Editing | Numeric Keypad | ||
Chapter 23, Hot Keys |
Global Colour Grading Hot Keys
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.
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |