Once youre familiar with the Anime Studio interface, you can trade in your tricycle for a new

set of
wheels. 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 are
listed in the tooltips, which appear when you hold the cursor over the top of a tool. Keyboard shortcuts
for the various menu items are listed to the right of the menu name.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Some keyboard shortcuts will only work when certain layers are selected. For example, the shortcut for the
Rotate Points tool (R) is the same as the shortcut for the Rotate Bone tool (R). The tool that is selected
depends on the current layer that is selected. If the layer is a vector layer, then the Rotate Points tool is
selected and if the current layer is a bone layer, then the Rotate Bone tool is selected.
Note
You can alter the keyboard shortcuts used in the Tools palette by editing the _tool_list.txt file located in the
Scripts/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 Shortcuts
All keyboard shortcuts for tools found in the Tools palette are a single letter or digit (see Table A.1).
Menu Shortcuts
All 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 be
found 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 Shortcuts
Several additional keyboard and mouse shortcuts are available when working with the view, as shown in
Table 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 Spacebar
while 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 Shortcuts
There are a couple of keyboard shortcuts that are useful when selecting and working with points, as
shown in Table A.4. They only apply when a group of points are selected and when a vector layer is
selected 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 Shortcuts
When youre working with fills, the shortcuts in Table A.5 are helpful. They only apply when a shape is
selected 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 Shortcuts
The 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 bones parent. Up arrow
Select the current bones 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 the
Timeline palette.
Animation Shortcuts
There are some keyboard shortcuts (see Table A.7) that can be used to move back and forth between
animation frames and others that work with keyframes.
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Text Value Shortcuts
Finally, 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 text
value is changed by entering a new value, youll 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 text
field, 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 is
over 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.