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# Storyboard Navigation

Use these hotkeys to navigate in the Storyboard and shot timebars.

Press: | To:
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Up Arrow | Play forward.
Down Arrow | Play backward.
Left Arrow | Go to the first frame of the previous shot.
Right Arrow | Go to the first frame of the next shot.
Spacebar | Toggle Play/Stop.
Shift+Spacebar | Switch to Render View mode, switch off the user interface, and start playback.
Right Ctrl | Step one frame forward.
Right Alt | Step one frame backward.
Shift+I | Mark an in point for loop play on the Scene timebar.
Shift+O | Mark an out point for loop play on the Scene timebar.
Shift+L | Clear in and out points from the Scene timebar.
. (decimal point on the numeric keypad) | Cycles through the play modes (loop sequence, loop shot, and loop in and out points).
Tab | Toggle the Storyboard on/off. In the Editing menus, the Storyboard is always on.
Q | Switch between Storyboard viewing modes (regular and large Storyboard view). Not applicable to the Editing menu.
Shift+1 | Enable or disable the Update Storyboard feature. When enabled, the Storyboard thumbnails are automatically updated as you make changes to your shot.
. (period) | Update the shot's thumbnail according to the colour correction applied on the current frame.
Shift+. (period) | Regenerates multiple Storyboard thumbnails consecutively, starting from the current shot onwards.
Spacebar | Stop the multiple Storyboard thumbnail regenerating procedure.
Middle-drag | Pans the Storyboard.
F | Toggle between the collapsed Storyboard and the original.