Favorite Hotkeys and Preferences?

daniellooartist · Sep 2015

Hello. Do you guys have any custom hotkeys you have found to be extremely useful? Doesn't matter what program. Just list the function, key, and the software it belongs to. Here is mine. How about scripts or plugins?

Maya Hotkeys

Xray: Alt+X
Bevel: Alt+B
MultiCut (Modeling Toolkit): Alt+S
Center Pivot: Alt+C
Slide Along Edge: Alt+W
Merge Verticies: Alt+M
Extrude: Ctrl+E
insert Edge: t
Mesh Separate: ctrl+alt+s
Mesh Extract: Ctrl+Alt+E
Mesh Combined: Ctrl+Alt+C
Ctrl+Shift+N: kill history and clean scene(script)

Maya Shelf

Shelf: Polygons
Mirror Geo
Smooth
AlignAxis(Script)
Transform Components
Soften Normals
Harden Normals
Display Face Normals
Normal Size Options
Combine Polygons
Separate Polygons
Harden Edge Boarder Normal (Script found on polycount)
Quad Draw
Multicut
Bridge
Merge Vertex
Punch Hole Tool
Freeze Transformations
Toggle TextureBorder Edges
Project UV by camera(Script)
Conform to surface
Create Curve From Poly
Project Curve On Mesh

Scripts
UV Project X

polyProjection -ch 0 -type Planar -ibd on -kir -md x;

UV Project Y

polyProjection -ch 0 -type Planar -ibd on -kir -md y;

UV Project Z

polyProjection -ch 0 -type Planar -ibd on -kir -md z;

UV Project camera

polyProjection -ch 0 -type Planar -ibd on -kir -md c;

Photoshop Scripts
Coolrus
Lazy Nazumi

beefaroni · Sep 2015

New more ergonomic hotkeys, CTRL-Y and CTRL-J were killing my wrist.

3DS Max!

Custom Hotkeys
Extrude Options: A
Swift Loop: S
ConnectOptions: D
Cut (Poly): F
Chamfer Options: G
Attach (Poly): V
Detach (Poly): B
Weld Options: X
Collapse (Poly): C
Super Smart Create: Q

Select Sub-Object Ring: Shift-R
Select Sub-Object Loop: Shift-E
Edge Constraint: Shift-W
Show End Result: Shift-Z
Reset X-Form: Shift+F
Snaps Toggle: Shift-S
Angle Snaps Toggle: Shift-A
Display Selected with Edges Faces: Shift+D
Align Work Plane to Selection: Shift-X
Deactivate work plane: Shift-C
Hide Grids Toggle: H

Zoom Extents Selected: Z

Edit Working Pivot: Alt-Q
Use working pivot: Alt-W
Affect pivot Only Mode Toggle: Alt-E
Center Pivot: Alt-R

Perspective User View: Alt- A
Top View: Alt-S
Left View: Alt-D

Redo Scene Operation: Shift + Ctrl +Z

Maximize Viewport Toggle: Spacebar

slipsius · Sep 2015

Animation purposes

Maya / mobu, since w,e,r are for the translate/rotate/scale, I dont want to move my hand much, so ive changed a few keys.

` = toggle playback (play / stop)
1 = previous key
1 + alt = previous frame
2 = next key
2 + alt = next frame

Jeff Parrott · Sep 2015

Photoshop. The bearclaw:

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E (Command + Option + Shift +E on the Mac)

Flattens layers to a new layer (or empty layer) and keeps the stack. Plus the name bearclaw (cause your hand makes a bearclaw shape) for a hotkey is amazing.

skyline5gtr · Sep 2015

Alt + F4

Joking aside, great idea for a thread

Mongrelman · Sep 2015

spacebar + Alt + LMB in photoshop for zooming in/out

claydough · Sep 2015

I do everything in Maya with the gui or custom contextual gui's ( cept for Maya shelves which no longer have to be hacked to be contextual )

menuless titlebar and panes save for Maya's hor shelf above toolbar to the right and custom contextual gui to the lft. ( Maya's tabbed docked CB/Lyr or AE easily switched or hidden is really nice and hold alot of Maya functionality neatly )

custom component and object sensitive contextual viewpane marking menus:
http://tech-artists.org/forum/showthread.php?419-popUpMenu-mel-notes-quot-dagObjectHit-quot

( a template example )
With most common hotkeys and alt-centric viewport navigation mapped to mouse button combos...
This one handed setup facilitates reflective albeit lazy one handed vrt pulling luxuriousness ( particularly if I was too lazy to reach my lft hand the distance to the keyboard, where I would just not bother... might as well type setup ).

On the other hand...
I find I am completely lost on another's machine! :poly122:
( pipeline dyslexia! )

Kwramm · Sep 2015

Ctrl + Shift + T
Brings back closed browser tabs
Brings back closed tabs in Notepad++

[] adjust brush size in Photoshop - one reason to change your keyboard layout to US/English if that's not your native layout.

Otherwise I'm not much of a hotkey fan. I use too much different software and I end up confusing myself eventually.

ironbelly · Sep 2015

All I know is I use a lot of alt-shift-5 in Google Docs. Strikethrough baby! Getting STUFF DONE.

That and a lot of ctrl-z, because you know...

Bartalon · Sep 2015

Here are some of my favorite Maya hotkeys. Most stuff is crammed around QWER so I don't have to move my hand very far, very often:

Alt + D : Delete history (on selected object only)
Shift + Q : Toggle Wireframe on Shaded
Ctrl + Q : Toggle Selection Highlighting
Alt + Q : Delete most recent construction history node:

{
    int $top;
    int $selMode = `selectMode -q -o`; //object mode or component mode
    string $select[] = `ls -sl`;
    string $history[];
    string $shape[];
    if (`selectMode -q -component`) {
        $shape = stringArrayRemoveDuplicates(listRelatives("-s","-f","-p",`ls -l -sl`));
    }
    else {
        $shape = stringArrayRemoveDuplicates(listRelatives("-s","-f",$select));
    }
    if (`size $shape` == 0) { error "Cannot find shape related to history."; } //error if fails
    string $obj[] = `listRelatives -f -type "transform" -p $shape[0]`;
    if ($shape[0] == "") { $shape = `listRelatives -s -p`; }
    for ($s=0; $s<`size $shape`; ++$s) {
        $history = listHistory("-il",1, $shape[$s]); 
        if ($history[0] != "") {
            break; 
        }
    }
    for ($s=0; $s<`size $history`; ++$s) {
        select $history[$s];
        string $shapeCheck[] = `ls -typ "shape" -sl`;
        if ($shapeCheck[0] != "") { ++$top; }
        else { break; }
    }
    if (`objExists $history[$top]`) { delete $history[$top]; }
    select $select;
    if ($selMode != 1) { hilite -tgl $obj; }
}

Alt + F : Freeze Transformations
Alt + Shift + F : Freeze Transformations (except rotation)
Shift + S : Select Shell
Shift + 4 : Convert Selection to UVs
Shift + 3 : Move & Sew
Shift + 2 : Unfold UV tool
Shift + S: Smooth UV tool
Shift + 1 : Cut UV seam
Ctrl + 1 : Detach Component
A : Connect Component
Shift + A : To Edge Ring and Split
Ctrl + F : Fill Hole
Ctrl + Shift + F : Bridge
7 : Use No Lights (flat shading)
9 : Enable UV seams and colored backgrounds

{
    string $select[] = `ls -sl`;
    select -all;
    float $borderWidth[1] = `optionVar -q displayPolyBorderEdgeSize`; // gets border width
    polyOptions -displayMapBorder $option -sizeBorder $borderWidth[1]; // toggles borders

    textureWindow -edit -displaySolidMap 1 -ffc 0 0 0 .35 polyTexturePlacementPanel1;
    textureWindow -e -imageBaseColor .3 0.3 0.3 polyTexturePlacementPanel1;

    select $select;
}

0 : Disable UV seams and colored backgrounds

{
    string $select[] = `ls -sl`;
    select -all;
    float $borderWidth[1] = `optionVar -q displayPolyBorderEdgeSize`; // gets border width
    polyOptions -displayMapBorder $option -sizeBorder $borderWidth[1]; // toggles borders


    textureWindow -edit -displaySolidMap 0 polyTexturePlacementPanel1;



    select $select
}

Alt + C : Center Pivot
Alt + Shift + C : Set Pivot to Origin

    xform -a -ws -rp 0 0 0;
    xform -a -ws -sp 0 0 0;

Alt + 1 : Soften Edge
Alt + 2 : Harden Edge
Alt + 3 : Flip Normals
Ctrl + U : Unlock Normals
Alt + ` : Isolate Selection
Shift + ` : Delete Edge/Vertex
2 : Multi selection mode
Ctrl + B : Bevel
Shift + E : Extrude
Shift + W : Transform Component
F : Custom frame script

This script removes the smooth zoom-in and makes it instantaneous, like in Max. Additionally, if your Outliner is open, all groups are collapsed except for the ones that are part of your current selection. This helps keep your Outliner tidy when your are working in scenes with dozens of nested groups. Adjust the $fitDist value to change how close or far the camera is to your selection when framed.

{

    // original hotkey: Modeling Panel > FrameSelected
    float $fitDist = 0.5;
    string $select[];
    string $root[];

    if (`getPanel -up` == "outlinerPanel1") { FrameSelected; }
    else if (`getPanel -up` != "modelPanel1" && `getPanel -up` != "modelPanel2" && `getPanel -up` != "modelPanel3" && `getPanel -up` != "modelPanel4") {
        FrameSelected;
    }
    else {
        $select = `ls -sl`;
        if (`size $select` == 0) { viewFit -f $fitDist; }
        else {
            for ($r=0; $r<`size $select`; ++$r) {
                $root = listRelatives("-f","-p",$select[$r]);
                if ($root[0] != "") { 
                    if (`panel -ex outlinerPanel1`) {
                //resets Outliner & collapses all groups
                        outlinerEditor -edit -sortOrder dagName outlinerPanel1; 
                        string $cmd = "outlinerEditor -edit -sortOrder none outlinerPanel1;";
                        evalDeferred -lp $cmd;
                //reveals selection & frames
                        string $expand = "outlinerEditor -e -sc 1 outlinerPanel1;";
                        evalDeferred -lp $expand;
                        viewFit -f $fitDist;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                else { viewFit -f $fitDist; break; }
            }
        }
    }
    filterUIClearFilter outlinerPanel1;
}

Favorite Hotkeys and Preferences?

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