Getting started
Shortcuts and Hotkeys
- Project page hotkeys
- Scenes and sequences hotkeys
- Viewport navigation
- Scene editor hotkeys
- Scene editor shortcuts
- Scene graph shortcuts
- Sequence editor shortcuts
- Mobile app navigation
Project Page Hotkeys
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Cycle through projects | tab |
| Close modal windows, cancel name editing | esc |
| Delete the selected item | Delete |
Scenes and Sequences Hotkeys
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Cycle through scenes | tab |
| Hide the seleted sequence (and stop it from playing back and exporting) | H |
| Delete the selected item | Delete |
Viewport Navigation
PocketStudio currently uses Maya-like shortcuts to navigate the Viewport in 3D. The ability to customize the 3D-viewport navigation controls is planned.
| Action | Key / mouse button combination |
|---|---|
| Tumble (move around) | alt + |
| Track (move left/right, up/down) | alt + |
| Dolly (move forward/backward) | alt + |
| Dolly (move forward/backward) | (scroll) |
| Change the perspective of the view but maintain the current framing (by moving the camera or walkthrough position) | ctrl + (drag) |
| Focus the camera on the point on the surface you are clicking on (requires high quality mode) | shift + |
| Frame the camera on the point on the surface you are clicking on | ctrl + |
Scene Editor Hotkeys
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Frame the currently selected object in the scene editor viewport | f |
| Switch to the move tool | w |
| Switch to the rotate tool | e |
| Switch to the scale tool | r |
| Group selected objects | g |
| Toggle viewport HUD for triangle count/fps etc | x |
| Toggle the render settings panel visibility in the scene editor | f1 |
| Toggle between high quality and preview mode | f2 |
| Cycle through the different render passes in the viewport (preview mode only) | f4 |
| Swap between local and world transformations | F8 |
| Toggle the visibility of camera frustums | F9 |
| Delete the selected node | Delete |
Scene Editor Shortcuts
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Ungroup the selected objects | ctrl + G |
| Hide the currently selected object | ctrl + H |
| Show the currently selected object | shift + H |
| Copy the currently selected node | ctrl + C |
| Paste the currently selected node | ctrl + V |
| Undo | ctrl + Z |
| Redo | ctrl + Y |
Scene Graph Shortcuts
| Action | Key / mouse button combination |
|---|---|
| Expand all the hierarchy levels of a node | shift + |
| Navigate the graph up | ← |
| Navigate the graph down | → |
| Select a node’s parent | ↑ |
| Select a node’s child | ↓ |
Sequence Editor Shortcuts
| Action | Key / mouse button combination |
|---|---|
| Start or pause the sequence’s playback. | Space bar |
| Zoom in and out on the timeline. | (scroll) |
| Snap the playhead to the start of the previous or current clip | ← |
| Snap the playhead to the start of the next clip | → |
Mobile App Navigation
| Action | Touch interaction |
|---|---|
| Position / reposition scene origin in physical space | |
| Orbit the camera around the origin | |
| Move the camera up / down | |
| Dolly the camera in / out |