Shortcuts for Mac
Drawing
Draw (latest drawing tool)
D
Erase (latest erasing tool)
E
Kneaded Eraser
1
Rubber Eraser
2
Vinyl Eraser
3
Pencil
P or 4
Marker
M or 5
Brush
B or 6
Flip & Play
Play
Space
Flipping - Step Back / Step Forward
Left / Right arrow keys
Back / Forward - skipping local clones
Up / Down arrow keys
Return Flip (Flips backwards as Return/Enter key is held, then flips forward when released, to end at current frame. If key is held again while it flips forward, it goes past current frame and returns on release. Works well when repeated. Needs a little practice)
Hold Return
Silent Scrub (from anywhere within the Drawing Area)
You have two options when leaving this mode: Either you lift up your pen and then release the Shift key - this returns you to the Current Drawing before you started scrubbing. Or, you first let go of Shift and then lift your pen - this allows you to stay on the drawing you scrubbed to.
Hold Shift and drag left/right or up/down
Jump to Start / Jump to End
Home / 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
Light Table (View)
Backlight (Onion Skin) On/Off
Shift Space
Toggle between A and B backlight settings (show 1 or 3 frames)
Shift Option 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
Cmd 0
Zoom In / Out
Cmd = or Cmd + / Cmd -
Zoom View X1, X2, X4, X8 or X16 (100% to 1600%) - Zoom in
Cmd 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
Zoom View X1/2, X1/4, X1/8 or X1/16 (50% to 6%) - Zoom out
Cmd 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
X-Sheet
Show (or hide) the X-Sheet
Tab
New Layer
N
Delete Layer
Shift Cmd 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
Edit
Undo (multiple undos)
Cmd Z
Redo (multiple redos)
Shift Cmd Z
Add Clone Drawing
(Apostrophe) '
Add Blank Drawing
Cmd Down arrow
Turn Clone into Original
O
Cut Drawing (or Selected Drawings)
Cmd X
Copy Drawing (or Selected Drawings)
Cmd C
Paste Drawing (or Drawings)
Cmd V
Clear Drawing (make it Blank) - this works on a Clone too, making it an original blank
*
Delete Drawing (or Selected Drawings)
Cmd Delete
Select All Drawings
Cmd A
File
New Scene
Cmd N
Open Scene
Cmd O
Save Scene
Cmd S
Save Scene As
Shift Cmd S
Import (Movie Clip or Audio)
Cmd I
Export Movie Clip
Cmd E
Miscellaneous
Show Tool Bar
Cmd T
Quit Animation Paper Junior
Cmd Q
Minimize Animation Paper Junior
Cmd M
Help - Video Tutorials
Cmd ?