Viewer
Shortcut
Action
F1
The composite workspace is displayed
F2
The Viewer is displayed full screen
F3
The Viewer and Timeline are displayed
F4
The Viewer and Trees window are displayed
F5
The dual monitor workspace is displayed
0
Toggles the display of overlays which are lines, shapes or objects
1-7 (Number Keys)
Switches the Viewer > View menu
~
Cycles through the update modes
A
Cycles the display between the full color image, the alpha channel superimposed over the image, and the alpha channel by itself
Shift-A
Toggles the View to Output, superimposes the alpha channel over the image and deactivates the Overlay
Alt-R/G/B/A
Toggles the red, green, blue and alpha channels on and off
;
Inverts the alpha in the Viewer
Alt-O
Toggles the Roto node’s view mode to Output and displays the alpha. Pressing Alt-O again returns the Viewer to its previous state.
Shift-Ctrl/Cmd-R
Toggles the Viewer rotation mode on/off
Shift-R
Toggles the Viewer rotation editing mode on/off
Shift-0
Premultiplies the image in the Viewer by the alpha
Alt-]
Cycles to next node in the Node pop-up menu
Alt-[
Cycles to the previous node in the Node pop-up menu
Locks the Color Sample status display
"
Clears the Locked Color Sample status display
Pan/Zoom
Shortcut
Action
Middle-mouse drag
Pans the image
Space Bar-move mouse
Pans the image
+ or =
Zooms the image in
-
Zooms the image out
Shift-Middle-mouse drag
Zooms the image in and out
Scroll wheel
Zooms the image in and out
Space Bar-Shift-move mouse up/down
Zooms the image in and out
F
Fits the image in the Viewer
H or Middle-mouse double click
Centers the image in the Viewer at 100%
Ctrl/Cmd-F
Centers selected object in the Viewer
Opens a context menu over pen/mouse location
Playback Controls
Shortcut
Action
Z
Step backward 1 frame
Shift-Z
Moves to the previous keyframe
Alt-Z
Jumps to the midpoint of the current frame and the previous shape keyframe
X
Step forward 1 frame
Shift-X
Moves to the next keyframe
Alt-X
Jumps to the midpoint of the current frame and the next shape keyframe
J
Plays backward
K
Stops or starts playback
L
Plays the forward
Space Bar
Stops playback
Home
Moves to the first frame
End
Moves to the last frame
Click and drag in the shuttle area
Shuttles through the clip
Shift-Alt-click and drag a keyframe marker
Moves the keyframe in time
ROI
Shortcut
Action
Click-drag bounding box points
Scales the ROI
Click-drag bounding box
Positions the ROI
Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-drag
Draws a new ROI