Centre the Nodegraph on the currently selected node.
I Invert the node selection.
L Swap lasso type (freehand or rectangular).
Shift + A Zoom/fit and centre the Nodegraph onto the currently selected nodes.
Ctrl + F Find a specific node in the scene.
Ctrl + E Focus on the new node search box, so you can start typing to find the new node you want.
Ctrl + Shift + E Focus on the node property search box, so you can filter properties by name to find the property you want.
LMB Drag Create a region to select multiple nodes in the Nodegraph.
Ctrl + R Connect the node to the nearest relevant root node.
Ctrl + A Select all nodes.
Ctrl + 1 Toggle Disable / Enable the selected nodes.
Ctrl + 5 Focuses on the selected object and switches to the Orbit camera.
Ctrl + H Disable the selected nodes.
Ctrl + Shift + H Enable the selected nodes.
F5 Access node settings.
Ctrl + G Combines all the selected nodes under a group node.
Ctrl + Shift + G Remove the group node, and directly connect the child nodes to their parents.
Ctrl + K Insert a key for the selected attribute.
Ctrl + Shift + K Insert key all attributes that are already keyed attributes in the scene.
Page Up Select the previous node in the Nodegraph.
Page Down Select the next node in the Nodegraph.
F2 F2 Jump to the Timeline and expand to the selected node.

Timeline #

Keys Description
Ctrl + Left arrow Jump backward in time to a previous key.
Ctrl + Right arrow Jump forward in time to the next key.
Alt + Left arrow Move a key back in time.
Alt + Right arrow Move a key forward in time.
Ctrl + M Add timeline marker.
Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow Move to previous timeline marker.
Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow Move to next timeline marker.
Ctrl + Home Go to start of the selected node.
Ctrl + End Jump to the end of the selected node.
Shift + Home Go to start of the specified range.
Shift + End Jump to the end of the specified range.
[ / ] Trim a nodes start / end to time
Shift + [ / Shift + ] Move the start / end time back by one frame.
Ctrl + [ / Ctrl + ] Move the start / end time forward by one frame.
Alt + [ Set the start time of a node.
B Set the range start time.
N Set the range end time.
F1 F1 Jump to the Nodegraph and centre on the selected node.

Curve Editor #

Keys Description
Enter
or
Ctrl + K
Insert a key for the selected attribute at the current time. Only functions if the attribute has already been keyed.
Shift + Enter
or
Ctrl + Shift + K
Insert a key for all keyed attributes in the scene at the current time. Only functions for attributes that have already been keyed.
Ctrl + Enter Insert keys for the transformation attributes at the current time. Only functions if the attribute has already been keyed.

General #

Keys Description
Ctrl + N Start a new Project.
Ctrl + O Open a new Project.
Ctrl + S Save the current Project.
Ctrl + Shift + S Save the current project as a new file.
Ctrl + Shift + N Create a new Layer.
Ctrl + Shift + M Open export video dialog.
F8 Capture a screenshot. Screenshots are saved into the Documents\Notch\Notch Screenshots folder unless another folder is selected in the Preferences
Shift + F8 Open Render still dialog.
F1 Jump to the Nodegraph.
F2 Jump to the Timeline.
F3 Jump to the Curve Editor.
F4 Jump to the Tracker.
F9 Toggle Render Window to go Fullscreen.
F10 Toggle Render Window to go Fullscreen on a second window.
F11 Toggle Nodegraph Fullscreen.
F12 Open the Units, Guides and Grids window.
Ctrl + F1-F10 Toggle various attributes depending on the node selected.
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + Shift + C Copy a node and all its child nodes.
Ctrl + Alt + C Copy all the attributes from the selected node.
Ctrl + Alt + M Copy the Material Attributes from the selected node.
Ctrl + Alt + T Copy the Keys from an attribute.
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + Shift + X Cut a node and all its child nodes.
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + D Duplicate
Ctrl + Z Undo the most recently taken action.
Ctrl + Y Redo a previously undone action.
Ctrl + U Copy to Clipboard.
Ctrl + I Paste from Clipboard.
Ctrl + Shift + R Toggle refining.
Shift + R Toggle ray tracing.
Alt + R Reset an attribute to the nodes default value.
Alt + K Toggle capture of Kinect data.
Alt + Scroll Scroll through drop-down property options.

Playback #

Keys Description
Space Toggle playback of the scene.
Left/Right Arrow Move one frame back/forward in the timeline.
Ctrl + Left/Arrow Arrow Jump back/forward to the next Key Frame of a selected attribute.
Shift + Left/Right Arrow Jump back/forward by 1 second.
Home Jump to the beginning of the layer.
Shift + Home Jump to the beginning of the project, regardless of the layer start time. If a range is active, jump to the range start time.
End Jump to the end of the layer.
Shift + End Jump to the end of the project, regardless of the layer end time. If a range is active, jump to the range end time.
Ctrl + End Jumps the playhead to the end of the timeline.
Ctrl + T Toggle time stretching in the scene.

Text Fields #

Keys Description
Shift + Enter Add a new line.

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