Click and drag a corner

Crops both horizontally and vertically

Click and drag horizontal boundary

Crops vertically

Click and drag vertical boundary

Crops horizontally

Click and drag within bounding box

Moves the crop area

Click and drag

Rotates the image a perspective view

Scroll wheel

Zooms the image in and out

Zooms the image in and out

Zooms the image in and out

Pans the image

Middle-mouse drag

Pans the image

Middle-mouse double click

Fits the image in the Viewer

Click on an unselected curve

Selects the curve

Click on a selected curve

Adds a point

Drag a point to the edge

Deletes the point

Middle-mouse-drag

Pans the curves

Alt-Middle-mouse-left/right-drag

Zooms the curve horizontally

Alt-Middle-mouse-up/down-drag

Zooms the curve vertically.

Enters search mode

Exits search mode

Selects the Black and White brush

Selects the Blemish brush

Selects the Blur brush

Selects the Burn brush

Selects the Clone brush

Selects the Color brush

Selects the Color Correct brush

Selects the Cutout brush

Selects the Detail brush

Selects the Dodge brush

Selects the Drag brush

Selects the Eraser brush

Selects the Grain brush

Selects the Mosaic brush

Selects the Repair brush

Selects the Scatter brush

Selects the Stroke tool

Shift-click-drag-release

Sets the clone offset

Shift-click-release-click

Sets the clone offset

Shift-click

Resets the clone offset

Click-drag on image

Creates a pin

Click-release on image

Creates a tack

Click-drag pin (source or target)

Moves the pin (source or target)

Moves both pins (source and target)

Ctrl/Cmd-drag pin radius

Adjusts pin radius with all radii displayed

Hover over pin, Shift-drag pin radius

Adjusts pin radius with only selected pin radius displayed

Alt-drag on a tack

Converts a tack to a pin

Right-click > Remove Pin

Deletes the pin

Right-click > Make Tack

Converts a pin to a tack

Click and drag

Creates a region

Alt-click and drag

Creates new region when one already exists

Click and drag inside a region

Moves the region

Drag the region handles

Resizes the region

Tap outside a region box without dragging

Resets the region to full screen

Activates / Deactivates translation of the clone source

Activates / Deactivates rotation of the clone source

Activates / Deactivates scaling of the clone source

Q, W, E then Ctrl/Cmd

Translates, Rotates or Scales in finer increments

Rotates without setting the anchor point

Scales without setting the anchor point

Selects the top left, top right, bottom right and bottom left corner points so they can be moved

Sets the anchor point

Arrow keys

Moves the clone source by 1 pixel

Shift-Arrow keys

Moves the clone source by 10 pixels

Ctrl/Cmd-Arrow keys

Moves the clone source by one tenth of a pixel

Hold down Arrow keys

Moves the clone source continuously

Q, W, E then Arrow keys

Translates, Rotates or Scales by 1 pixel

Q, W, E then Shift-Arrow keys

Translates, Rotates or Scales by 10 pixels

Q, W, E then Ctrl/Cmd-Arrow keys

Translates, Rotates or Scales by 1/10 of a pixel

Nudges the top left corner point

Nudges the top right corner point

Nudges the bottom right corner point

Nudges the bottom left corner point

Drag within large center circle

Moves the clone source

Shift-drag within large center circle

Constrain clone source movement horizontally or vertically

Drag the center square horizontal and vertical halfway points

Scales the clone source horizontally or vertically

Drag a center square corner

Proportionally scale the clone source

Drag large center circle

Rotate the clone source

Ctrl/Cmd-drag large center circle

Rotates the clone source with finer control

Drag handles on corners of image

Corner-pins the clone source

Drag dash above large circle

Skews the clone source horizontally

Drag dash to the right of large circle

Skews the clone source vertically

Drag within region

Moves the clone source

Shift-drag region

Constrains the clone source movement horizontally or vertically

Drag edge handle

Scales the clone source horizontally or vertically

Shift-drag corner or edge handle

Proportionally scale the clone source

Ctrl/Cmd-drag on corner handle

Rotate the clone source / Continue holding Ctrl to adjust with finer control

Drag on a corner handle

Corner-pins the clone source

Ctrl/Cmd-drag on edge handle

Skews the clone source

Click-drag

Shift-drag or Right-click-drag

Displays source region

Shift-click

Resets source region

Ctrl/Cmd-drag boundary

Scales the cutout

Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-drag boundary

Rotates the cutout

Ctrl/Cmd-drag left/right

Sizes the brush

[ and ]

Sizes the brush

Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-drag

Sets the brush softness

Ctrl/Cmd-Alt-drag

Sets the brush opacity

Shift-Alt-1 and Shift-Alt-2

Selects the Dual Clone brush setups

Toggle Dual Clone mode on/off

Displays the Clone source and then the Clone target so that you can click on each to set the Clone offset

Toggles Onion Skin mode on and off

. (period key)

Picks colors off of the screen

Right-click

Picks a color off of the screen from a single pixel

Right-click-drag

Picks a color off of the screen by drawing a box and averages the colors within it

Alt-click-click

Draws a straight line

| key (vertical bar)

Snaps the vertical or horizontal split compare position to the cursor position

Alt-0 through Alt-9

Select one of the presets

View the Output

View the Input

View Source’s 1-5

View Color Layer

View Detail Layer

View Paint Only

Click-drag

Rotates the polyhedron

Zooms the polyhedron in/out

Middle mouse-drag or Ctrl-drag

Pans the polyhedron

Displays the Red channel

Displays the Green channel

Displays the Blue channel

Displays the Alpha channel

Displays the Depth channel

Displays the RGB channels

Cycles through Transform Shape and Transform Points modes

Cycles through Reshape, Magnetic Reshape and Brush Reshape modes

Selects IK (Inverse Kinematics)

Selects B-Spline

Selects X-Spline

Selects Bézier

Selects Magnetic Freehand

Selects Square

Selects Circle

Selects Tracker

Selects Markup

Selects MultiFrame

Selects RotoOverlay

Toggles the shape feather handle on/off

Automatically calculate and set a shape keyframe on the current frame when there is an optical flow source connected to the Data input

Adds weighted keyframe

Draws unselected/inactive shape outlines using the shape opacity value

No key needed

Adjust the length of one tangent while retaining a fixed angle between two tangents

Adjust both tangents simultaneously while retaining a fixed angle between two tangents

Adjusts only one tangent to create corners

Adjusts only the length of one tangent (similar to the “No key needed” shortcut)

Sets the point tension to Corner

 

Sets the point tension to Cardinal

 

Alt-drag control point right

Creates a corner point

Alt-drag control point left

Creates a smooth point

Alt-clicking control point

Cycles through the preset weight settings of the point

Sets the point tension to Corner

Sets the point tension to B-Spline

Ctrl/Cmd-drag left/right

Sizes the brush

[ and ]

Sizes the brush

Disables magnetic behavior

Specifies the magnet pull position

Ctrl/Cmd-X

Cuts an object

Ctrl/Cmd-C

Copies an object

Ctrl/Cmd-V

Pastes an object

Toggles the shape feather handle on/off

Moves shape and feather points simultaneously

Moves selected feather handles the same amount

Incrementally expands the feather outward

Click-drag bone or shape

Rotates the shape around the parent’s anchor point

Click-drag joint

Uses IK to rotate all joints up the chain

Alt-click-drag joint

Moves the joint but tries to keep other joints in place

Right-click bone-Add Key

Sets keyframes for the selected bones

Drag within large center circle

Moves the layer

Shift-drag within large center circle

Constrain layer movement horizontally or vertically

Drag the intersection of the center square and the horizontal and vertical lines

Scales the layer horizontally or vertically

Drag the center square corner

Proportionally scale the layer

Drag large center circle

Rotate the layer

Ctrl/Cmd-drag large center circle

Rotates the layer with finer control

Drag handles on corners of image

Corner-pins the layer

Drag small center circle

Moves the Anchor point

Activates / Deactivates translation of selected layers

Activates / Deactivates rotation of selected layers

Activates / Deactivates scaling of selected layers

Q, W, E then Ctrl/Cmd

Translates, Rotates or Scales in finer increments

Anchors the currently drawn path by adding a shape point

Draws a straight line between the new and previous shape points

Creates a foreground stroke

Creates a background stroke

Clears foreground and background strokes / Deselects current shape

Arrow keys

Moves by 1 pixel

Shift-Arrow keys

Moves by 10 pixels

Ctrl/Cmd-Arrow keys

Moves by one tenth of a pixel

Hold down Arrow keys

Moves continuously

Q, W, E then Ctrl/Cmd-drag

Translates, Rotates or Scales in finer increments

Q, W, E then Arrow keys

Translates, Rotates or Scales by 1 pixel

Q, W, E then Shift-Arrow keys

Translates, Rotates or Scales by 10 pixels

Q, W, E then Ctrl/Cmd-Arrow keys

Translates, Rotates or Scales by 1/10 of a pixel

Click on an object

Selects the object

Shift-click an object

Adds an object to the current selection

Ctrl/Cmd-click on an object

Toggles the object selection

Shift-click color pot

Selects shapes of same color

Alt-click the Visibility icon

Solos an object

Alt-Ctrl/Cmd-click the Visibility icon

Forces the visibility of all objects to the on position

Shift-click the +/- icon

Expands or collapses all nested layers inside that layer

Double-click an object

Selects the object so it can be renamed

Ctrl-Shift click on the spline within a grouped area

Selects point group

Selects point group

Defines point group

Click on a control point. If the control point is part of a Bézier curve, its tangents appear

Selects the control point

Drag select multiple control points

Selects multiple control points

Shift-click start and end control points

Selects a range of control points

Shift-click unselected point with current selection

Extends current selection

Ctrl/Cmd-drag to begin a selection, release Ctrl/Cmd and complete the selection

Freehand select multiple control points

Ctrl/Cmd-click on a control point

Toggles the point selection

Ctrl/Cmd-Alt-I

Inverts the point selection

Selects all control points

Deselects all control points

Click anywhere off the shape

Deselects all control points

Ctrl-Shift click on the spline within a grouped area

Selects point group

Selects point group

Click on a shape

Selects the shape

Shift-click a shape or drag select multiple shapes

Selects multiple shapes

Ctrl/Cmd-click on a shape

Toggles the shape selection

Click anywhere off the shape

Deselects all shapes

Shift-click color pot in the Object List

Selects shapes of same color

Toggles Template Mode

Alt-click in Viewer

Creates a new tracker

Drag shape

Moves the shape

Shift-drag shape

Constrain shape movement horizontally or vertically

Drag bounding box corner or edge handle

Scales a shape

Shift-drag bounding box corner or edge handle

Proportionally scale a shape

Ctrl/Cmd-drag on a bounding box corner handle

Rotate a shape

Alt-drag on a bounding box corner handle

Corner-pin a shape

Alt-Shift-drag on a bounding box corner handle

Constrains the corner-pin movement to one axis

Ctrl/Cmd-drag on a bounding box edge handle

Shear a shape

. (period key)

Turns the Anchor Point on or off

Drag on Anchor Point

Moves the Anchor Point

Shift-. (period key)

Moves the Anchor Point to the mouse location

Activates / Deactivates translation of selected shapes or layers

Activates / Deactivates rotation of selected shapes or layers

Activates / Deactivates scaling of selected shapes or layers

Q, W, E then Ctrl/Cmd

Translates, Rotates or Scales in finer increments

Rotates without setting the anchor point

Scales without setting the anchor point

Drag small center cross

Moves the image’s X/Y Position

Drag on the large cross’s horizontal and vertical lines

Scales the image horizontally or vertically

Drag large center circle

Proportionally scales the image

Drag small circle at 3 o’clock position

Rotates the image

Drag crosses on corners of image

Corner-pins the image

Drag bars at 9 and 12 o’clock positions

Shears the image

Moves the anchor point to a different area of the image

Alt-drag control point right

Adjusts the weight of the point from Cardinal to Corner to B-Spline

Alt-drag control point left

When the weight is set to B-Spline, it adjusts the weight of the point from B-Spline to Corner to Cardinal

Alt-clicking control point

Cycles through preset weight settings of the point

Sets the point tension to Corner

Sets the point tension to Cardinal

Sets the point tension to B-Spline

Snap selected control points to the nearest detectable edge

Snap selected control points to the nearest detectable edge

View the Output

View the Foreground

View the Background

View the Color Comp

View Composite

View Channels

Scroll wheel

Zooms the Timeline in and out

Shift-Middle-mouse drag

Zooms the Timeline in and out

Pans the Timeline

Middle-mouse drag

Pans the Timeline

Single-click keyframe

Selects one keyframe

Ctrl/Cmd-click keyframe

Toggle the keyframe selection

Shift-click keyframes

Selects a range of keyframes

Alt-click

Inserts a keyframe

Right-click keyframe

Opens Timeline pop-up menu

Click-drag keyframe

Moves the keyframe

Ctrl/Cmd-drag the ends of work range bar

Changes the start and end of the work range

Ctrl/Cmd-drag the work range bar

Slides the work range forward and back

Click top left corner of the Timeline

Centers the timeline on the current frame

Alt-click on curve

Inserts a point on the curve

Click-drag curve point

Moves the curve point

+ or =

Zooms the Curve Editor in

Zooms the Curve Editor out

Pans the Curve Editor

Hover cursor over curve

Displays the current curve value

Right-click curve point

Opens Curve pop-up menu

Set the Start and End of the MultiFrame range

Sets the Fade In or Fade Out values

Alt-click in the red Multi-Frame bar

Set the Fade In or Fade Out values depending on which side of the current frame you click on, with the fade range going to the current frame

The composite workspace is displayed

The Viewer is displayed full screen

The Viewer and Timeline are displayed

The Viewer and Trees window are displayed

The dual monitor workspace is displayed

Toggles the display of overlays which are lines, shapes or objects

Switches the Viewer > View menu

Cycles through the update modes

Cycles the display between the full color image, the alpha channel superimposed over the image, and the alpha channel by itself

Toggles the View to Output, superimposes the alpha channel over the image and deactivates the Overlay

Toggles the red, green, blue and alpha channels on and off

Inverts the alpha in the Viewer

Toggles the Roto node’s view mode to Output and displays the alpha. Pressing Alt-O again returns the Viewer to its previous state.

Middle-mouse drag

Pans the image

Pans the image

+ or =

Zooms the image in

Zooms the image out

Zooms the image in and out

Scroll wheel

Zooms the image in and out

Zooms the image in and out

Fits the image in the Viewer

Centers the image in the Viewer at 100%

Centers selected object in the Viewer

Opens a context menu over pen/mouse location

Step backward 1 frame

Moves to the previous keyframe

Jumps to the midpoint of the current frame and the previous shape keyframe

Step forward 1 frame

Moves to the next keyframe

Jumps to the midpoint of the current frame and the next shape keyframe

Plays backward

Stops or starts playback

Plays the forward

Stops playback

Moves to the first frame

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

Scales the ROI

Positions the ROI

Draws a new ROI

Automatically sets the Stereo Offset horizontally

Automatically sets the Stereo Offset horizontally and vertically

Click and drag in Viewer

Moves the Stereo Offset horizontally

Ctrl/Cmd-drag in Viewer

Moves the Stereo Offset horizontally in finer increments

Shift-click and drag in Viewer

Moves the Stereo Offset horizontally and vertically

Alt-click in Viewer

Resets the Stereo Offset

Arrow keys

Moves the Stereo Offset by 1 pixel

Shift-Arrow keys

Moves the Stereo Offset by 10 pixels

Ctrl/Cmd-Arrow keys

Moves the Stereo Offset by one tenth of a pixel

Hold down Arrow keys

Moves the Stereo Offset continuously

Selects the Left View

Selects the Right View

Selects the Left/Right View

Selects Stereo Align

Anaglyph Preview

3D Preview

Displays the depth map

Scroll wheel

Zooms the Sequence Editor in and out

Shift-Scroll Wheel or Middle-mouse drag

Zooms the Sequence Editor in and out 10x faster

Pans the Sequence Editor

Middle-mouse drag

Pans the Sequence Editor

Sets a Mark IN point

Sets a Mark OUT point

Copies the selected clips

Replaces the destination clip or marked region

Deletes the selection

Neatly aligns all nodes in the Trees window

Enable/Disables the selected node

Extracts the selected node from the Tree

Shift-Middle Mouse-Double-Click

Fits the tree to the Trees window

Opens a search window where you can type the name of a node and then press Enter or Tab to add it to the tree