PHOTON Shortcuts

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Global Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Show/Hide UI

Tab

Select Previous UI Container

Ctrl+Tab

Select Next UI Container

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Toggle Fullscreen (VNC)

Shift+Tab

Play/Pause

Space

Show Console

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H

Quit (no save)

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Q

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Synchronize All Servers

Ctrl+Enter

Load Default Project

Ctrl+L

Load Project...

Ctrl+Shift+L

Save Default Project

Ctrl+S

Save Incremental

Ctrl+Alt+S

Save Project...

Ctrl+Shift+S

Quit Photon

Ctrl+Q

Show Settings

Alt+S

Show Shadow

Alt+Z

Show 3D Scene

Alt+C

SLAC Workflow

Shift+Alt+C

Show I/O Manager

Alt+I

Show Mapping Manager

Alt+M

Show Network Monitor

Alt+N

Show Neutron

Shift+Alt+N

Show Custom UI Menu

Alt+U

Show Timeline

Alt+T

Show Screen Mixer

Shift+Alt+T

Show File Manager

Alt+F

Show Keyframe Editor

Alt+K

Show Cue Editor

Alt+Q

Show Color Correction

Alt+G

Show FX Graph

Alt+X

Show Graph V2

Shift+Alt+X

Show Preview Window

Alt+V

Show Scheduler Events Editor

Alt+E

Show Output Control

Alt+O

Show Timecode Menu

Alt+D

Show Rendering Menu

Alt+R

Show Undo Stack Menu

Shift+Alt+U

Show Color Picker

Alt+Y

Show Albion Monitoring

Shift+Alt+A

Show Profiler

Alt+P

Show Logs Menu

Alt+L

Reset UI Pan/Zoom

Alt+0

Reset UI Pan/Zoom

Alt+NUM 0

Hide All UI Widgets

Shift+Alt+W

Hide Module in Focus

Alt+W

Toggle Canvas View

F11

Load Workspace 1

Alt+5

Load Workspace 2

Alt+6

Load Workspace 3

Alt+7

Load Workspace 4

Alt+8

Save Workspace 1

Ctrl+Alt+5

Save Workspace 2

Ctrl+Alt+6

Save Workspace 3

Ctrl+Alt+7

Save Workspace 4

Ctrl+Alt+8

Show Help Menu

F1

Gather All Windows in UI

F3

Screenshot All Windows

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F4

Show Advanced Options Menu

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F7

Activate/Deactivate VSync

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V

Reload skin

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F9

Generic Debug Command

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+,

GL Sync Outputs

Ctrl+Shift+Alt++

Delete

Del

Timeline Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Strobe Backward

J

Pause

K

Strobe Forward

L

Step Forward 1 Frame

Ctrl+Right arrow

Step Forward 10 Frames

Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow

Step Backward 1 Frame

Ctrl+Left arrow

Step Backward 10 Frames

Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow

Next In/Out

Ctrl+K

Previous In/Out

Ctrl+J

Next In/Out/Key

Ctrl+Shift+K

Previous In/Out/Key

Ctrl+Shift+J

Next In/Out (selection)

Ctrl+Alt+K

Previous In/Out (selection)

Ctrl+Alt+J

Next In/Out/Key (selection)

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K

Previous In/Out/Key (selection)

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+J

Add Composition

Ctrl+Shift+T

Add Sequence

Ctrl+T

Append Layer

Ctrl+Shift++

Copy Shared Clip Properties

Ctrl+Alt+C

Create Composer Clip

Ctrl+G

Create Composition Clip

Ctrl+H

Create Cue Clip

Ctrl+U

Create Empty Clip

Ctrl+N

Create FX Clip

Ctrl+E

Create FX Graph Clip

Ctrl+W

Create Graph V2 Clip

W

Create Input Device Clip

Ctrl+I

Create Marker Clip

M

Create Media Clip

Ctrl+M

Create Proxy Clip

Ctrl+P

Create Region

Ctrl+Shift+R

Create Shadow Session Clip

Ctrl+O

Create Virtual Projector Clip

Ctrl+R

Duplicate Clip On A New Layer

Ctrl+D

Find Media In Editor

X

Frame Clips And Regions

F

Go to Top

T

Import Sequence

Ctrl+Shift+I

Insert Layer

Ctrl++

Move Clip Down

Shift+Down arrow

Move Clip Up

Shift+Up arrow

Move Clips Left 1 Frame

,

Move Clips Left 10 Frame

Shift+,

Move Clips Left Set Amount

-

Move Clips Right 1 Frame

.

Move Clips Right 10 Frame

Shift+.

Move Clips Right Set Amount

+

Move Clips Right Set Amount

Shift++

Next Clip

Right arrow

Next Layer

Down arrow

Next Marker

Shift+M

Next Media

Ctrl+Down arrow

Paste All Shared Clip Properties

Ctrl+Alt+V

Play/Pause Composition

Ctrl+Space

Previous Clip

Left arrow

Previous Layer

Up arrow

Previous Marker

Ctrl+Shift+M

Previous Media

Ctrl+Up arrow

Recenter

F5

Reset Canvas View

P

Reset Timeline View

R

Search

Ctrl+Alt+F

Search

Ctrl+F

Select All Clips After Playhead in All Screens

Ctrl+Shift+'

Select All Clips After Playhead in Current Screen

Ctrl+'

Select All Clips Before Playhead in All Screens

Ctrl+Shift+;

Select All Clips Before Playhead in Current Screen

Ctrl+;

Select All Clips Under Playhead in All Screens

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+;

Select All Clips in All Screens

Ctrl+Shift+A

Select All Clips in Current Layer

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A

Select All Clips in Current Screen

Ctrl+A

Select All Media Clips Under Playhead in All Screens

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+'

Select All Media Clips in All Screens

Ctrl+Shift+M

Select All Media Clips in Current Layer

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+M

Set Clip In Point

Ctrl+Home

Set Clip In Point

Ctrl+Shift+Home

Set Clip Out Point

Ctrl+End

Set Clip Out Point

Ctrl+Shift+End

Set Original Length

I

Set Original Size

O

Set Selected Clip Duration To Current Media Length

U

Show / Hide Layer

Shift+H

Slice Clip (changes in time)

Ctrl+B

Slice Clip On A New Layer

Ctrl+Shift+B

Snap Play Head To Selected Clip

Alt+Home

Switch Between Tools and Regions Tabs

D

Switch Playhead Follow Mode

Y

Trim Clip Fade-In Point

Ctrl+Shift+[

Trim Clip Fade-Out Point

Ctrl+Shift+]

Trim Clip In Point

Ctrl+[

Trim Clip Out Point

Ctrl+]

3D Scene Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Add Calibration Point

+

Automation Window

A

Calibration Mode (Enable)

Ctrl+4

Calibration Mode

4

Cancel current measure

Esc

Change Rendering Mode

W

Delete Calibration Point

-

Delete angle measure

Ctrl+Del

Device Control Window

Q

Display Advanced Search

Ctrl+Alt+F

Edit Object Rotation

C

Edit Object Scale

X

Edit Object Translation

V

Extend Projector Pyramid

Shift+E

Frame Object

F

Freeze Object Transformation

Z

Front View

6

Hide Display

Shift+H

Import Primitives

Ctrl+Shift+I

Left View

7

Modeling Mode

1

Move All Calibration Points Down (10x)

Shift+Alt+Down arrow

Move All Calibration Points Down

Alt+Down arrow

Move All Calibration Points Left (10x)

Shift+Alt+Left arrow

Move All Calibration Points Left

Alt+Left arrow

Move All Calibration Points Right (10x)

Shift+Alt+Right arrow

Move All Calibration Points Right

Alt+Right arrow

Move All Calibration Points Up (10x)

Shift+Alt+Up arrow

Move All Calibration Points Up

Alt+Up arrow

Move Calibration Point Down (100x)

Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow

Move Calibration Point Down (10x)

Shift+Down arrow

Move Calibration Point Down

Down arrow

Move Calibration Point Left (100x)

Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow

Move Calibration Point Left (10x)

Shift+Left arrow

Move Calibration Point Left

Left arrow

Move Calibration Point Right (100x)

Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow

Move Calibration Point Right (10x)

Shift+Right arrow

Move Calibration Point Right

Right arrow

Move Calibration Point Up (100x)

Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow

Move Calibration Point Up (10x)

Shift+Up arrow

Move Calibration Point Up

Up arrow

Operation Mode

3

Primitive Presets Window

G

Projection Study Mode

2

Properties Window

P

Reset View Mode

S

Reset View

R

Right View

8

Search

Ctrl+F

Search Display

Ctrl+Shift+F

Select Next Calibration Point

Page down

Select Next Projector

End

Select Previous Calibration Point

Page up

Select Previous Projector

Home

Snapshot

Ctrl+P

Solo Display

Shift+S

Toggle Display Grid

D

Toggle Fixture View Control

Y

Toggle Measurement Mode

B

Toggle Object Opacity

H

Toggle Projection Mode

O

Top View

5

Transformations Window

T

Travel Backward

K

Travel Forward

I

Travel Left

J

Travel Right

L

View Mode (momentary)

S

Audio Analysis Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Create a New Analyzer

Ctrl++

Color Correction Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Add CC Look

Ctrl++

Search Looks

Ctrl+F

Snapshot Look

S

Cue Editor Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Add New Cue

Ctrl++

Duplicate Cue

Ctrl+D

Search Cues

Ctrl+F

Toggle View

V

Curve Editor Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Decrease X Value (large step)

Shift+Left arrow

Decrease X Value (small step)

Left arrow

Decrease Y Value (large step)

Shift+Down arrow

Decrease Y Value (small step)

Down arrow

Increase X Value (large step)

Shift+Right arrow

Increase X Value (small step)

Right arrow

Increase Y Value (large step)

Shift+Up arrow

Increase Y Value (small step)

Up arrow

Select Next Control Point

Page down

Select Previous Control Point

Page up

Documentation Module Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Switch View Mode

V

FX Graph Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Add FX Graph

Ctrl++

Add Node

+

Align Selected Nodes

L

Center Graph View

R

Duplicate selected nodes

Ctrl+D

Frame On Selected Nodes

F

Import Graph

Ctrl+Shift+I

Move Selected Nodes - Down

Down arrow

Move Selected Nodes - Left

Left arrow

Move Selected Nodes - Right

Right arrow

Move Selected Nodes - Up

Up arrow

Open advanced node explorer

Ctrl+Alt+F

Search Graphs

Ctrl+F

Select All Modules

Ctrl+A

Show Preview

P

Toggle Pass-Through

D

File Manager Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Delete Media

Del

Import Media

Ctrl+Shift+I

Refresh

F5

Search Media

Ctrl+F

Fixtures Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Search

Ctrl+F

Graph Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Add Node

+

Align Selected Nodes

L

Center Graph View

R

Create a block from the selected nodes

Ctrl+B

Create a reroute node at the current mouse position

Ctrl+R

Delete Selected

Del

Duplicate selected nodes

Ctrl+D

Frame On Selected Nodes

F

Move Selected Nodes - Down

Down arrow

Move Selected Nodes - Left

Left arrow

Move Selected Nodes - Right

Right arrow

Move Selected Nodes - Up

Up arrow

Open advanced node explorer

Ctrl+Alt+F

Select All

Ctrl+A

Show Preview

P

Toggle Pass-Through

D

I/O Mapping Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Create a New Mapping Preset

Ctrl++

Import Fixtures

Ctrl+Shift+I

Search Mappings

Ctrl+F

Keyframe Editor Shortcuts

Description
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Add Keyframe

Ctrl++

Decrease Keyframe Time (large step)

Shift+Left arrow

Decrease Keyframe Time (small step)

Left arrow

Decrease Keyframe Value (large step)

Shift+Down arrow

Decrease Keyframe Value (small step)

Down arrow

Delete Keyframe

Del

Display Keyframe Position

D

Enable Solo Mode for Current Parameter

S

Go to Default Keyframe

Home

Go to Last Keyframe

End

Increase Keyframe Time (large step)

Shift+Right arrow

Increase Keyframe Time (small step)

Right arrow

Increase Keyframe Value (large step)

Shift+Up arrow

Increase Keyframe Value (small step)

Up arrow

Reset View

Ctrl+V

Select All Keyframes from All Parameters

Ctrl+Shift+A

Select All Keyframes from Current Parameter

Ctrl+A

Select Next Keyframe from All Parameters

Ctrl+Page up

Select Next Keyframe from Current Parameter

Page up

Select Next Parameter

Alt+Page down

Select Previous Keyframe from All Parameters

Ctrl+Page down

Select Previous Keyframe from Current Parameter

Page down

Select Previous Parameter

Alt+Page up

Snap Time To Previous Keyframe from All Parameters

Ctrl+Shift+Page down

Snap Time to Default Keyframe

Shift+Home

Snap Time to Last Keyframe

Shift+End

Snap Time to Next Keyframe from All Parameters

Ctrl+Shift+Page up

Snap Time to Next Keyframe from Current Parameter

Shift+Page up

Snap Time to Previous Keyframe from Current Parameter

Shift+Page down

Snap View to Selected Keyframes

F

Toggle Parameter Visibility

H

Light Sensor Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Add New Light Sensor

Ctrl++

Toggle View

V

Network Protocol Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Create a New Message

Ctrl++

Duplicate Message

Ctrl+D

Network Switch Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Add Network Switch

Ctrl++

Duplicate Network Switch

Ctrl+D

Send Command

Enter

Preview Window Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Frame 2D Transform Handle

F

Layer Mode

2

Move Clip Down

Shift+Down arrow

Move Clip Left (10x)

Left arrow

Move Clip Left

Shift+Left arrow

Move Clip Right (10x)

Right arrow

Move Clip Right

Shift+Right arrow

Move Clip Up (10x)

Up arrow

Move Clip Up

Shift+Up arrow

Move Clip down (10x)

Down arrow

Multi-Preview Mode

4

Preview 2D Mode

1

Preview 3D Mode

3

Reset View

R

Show / Hide Clip

H

Toggle Checker

C

Toggle UV Preview

U

Profiler Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Show Profiler Network Settings

Ctrl+Alt+N

Projector Devices Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Add Projectors

Ctrl++

Settings Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Copy Outputs Config

Ctrl+C

Paste Outputs Config

Ctrl+V

Shortcut Keys Menu Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Search Shortcuts List

Ctrl+F

Time Code Shortcuts

Description
Shortcut keys

Create a New Time Code

Ctrl++

Toggle View

V

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