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Chapter 23, Hot Keys
Colour Grading



Use colour grading hot keys to perform colour grading operations carried out in the Grading, Curves, and Secondaries menus.

For numeric keypad hot keys that pertain to colour grading, see Colour Menus -- Grading and Secondaries.

Global Colour Grading Hot Keys Top

Use these hot keys in any of the Colour menus.

Press: To:
C Copy the parameters in the Selector tool from the current shot to the selected shot(s).
RR Reset all the current shot's parameters to the default setting.
U Undo the last action.
S Save the current grade files and cut. If a grade file has not been created, a default grade file is saved.
G Switch between Gang and Solo mode when in Group mode.
Y Enable GPU processing.
Shift+Y Disable GPU processing.
Ctrl(left)+H To hide or show the selected geometry.
Page Up (Secondaries menu) Increase the Hue Rotator value.
Page Up (other menus) Go to the Saturation curve in the Curves menu.
Page Down (Secondaries menu) Decrease the Hue Rotator value.
Insert Go to the Hue curve in the Curves menu.
Home (Secondaries menu) Increase the saturation of a secondary when a layer is enabled, or of the entire image when either the Input or Output button is enabled.
Home (other menus) Go to the Lightness curve in the Curves menu.
End (Secondaries menu) Decrease the saturation.
Ctrl+click Delete button Delete a grade setup.
Print Scrn Go to the Grading menu.
Scroll Lock Go to the Secondaries menu. Press it again to go to the next secondary.
Right-click menu Display the preset menu for grading curves or secondaries.
/ (slash) Auto-grade with the Balance Input Primaries for the selected colour. The master (brightness or lift/gain) is not modified. You can auto-grade the master as well by Ctrl-clicking the image.
Click Pick the colour at the current position.

Note: The Show button must be disabled for this to work.
Shift-drag Drag an area to calculate this area's mean colour, and show it in the colour picker. In monitoring view, this defines the sub-region as well. If you picked a colour, you can then perform colour matching.

Note: The Show button must be disabled for this to work.
Alt-click Sample an individual pixel and set the Brightness Balance wheel to match the reference sample. You can drag through the image until you locate the pixel you want to sample, then Alt-click.
Ctrl-click Sample an individual pixel and set the Brightness Balance wheel and Brightness slider to match the reference sample. You can drag through the image until you locate the pixel you want to sample, then Ctrl-click.


Grade Bin Hot Keys Top

Use these hot keys for the Grade bin.

Press: To:
Double-click Load all the settings for the selected preset thumbnail to the current shot only.
Right-click Save the stored image to the framestore.
Shift-double-click Load all the settings for the selected preset thumbnail to selected shots.
Ctrl-double-click Load current menu settings for the selected preset thumbnail to the current shot only.
Ctrl+Shift-double-click Load current menu settings for the selected preset thumbnail to a selection of shots.
Alt-double-click Load specified parameters in the Selector to the current shot only.
Alt+Shift-double-click Load specified parameters in the Selector to a selection of shots.


Curves Menu Hot Keys Top

Use these hot keys in the Curves menu.

Press: To:
A Add a vertex to the mouse position in the current curve.
Shift+A Lock the curve in place while adding a vertex.
D Delete the selected vertex from the current curve.
R Reset the current shot's curve parameters to the default setting.
Right-drag Zoom in or out.
Middle-drag Pan the curve.
Alt-drag Zoom in on a curve using rectangle zoom.
Alt-right-drag Zoom in on a curve using proportional zoom.
Ctrl(right) -left-click Reset the curve zoom in/out properties to the default setting.
Ctrl(right)-right-click Reset the curve viewer.
Shift-drag Restrict movement of selected vertices to the Y axis.
Shift+Alt-drag Restrict movement of selected vertices to the X axis.


Secondaries Menu Hot Keys Top

Use these hot keys in the Secondaries menu.

Press: To:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, -, = Switch between the 12 secondaries' setups.
, (comma) Show or hide a geometry.
R Reset all secondary colour correction parameters for the current shot.
Shift+D Enable Del Geom, and then delete a geometry.
A Enable Add Pts, and then add vertices to a geometry.
D Enable Del Pts, and then delete vertices from a geometry.
Z Enable the Rotate button, and then click on the geometry's axis to rotate.
Right-click-drag Rotate the geometry when you right-click its axis and drag.
Click-drag (on Z-axis) Proportional scale left.
T Enable the Move button, and then move a geometry's axis, vertex, or tangent.
X Enable the Scale button, and then scale a geometry. You can scale a geometry along the X-axis, Y-axis, or you can scale it proportionally using the Global Scaling axis.
Backspace (tracking) Delete the latest tracked position.
Right-click (basic geometry) Convert a basic geometry to a free-form geometry.
Ctrl-click (free-form geometry) Break or repair a tangent handle when you click one of the geometry's vertices.
Alt-right-click Offset the axis.


Timeline Menu Hot Keys Top

Use these hot keys in the Timeline menu.

Press: To:
Shift+C To make a cut in an element.
Shift+J To join/remove splice on selected element.
Shift+D Delete element(s) from the Timeline.
Alt+S Enable or disable Solo mode.
Up Arrow Move the focus up.
Down Arrow Move the focus down.
F7 Displays the Timeline, Player, and grading tools and activates the SDI out if the GFX SDI is enabled.
Ctrl+drag+drop Drag and drop the grade from one shot to another.
Ctrl+Shift+drag+drop Drag and drop the grade from one shot to a selection of shots.
Ctrl+Alt+drag+drop Drag and drop the Selector parameters to one shot.
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+drag+drop Drag and drop the Selector parameters to a selection of shots.


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