Shortcuts for Animator

Contributed By Keith Kelly

Function Keys		Single Letter Shortcuts
F1	Bring up the help menu for the current program	A	Select Actor
F2	Snap cursor to Actor	C	Activate Camera
F3	Snap cursor to Cursor	E	Special Effect
F4	Reset Quad view windows; Shift-F4 for Single View	F	Camera Field of View
F5	Global Quickdraw	G	Show Grid
F6	Draw Full	I	Image Process all Frames
F7		K	Show keyframer
F8	Info on Actor	L	Spotlight Cone
F9	Crosswire/Crosshair Cursor Toggle	M	Move
F10	Edit Model	P	Pan
F11	Hide OpenGL Camera View	R	Rotate
F12	Quick Render	S	Scale
		T	Spline Tween Mode
		V	Vertex Selector
		W	Wireframe Preview
		Y	Path Velocity
		Z	Zoom
		[	Goto First Frame
		]	Goto Last Frame
		<	Previous Frame
		>	Next Frame
		+	Zoom In
		-	Zoom Out
		Del	Delete

Hotkeys

Ctrl+A	Insert Actor	Ctrl+N	New Animation	Ctrl+T	Open Template
Ctrl+D	Designer	Ctrl+O	Open Animation	Ctrl+W	Viewer
Ctrl+F	Goto Frame...	Ctrl+P	Print	Ctrl+Y	Flic Player
Ctrl+G	Snap to Grid	Ctrl+Q	Quit	Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+K	Dock Keyframer	Ctrl+R	Repeat last Render	Shift+F4	Single View
Ctrl+L	Animation Length...	Ctrl+S	Save	Shift+F11	Refresh OpenGL Camera View

Tools Related Shortcuts

Actor Selector - Right clicking the mouse will start the Actor Selector.

Pan - Double clicking on Pan will center the View on the point that it was at before the last Pan or Zoom operation.

Zoom - Double clicking on Zoom will Make the animation zoom to fit the views.

Move - Double clicking on Move will make a pop-up menu that will allow movements of specific amounts.

Rotate - Double clicking rotate will make a pop-up menu that will allow rotations of specific amounts. Direction rotates normal to the Z-Axis. Elevation rotates normal to the X-Axis. Pitch rotates normal to the Y-Axis.

Scale - Double clicking Scale will make a pop-up menu that will allow scales of specific amounts.

Render - Ctrl-R does a Render with all the currently selected options.


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