Animation hotkeys

Note: Unless otherwise specified, use the following special keys on Mac OS X instead of their Windows equivalents.
Animation Operations
 

s

Set key

Shift

e

Set key for Rotate

Shift

r

Set key for Scale

Shift

w

Set key for Translate

Alt

i

Insert Keys (on any curve(s) inside or outside the Graph Editor that correspond to the position of the Current Time Indicator).
Note: If the window focus is outside the Graph Editor, this hotkey inserts a key on all curves. If you are within the Graph Editor this hotkey sets a key on the selected curve.

Ctrl + Shift

e

r

w

Inserts a key on a specific channel. E for Rotation, R for Scaling, and W for translation, at the position of the Current Time Indicator.

i

With middle mouse button lets you insert a key anywhere on a selected curve, regardless of the position of the Current Time Indicator.

Shift

s

With left mouse button for Keyframe marking menu (or swipe left)

Shift

s

With middle mouse button for Tangent marking menu (or swipe right)

Alt v Play animation (Press v again to turn animation off)

Alt

j

Toggle Multicolor Feedback

Alt

1

Toggle NURBs curves visibility

Alt

2

Toggle Polygon mesh visibility

Alt

4

Toggle Image Plane visibility

Alt

5

Switch between Wireframe and Shaded view

Ctrl

1

Switches between joints, controls, and character visibility
Alt t Opens the Create Bookmark window.
Alt + Shift t Creates a bookmark for the selected time range. (Bookmarks created this way have no name and a random color associated with it. Modify this in the Bookmark Manager.)
| (vertical bar) Frame Bookmark: sets the playback range to the start and end of the current bookmark. (If multiple bookmarks overlap, the bookmark on top, the newest-created, is selected.)
: (colon) Frame Previous Bookmark: sets the Range Slider on the bookmark before the bookmark at the current time.
" (quotation mark) Frame Next Bookmark: sets the Range Slider on the bookmark after the bookmark at the current time.
Alt \ (backslash) Unframe Bookmark: sets the playback range to the animation range.
Playback Control

Alt

. (period)

Move forward one frame in time

Alt

, (comma)

Move backward one frame in time

 

. (period)

Go to Next key

 

, (comma)

Go to Previous key

Ctrl + Alt

. (period)

Selects the Next key in the Graph Editor without opening it.

Ctrl + Alt

, (comma)

Selects the Previous key in the Graph Editor without opening it.

Alt

v

Toggles playback on and off.

Alt+Shift

v

Go to Min Frame (normally 0)

  k

With middle mouse button for virtual Time Slider mode (press and hold and scrub timeline)

Time Editor

q

Toggle Time Editor Mute on or off

m

Toggle Time Editor Track mute on or off

 

n

Toggle Solo Track on or off

Ctrl

e

Export selected

i

Import animation clip

Shift

i

Import audio clip

l

Create Additive layer

Shift

L

Create Override layer

o

Add animation from scene selection

p

Add pose from scene selection

a

Frame all

f

Frame selection

w

Split clip at current frame

g

Trim clip before

h

Trim clip after

Shift

G

Scale clip start to current frame

Shift

H

Scale clip end to current frame

e

Trim clip

r

Scale clip

t

Loop clip

y

Hold clip

Ctrl

g

Group clips

Ctrl+Shift

g

Ungroup clips

Graph Editor
Alt

z

Undo view change

Alt

y

Redo view change

 

t

Center current time

1

Switch to Absolute view

2

Switch to Stacked view

3

Switch to Normalized view

h

Lock Curve channel

j

Unlock Curve channel

d

Auto Tangents

Alt

/ (forward slash)

Snap Time Marker to selected key

Shift

9

Move selected key(s) left

Shift

0

Move selected key(s) right

Ctrl + Alt

, (comma)

Select the previous key

Ctrl + Alt

. (period)

Select the next key