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  • Shortcut Question

    Posted by Andrei Firtich on November 3, 2005 at 4:58 pm

    Hi…I was wondering if there is a shortcut to modify a value with out using your mouse…Let me explain, I am in timeline window and I solo a property, I use alt+shift to set a keyframe. Is there a button I can press to go directly to the whatever the first property that I am trying to modify w/o clicking on it with a mouse?
    Thanks in advance, If there is shortcut for that, it would greatly speed up my workflow

    Sean Cusson replied 20 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Steve Roberts

    November 3, 2005 at 6:05 pm

    Good question.

    You could try ctrl-shift-P (for position) to open the dialog. Then you can tab between the fields.

    You can then navigate between keys with the J, K keys, and of course, enter timecode to nav to a point in time.

    The other shortcuts are under layer>transform. Note that the shortcuts don’t work for scale or anchor point.

    Hope that helps,
    Steve

  • Andrei Firtich

    November 3, 2005 at 6:35 pm

    Control+shift+(transform property) will do the trick
    Thanks a lot 🙂

  • Sean Cusson

    November 4, 2005 at 1:40 pm

    If the stopwatch is active on the transform property you can add keyframes without ever using the mouse. Alt+Shift+P would add a position key, Alt+Shift+R add a rotation key, etc…
    I know you said you use Alt+Shift already so I’m not sure why you say you have to use the mouse?

    Sean Cusson
    Q media design
    sean@qmediadesign.ca

  • Steve Roberts

    November 4, 2005 at 1:52 pm

    I believe he was referring to the action taken after adding the keyframe, that is, changing the value of the keyframe in the timeline.

    Steve

  • Sean Cusson

    November 4, 2005 at 2:02 pm

    ya, actually I just got that after posting my response. I should have spent a little more time reading his question.

    Sean Cusson
    Q media design
    sean@qmediadesign.ca

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