Once you’re familiar with the Anime Studio interface, you can trade in your tricycle for a new set ofwheels. Using the keyboard shortcuts will enable you to work much quicker with the interface, like hav-ing a sports car. The following tables include all the available keyboard shortcuts found in Anime Studio.

There are several ways to learn the keyboard shortcuts. For the Tools palette, the keyboard shortcuts arelisted in the tooltips, which appear when you hold the cursor over the top of a tool. Keyboard shortcutsfor the various menu items are listed to the right of the menu name.

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Some keyboard shortcuts will only work when certain layers are selected. For example, the shortcut for theRotate Points tool (R) is the same as the shortcut for the Rotate Bone tool (R). The tool that is selecteddepends on the current layer that is selected. If the layer is a vector layer, then the Rotate Points tool isselected and if the current layer is a bone layer, then the Rotate Bone tool is selected.

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You can alter the keyboard shortcuts used in the Tools palette by editing the _tool_list.txt file located in theScripts/tool folder where Anime Studio is installed. More details on doing this can be found in Chapter 36,“Customizing the Interface.”

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Table A.1 Tools Palette Keyboard Shortcuts

Tool Name Keyboard Shortcut Tool Name Keyboard Shortcut

Select Points tool G Scale Bone tool S

Translate Points tool T Rotate Bone tool R

Scale Points tool S Add Bone tool A

Rotate Points tool R Reparent Bone tool P

Add Point tool A Manipulate Bones tool Z

Freehand tool F Bind Points tool I

Shape tool E Translate Layer tool 1

Delete Edge tool D Scale Layer tool 2

Curvature tool C Rotate Layer tool 3

Magnet tool X Set Origin tool 0

Noise tool N Video Tracking tool A

Select Shape tool Q Track Camera tool 4

Create Shape tool U Zoom Camera tool 5

Paint Bucket tool P Roll Camera tool 6

Line Width tool W Pan-Tilt Camera tool 7

Hide Edge tool H Rotate Workspace tool 8

Select Bone tool B Orbit Workspace tool 9

Translate Bone tool T

Tools Palette ShortcutsAll keyboard shortcuts for tools found in the Tools palette are a single letter or digit (see Table A.1).

Menu ShortcutsAll keyboard shortcuts for menus include the Ctrl/Cmd key or the Ctrl/Cmd and Shift keys and a letter(see Table A.2).

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Just like the Tools palette, menu keyboard shortcuts can also be altered. More details on doing this can befound in Chapter 36, “Customizing the Interface.”

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Table A.2 Menu Keyboard Shortcuts

Menu Name Keyboard Shortcut Menu Name Keyboard Shortcut

File, New Ctrl/Cmd+N Draw, Snap to Grid Ctrl/Cmd+G

File, Open Ctrl/Cmd+O Draw, Reset Line Width Ctrl/Cmd+L

File, Close Ctrl/Cmd+W Draw, Random Line Width Ctrl/Cmd+D

File, Save Ctrl/Cmd+S Draw, Peak Ctrl/Cmd+P

File, Project Settings Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+P Draw, Smooth Ctrl/Cmd+M

File, Preview Ctrl/Cmd+R Draw, Hide Shape Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+H

File, Export Animation Ctrl/Cmd+E Draw, Show All Shapes Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+S

File, Batch Export Ctrl/Cmd+B Animation, Blend Morphs Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+B

File, Quit Ctrl/Cmd+Q View, Video Safe Zones Ctrl/Cmd+F

Edit, Undo Ctrl/Cmd+Z View, Show Output Only Ctrl/Cmd+J

Edit, Redo Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z View, Select Tracing Image Ctrl/Cmd+Y

Edit, Cut Ctrl/Cmd+X View, Show Tracing Image Ctrl/Cmd+U

Edit, Copy Ctrl/Cmd+C Window, Timeline Ctrl/Cmd+[

Edit, Paste Ctrl/Cmd+V Window, Style Ctrl/Cmd+]

Edit, Select All Ctrl/Cmd+A Window, Actions Ctrl/Cmd+K

Edit, Select Inverse Ctrl/Cmd+I Window, Library Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+L

Draw, Insert Text Ctrl/Cmd+T

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View ShortcutsSeveral additional keyboard and mouse shortcuts are available when working with the view, as shown inTable A.3. Navigating the main window view is easiest with the mouse.

Table A.3 View Keyboard Shortcuts

Action Keyboard Shortcut

Zoom in on the active layer content. Escape

Reset the view. Home

Pan the workspace. Drag with the right mouse button or hold down the Spacebarwhile dragging with the left mouse button.

Zoom the workspace. Shift+drag with the right mouse button or use the scroll wheel

Rotate the workspace. Ctrl/Cmd+drag with the right mouse button

Points ShortcutsThere are a couple of keyboard shortcuts that are useful when selecting and working with points, asshown in Table A.4. They only apply when a group of points are selected and when a vector layer isselected in the Layers palette.

Table A.4 Points Keyboard Shortcuts

Tool Name Keyboard Shortcut

Select no points. Enter

Select all connected points. Tab

Delete the selected points. Delete

Auto-weld two points together. Spacebar

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Shape ShortcutsWhen you’re working with fills, the shortcuts in Table A.5 are helpful. They only apply when a shape isselected and when a vector layer is selected in the Layers palette.

Table A.5 Shape Keyboard Shortcuts

Tool Name Keyboard Shortcut

Raise the selected shape one level. Up arrow

Lower the selected shape one level. Down arrow

Raise the selected shape to the top. Shift+up arrow

Lower the selected shape to the bottom. Shift+down arrow

Delete the selected fill. Delete

Create a shape from the current selection. Spacebar

Bone ShortcutsThe keyboard shortcuts in Table A.6 work with bones when a bone layer is selected.

Table A.6 Bone Keyboard Shortcuts

Tool Name Keyboard Shortcut

Select the current bone’s parent. Up arrow

Select the current bone’s child if a single child exists. Down arrow

Delete the selected bone and any child bones. Delete

Bind points to selected bone. Spacebar

Select no bones. Enter

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Table A.7 Animation Controls Shortcuts

Tool Name Keyboard Shortcut

Raise the selected shape one level. Up arrow

Play the current animation. Spacebar

Move forward one frame. Right arrow

Move backward one frame. Left arrow

Jump to the end frame. Shift+right arrow

Rewind to the first frame. Shift+left arrow

Delete the selected keyframes. Alt/Opt+Backspace

Copy the selected keyframes. Alt/Opt+C

Paste the copied keyframes to the current frame. Alt/Opt+V

Zoom in on the timeline in graph mode. Page Up

Zoom out of the timeline in graph mode. Page Down

Auto-zoom on the timeline in graph mode. End

Create an animation preview. F5

Scrub the timeline. Scroll the mouse wheel with the cursor in theTimeline palette.

Animation ShortcutsThere are some keyboard shortcuts (see Table A.7) that can be used to move back and forth betweenanimation frames and others that work with keyframes.

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Text Value ShortcutsFinally, here are some mouse shortcuts for altering text values and angle knobs (see Table A.8). The benefit of changing a text value using the mouse is that the view is immediately updated. When a textvalue is changed by entering a new value, you’ll need to press the Enter key before the display is updated.

Table A.8 Animation Controls Shortcuts

Action Keyboard Shortcut

Adjust a text field. Scroll the mouse wheel when the cursor is over the textfield, or right-click and drag the mouse to the side.

Adjust a text field value by half its increment. Ctrl/Cmd+scroll the mouse wheel when the cursor isover the text field.

Adjust a text field value by doubling Shift+scroll the mouse wheel when the cursor is over the its increment. text field.