Keyboard Shortcuts

Note:  In many Linux windows managers, the Alt key is used by default as a mouse modifier key. This can cause problems in 3D applications where Alt is used for camera navigation in 3D environments.

You can use key mapping to assign the mouse modifier to another key, such as the (Super or Meta) key, but the method changes depending on which flavor of Linux you're using. Please refer to the documentation on key mapping for your particular Linux distribution for more information.

Painting

Bake

B

Bake and Clear

Ctrl+Shift+B

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Toggle Painting

.

Paint

P

Paint Through

U

Paint Buffer Eraser

E

Toggle Mask Preview

,

Toggle Edge Mask

G

Toggle Masking

Ctrl+M
Paint Target quick palette I

Colors quick palette

J

Shelf quick palette

K

Image Manager quick palette

L

Pie Menu

F9

Zoom Paint Buffer

Z

Clear Paint Buffer

Ctrl+Shift+C

Next Blend Mode

Shift+ )

Previous Blend Mode

Shift+ (

Last Blend Mode

Ctrl+9

Reset Blend Mode

Ctrl+0

Clear Blend Mode

Shift+Backspace

Selection

Quick Copy

Ctrl+C

Quick Paste

Ctrl+V

Select

S

Select All

Ctrl+A

Select None

Ctrl+E

Hide Selected

H

Hide Unselected

Shift+H

Show All

Ctrl+Shift+H

Clear Marquee Selection

Ctrl+D

Invert

Ctrl+I

Toggle selection

Ctrl+Shift+click

Brush

Adjust Radius

R

Rotation

W

Squish

Q

Toggle Brushes

N

Adjust Opacity

O

Increase/Decrease
Aspect Ratio

0 / 9

Increase/Decrease
Opacity

= / -

Increase/Decrease
Radius

[ / ]

Increase/Decrease
Rotation

’ / ;

Tools

Transform

M

Mouse Gestures

\

Hide/Show Widgets

/

Color Picker and Pixel
Analyzer

C

Toggle Vector Inspector

Shift+I

Modify Vector Inspector

V

Camera

Focus on Cursor Position

F

Camera View Presets

1,2,3,4,5,6

Focus on Selection

A

View All

Shift+A

Ortho Camera

F10

Perspective Camera

F11

UV Camera

F12

Orbit

Alt+drag

Zoom

Alt+Ctrl+drag left or right

Pan

Alt+Shift+Left-click+drag

or Alt+Middle-click+drag

Roll

Ctrl+R+drag

View

Go to Next Tab

Ctrl+Tab

Go to Previous Tab

Ctrl+Shift+Back Tab

Full Screen

Ctrl+Shift+F

Previous View

Ctrl+ ,

Next View

Ctrl+ .

Show Python Console

Alt+Ctrl+P

Toggle Cursor Type

F5

Animation

Move Forward One Frame

Ctrl+Right

Move Backward One frame

Ctrl+Left

Fast Forward

Ctrl+Up

Rewind

Ctrl+Down

Add keyframe

Ctrl+K

Scrub Animation

Shift+?

Project

New

Ctrl+N

Save

Ctrl+S

Close

Ctrl+W

General

Quit

Ctrl+Q

Hide/show Palettes

Home

(Fn + Left arrow)

Toggle Tool Properties Palette

F7

Toggle Wireframe View

Shift+W

Take Screenshot

Ctrl+Shift+Print

Space bar

Press the Space bar while hovering over the canvas to toggle between showing and hiding the currently open palettes. You can also press the Space bar while hovering over a palette to expand it.

Note:  You can't expand a palette if you selected an item in it.

Channels

Channel Menu

I

Bake on New Layer

Ctrl+B

Duplicate

Alt+drag and drop

Select first channel visible

Page Up

Select last channel visible

Page Down

Toggle between the last two selected channels

T

Lighting

Flat

F1

Basic

F2

Full

F3

Color

Swap Foreground and Background

X

Set to Black & White

D

Navigation

Orbit

Alt+left-click+drag

Pan

Alt+Shift+Left-click+drag

or Alt+Middle-click+drag

Roll

Ctrl+R+Left-
click+drag

Zoom

Alt+Ctrl+Left-
click+drag

or Alt+Right-click+drag

UV View Presets

Reset Model to Default

1

Rotate 90 degrees
counterclockwise

2

Rotate 180 degrees
counterclockwise

3

Rotate 270 degrees
counterclockwise

4

Node Graph

Fit All Nodes in Node Graph

A

Focus Selection in Node Graph

F (If no selection is made, behaves the same as Fit All Nodes in Node Graph.)

Search Node

J

Create Paint Node

P

Create Group

Ctrl+G

Copy Selection

Ctrl+C

Paste Selection

Ctrl+V

Bypass Selected Node

Ctrl+D

Disable Selection

D

Delete Selection

Delete

Extract Node

Ctrl+Shift+X

Autoplace

 L

Switch Node Inputs

Shift+X

Pan in Node Graph

Middle-click+drag, Alt+middle-click+drag, or Alt+right-click+drag

Zoom in Node Graph

Mouse wheel scroll or Alt+middle-click+drag

Pan up

Alt + Up arrow

Pan down

Alt + Down arrow

Pan to the right

Alt + Right arrow

Pan to the left

Alt + Left arrow

Zoom out

Shift + Alt + Up arrow

Zoom in

Shift + Alt + Down arrow

Select the previous sibling node of the selected node. Sibling nodes are nodes on the same hierarchical level under the same parent node.

Up arrow

Select the next sibling node of the selected node. Sibling nodes are nodes on the same hierarchical level under the same parent node.

Down arrow

Add the previous sibling node of the selected node to the current selection. Sibling nodes are nodes on the same hierarchical level under the same parent node.

Shift + Up arrow

Add the next sibling node of the selected node to the current selection. Sibling nodes are nodes on the same hierarchical level under the same parent node.

Shift + Down arrow

Select the next upstream node(s) of the selected node

Left arrow

Add the next upstream node(s) of the selected node to the current selection

Shift + Left arrow

Select all nodes upstream of the selected node

Ctrl + Left arrow

Select nodes upstream of the selected node that directly affect the selected node

Shift + Ctrl + Left arrow

Select the next downstream node of the selected node

Right arrow

Add the next downstream node of the selected node to the current selection

Shift + Right arrow

Select all nodes downstream of the selected node

Ctrl + Right arrow

Select nodes downstream of the selected node that the selected node directly affects

Shift + Ctrl + Right arrow

Select all nodes between the currently selected nodes

Ctrl + Shift + Space bar

Open the Node Properties panel for the selected nodes

Ctrl + P
Fully Collapse Selected Node Alt + 1
Collapse Selected Node to show Connected Only Alt + 2
Fully Expand Selected Node Alt + 3
Stream Collapse Selected Node (Multi Channel Merge Nodes only) Alt + 4
Cycle Through Port List Mode Shift + ~

Merge two multi-channel material nodes together by creating a Multi-Channel Merge node.

M

Swap the nodes by pressing and holding S while dragging one node on top of another. Hold S
To move a whole Backdrop node, press and hold W and drag it to a new location. Shift and Ctrl modifiers can be used to add or remove from the current selection. Hold W
Select a Backdrop and hold B to select the Backdrop but not any of its contained nodes. Hold B

Python Console

Indent selected string or add four spaces at the cursor position when no string is selected

Tab

Unindent selected string

Shift+Tab

Toggle commenting on selected lines, adding or removing # notation

Ctrl+/

Zoom in on text in the Python Console

Ctrl+ +

Zoom out from the text in the Python Console

Ctrl+ -

Evaluate a script in the Python Console

Ctrl+Enter
Evaluate selected statements in the Python Console Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Step backwards through previously evaluated statements

Alt+Up Arrow

Step forwards through previously evaluated statements

 Alt+Down Arrow