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Keyboard shortcuts
A cheat sheet for the desktop and for the shortcuts animators use most in Blender, Krita, Pencil2D and Kdenlive.
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Desktop (Xfce)
| Keys |
Does |
| Alt+F2 |
run a program by name |
| Alt+Tab |
switch windows |
| Alt+F4 |
close the window |
| Alt+F10 |
maximise / restore the window |
| Ctrl+Alt+D |
show the desktop |
| Ctrl+Alt+T |
open a terminal |
| Ctrl+Alt+L |
lock the screen |
| Ctrl+Alt+Delete |
log out, restart or shut down |
| Ctrl+Alt+← / → |
previous / next workspace |
| Print |
screenshot (full screen); Alt+Print the window |
| Ctrl+Esc |
open the program menu at the mouse pointer |
Blender
| Keys |
Does |
| Middle mouse drag |
orbit the view; Shift+middle: pan; wheel: zoom |
| Numpad 0 |
look through the camera |
| G / R / S |
grab (move), rotate, scale; then X, Y or Z to lock an axis |
| Shift+A |
add an object |
| Tab |
edit mode ↔ object mode |
| I |
insert a keyframe |
| Space |
play / stop the animation |
| F12 |
render the picture; Ctrl+F12 render the animation |
| N |
side panel (MPFB is a tab here) |
| Ctrl+S |
save |
| Ctrl+Z |
undo |
| F3 |
search for any command |
Krita
| Keys |
Does |
| B |
brush; E toggles eraser mode |
| [ / ] |
smaller / bigger brush |
| Space+drag |
pan; Ctrl+Space+drag: zoom |
| Insert |
new layer |
| Ctrl+Z |
undo |
Pencil2D
| Keys |
Does |
| N pencil, P pen, B brush, E eraser, K paint bucket |
tools |
| , / . |
previous / next frame |
| Enter |
play / stop |
Kdenlive
| Keys |
Does |
| Space |
play / pause |
| J / K / L |
backwards / pause / forwards |
| I / O |
mark in / out point in the clip monitor |
| Shift+R |
cut the clip at the playhead |
| Ctrl+Enter |
render (export) |
