Shortcuts for Windows and Linux
Drawing
Draw (latest drawing tool)
D
Draw Settings (To have the settings box come up, where you have your pointer, press and hold D as you adjust your settings, then let go of D again to close the box)
Shift D or Hold D
Erase (latest erasing tool)
E
Erase Settings (As with Draw Settings above, you can use press and hold E to get to the settings quickly)
Shift E or Hold E
Toggle between Draw and Erase
(Period) .
Kneaded Eraser
1
Rubber Eraser
2
Vinyl Eraser
3
Pencil
P or 4
Marker
M or 5
Brush
B or 6
Reset User Settings for Drawing Tools or Erasing Tools
Shift Ctrl D or Shift Ctrl E
Adjust size smaller or larger
Toggle Cursor look (between Crosshair and Dot)
(Comma) ,
Flip & Play
Play
Space
Playback mode: Full Screen
Ctrl F
Flipping - Step Back / Step Forward
Left / Right arrow keys
Back / Forward - skipping local clones
Up / Down arrow keys
Skip Back / Forward - to drawing marked with a Key
Shift Up / Down arrow keys
Return Flip (Flips backwards as Return/Enter key is held, then flips forward to end at current frame)
Hold Return
Jump to Start / Jump to End
Home / End
Step Range-Start Back or Forward
Ctrl Left arrow or Ctrl Right arrow
Step Range-End Back or Forward
Shift Ctrl Left arrow or Shift Ctrl Right arrow
Reset Range-Start to First Frame or Range-End to Last Frame
Ctrl Home or Ctrl End
Expert Flipping (alternative to using arrow keys):
Flip between originals (Back / Forward - skipping local clones)
Q / W
Crawl on to clones (Step Back / Step Forward)
Alt Q / Alt W
Flip between Marked Key Drawings only
Caps Lock on (or hold Shift) while using Q and W
Light Table (View)
Backlight (Onion Skin) On/Off
Shift Space
Customize Backlight...
Shift Ctrl Space
Toggle between A and B backlight setting
Shift Alt Space
Hand Tool
Hold H + drag
Zoom
Hold Z + drag
Rotate
Hold R + drag
Hand/Zoom/Rotate (combined tool)
Hold Space + drag in area
Reset View (0°, 100%, Centered)
0
Fit View
Ctrl 0
Zoom In / Out
Ctrl = or Ctrl + / Ctrl -
Zoom View X1, X2, X4, X8 or X16 (100% to 1600%) - Zoom in
Ctrl 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
Zoom View X1/2, X1/4, X1/8 or X1/16 (50% to 6%) - Zoom out
Ctrl 6, 7, 8 or 9
Rotate View - Clockwise or Counter-Clockwise
> or <
Rotate View - Set to North, North East, East, South East, South, etc
Number keys on NumPad correspond to compass direction
Grid On/Off
G
Next Grid Type (cycle through the different grids)
Shift G
Mark (or Unmark) as Key Drawing
K
Unmark All (Clear Keys)
Shift K
Only Backlight Key Frames
Ctrl K
Mirror View
Y
Take Frame Off the Pegs
Hold Alt and Ctrl + drag to move and rotate
X-Sheet
Show (or hide) the X-Sheet
Tab
Detach X-Sheet as Separate Window
Shift Tab
Toggle Mode - switch between Slide and Add Clones mode (when dragging X-Sheet Thumbnails)
T
New Layer
N
Duplicate Layer
Ctrl D
Delete Layer
Shift Ctrl Delete
Active Layer - Go to Layer Above or Below
PageUp or PageDown
Active Layer - Go to Top or Bottom Layer
Shift PageUp or Shift PageDown
Active Layer - Visible
V
Active Layer - Linked
-
Merge Layer Down (Right)
&
Merge All Visible Layers
Ctrl &
Unlink All Layers (Link All Layers)
U (Shift U)
X-Sheet Thumbnail Size - Smaller or Larger
Ctrl < or Ctrl >
Edit
Undo (multiple undos)
Ctrl Z
Redo (multiple redos)
Ctrl Y
Add Clone Drawing
(Apostrophe) '
Add Blank Drawing
Ctrl Down arrow
Insert Blank Drawing
Ctrl Up arrow
Turn Clone into Original
O
Cut Drawing (or Selected Drawings)
Ctrl X
Copy Drawing (or Selected Drawings)
Ctrl C
Paste Drawing (or Drawings)
Ctrl V
Clear Drawing (make it Blank)
*
Lose Drawing (Keep Timing)
/
Delete Drawing (or Selected Drawings)
Ctrl Delete
Back-delete Drawing (or Selected Drawings)
Ctrl Backspace
Select All Drawings
Ctrl A
Cycle Selected Drawings Once
@
Pick Up (Selection)
Lasso
L
Cutter
X
All (whole drawing)
A
Stamp Floating Selection
Return
Drop Floating Selection
Esc
Get latest Floating Selection back
Shift Esc
To lock aspect - while scaling your selection:
Hold Shift
To keep your selection - while stamping:
Hold Shift
Paint
New Paint Layer (with Clone Structure of active layer)
Shift Ctrl N
Color Picker & Palette
C
Eye Dropper Tool
I
Fill Tool
F
File
New Scene
Ctrl N
Open Scene
Ctrl O
Save Scene
Ctrl S
Save Scene As
Shift Ctrl S
Import (Frames, Movie Clip or Audio)
Ctrl I
Scene Settings...
Shift Ctrl I
Miscellaneous
Reference Display
#
Speed Dial (Primary)
Hold S - then drag/release to select
Speed Dial (Secondary)
Hold Shift S - then drag/release to select
Show Tool Bar
Ctrl T
Preferences
Ctrl (Comma) ,
Quit Animation Paper
Ctrl Q
Minimize Animation Paper
Win Down arrow key
Help - Video Tutorials
Ctrl ?