Viz Artist User Guide

Version 5.1 | Published October 31, 2023 ©

Stage Shortcuts

This section contains the following topics:

General

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Shows Object Editor

CTRL + 1

Shows Dopesheet View

CTRL + 2
SHIFT + PAGE DOWN (on stage view focus)

Shows Spline View

CTRL + 3
SHIFT + PAGE UP (on stage view focus)

Shows Dope/Spline View

CTRL + 4

Stage Tree

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Jumps to Top Container

HOME

Jumps to Last Container

END

Moves a page down in the tree

PAGE DOWN

Moves a page up in the tree

PAGE UP

Scrolls up the tree

Cursor up

Scrolls down the tree

Cursor down

Jumps to an item (Director, Actor, or Channel), in the tree

Press the first letter of the item name

Opens or closes the selected tree

+ or Right arrow
- or Left arrow

Group Directors

SHIFT + D

Ungroup Directors

CTRL + SHIFT + D

Stage Views

Function

Key and/or Mouse Shortcut

Starts/Continues Animation Forward

SPACE

Starts Animation Backwards

SHIFT + ENTER

Sets Time-line Marker/Value to Start

CTRL + HOME

Sets Time-line Marker/Value to End (not when infinity is selected)

CTRL + END

Sets View to 0

HOME

Sets View to End director

END

Moves the Time-line Marker one field

CTRL + the left or right arrow key

Moves the Time-line Marker more than one field at a time

Left or right arrow key. This, for example, in 1080i50 format, moves the time-line marker five fields, left or right, and in 1080i60 the movement is six fields, left or right.

ALT + LEFT ARROW/RIGHT ARROW. This, for example, in 1080i50 format, moves the time-line marker 50 fields, left or right, and in 1080i60 the movement is 60 fields, left or right

Deletes Selected Key Frame(s)

DELETE

Pans View

Middle mouse click and drag

Zooms Time Axis In or Out

Mouse wheel

Zooms Time Axis to Selected Channel

SHIFT + Z
SHIFT + Y

Zooms Time Axis to whole Animation

SHIFT + X

Zooms Spline/Dopesheet View In

Mouse wheel
Z/Y
CTRL + Plus sign on the numeric keypad

Zooms Spline/Dopesheet View Out

Mouse wheel
X
CTRL + Minus sign on the numeric keypad

Zooms Spline View to whole Spline

SHIFT + A

Zooms Time Axis and Spline View to view all Key Frames of selected Channel

SHIFT + Q

Zooms Time and Value Axis to View All Key Frames

SHIFT + W

Zooms Time Axis In/Out

Z + Middle mouse click and drag

Zooms Value Axis in Spline Editor In/Out

A + Middle mouse click and drag

Copies Selected Key Frame

C + Left mouse click and drag

Brings View to Time-line Marker

M

Reverses the Order of Selected Key Frames

CTRL + R

Snaps to Grid on/off

CTRL + G

Sets Time Axis to Seconds

CTRL + 8

Sets Time Axis to Frames

CTRL + 9

Sets Time Axis to Fields

CTRL + 0

Moves Time-line Marker to nearest Key Frame

J

Scales a Portion of Selected Director

T + Left mouse click on Director Bar
This shows a region where Key Frames can be scaled.

Provides Rubber band Selection

S + Left mouse click and drag

Zooms in onto specific region

Z + Left mouse click and drag

Inserts a new Stop Point

S + Left mouse click on Director Bar

Jumps to next Key Frame

TAB (a Key frame must be highlighted first)

Jumps to previous Key Frame

SHIFT + TAB

Escapes from moving a Key Frame

ESC

See Also