Keys and mouse
Every key here acts only while the mouse is over the board. Over the rest of Blender, Blender's own keys apply.
Pictures#
| Key | Does |
|---|
| Ctrl+V | Paste a picture, screenshot, copied files or file paths |
| Shift+A | Add: pictures, paste, a note, a frame, a render, a snapshot |
| A / Alt+A | Select all / select none |
| X or Delete | Take the selected pictures off the board |
| . | Show the selected pictures |
| G, S, R | Move, scale, turn the selection with the mouse |
| X / Y during G | Move along that axis only; the same key again frees it |
| Ctrl during G, S, R | Snap |
| Shift during G, S, R | Precise: the mouse counts a tenth |
| Shift+D | Duplicate, then move the copies |
| Alt+R / Alt+S | Straighten / back to actual size |
| H / Alt+H | Hide the selection / show everything hidden |
| Ctrl+P | Optimal pack |
| Shift+P | Join the selection in a new frame |
| Alt+P | Remove the selection from its frame |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Esc, or a right-click during a drag | Cancel the drag |
Looking and drawing#
| Key | Does |
|---|
| E, then a click | Pick a colour from a picture |
| D+drag / D+right-drag | Draw / erase on the board |
| F, or a double-click on a picture | Focus that picture |
| Home | Fit every picture |
| 1 | Back to 100% |
Draw mode#
These work only while the pencil Draw button is on and the mouse is over the board.
| Key | Does |
|---|
| V or 1 | Select |
| 2 to 9 | Pen, Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Eraser, Highlighter |
| 0 / - | Ruler / Guide |
| T | Text: click the board and type a note |
| Shift while dragging | Keep a line to 15° steps; a square or a circle |
| Alt while dragging | Draw from the middle |
| Enter or a right-click | End an open polygon |
| E, then a click | Make a picture's colour the drawing colour |
| Esc | Drop a drawing in progress, or go back to Select |
With Draw mode off, 1 is Back to 100% and the number keys do nothing else.
Videos#
| Key | Does |
|---|
| Space | Play or pause the video under the mouse, else the selected ones; with no video, Blender's own playback |
| Left / Right | Step a frame (a video selected) |
| Shift+Left / Shift+Right | Go to the start or the end |
Stitch view#
These work while a stitch is open as nodes; see Stitch videos.
| Key | Does |
|---|
| Tab or Esc | Back to the board |
| G | Move the selected nodes |
| Shift+D | Another node on the same clip, sharing its trim |
| X or Delete | Remove the selected nodes |
| A / Alt+A | Select all / select none |
| Space | Play or pause |
| Left / Right | Step a frame |
| Home | Fit every node |
| Ctrl+V | Paste videos in as new nodes |
| Left-drag on empty space | Select the nodes the box touches (Shift: add) |
| Middle-drag | Pan |
| Drop a node with no wires on a wire | It joins the chain there |
Mouse#
| Action | Does |
|---|
| Click, Shift+click | Select, add to or take from the selection |
| Drag a picture | Move |
| Drag videos onto a stitch, letting go with Shift held | Add them to the stitch |
| Drag a corner handle | Scale (Alt: about the middle) |
| Ctrl+drag a corner handle | Crop |
| Drag the round handle | Turn (Ctrl: 15° steps) |
| Middle-drag, scroll | Pan, zoom |
| Right-click | The board menu |
The full list of menu commands is on Add and edit pictures, and every command, with its Blender id, is in the Reference.