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Shortcuts
There is a number of different shortcuts available in LightAct which should speed up your workflow.
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
Ctrl + N | New file |
Ctrl + O | Opens file |
Ctrl + S | Saves file |
Ctrl + Shift + S | Saves file as... |
Ctrl + I | Imports asset |
Ctrl + Q | Quits program |
Ctrl + C | Copy |
Ctrl + V | Paste |
Ctrl + Z | Undo |
Ctrl + Y | Redo |
Ctrl + A | Selects All |
Esc | Closes undocked hovered window or popup |
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
Mouse drag & number keys | Holding one of 1-4 numbers while dragging a viewport object with a texture (for example, a video screen) onto the viewport will automatically select the appropriate resolution. |
NumPad 0 | Resets the camera |
F | Focuses on the selected object |
Del | Deletes the selected object |
T | Translate gizmo mode |
R | Rotate gizmo mode |
E | Scale gizmo mode |
L | Shows object labels |
W | Toggles World/Local coordinate space |
Shift + drag | Duplicates object |
Shift + L | Locks or unlocks object |
Shift + F | Looks at source object of projector |
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
Drag to empty space on track | Creates layer on the track |
Shift + Drag to empty space on track | Creates layer on the track and shifts all affected layers on the track to the right |
Ctrl + Shift + Drag to empty space on track | Creates layer on the track and shifts all affected layers on the sequence to the right |
Drag to existing layer on track | Replaces the layer we dragged to with a new layer |
Shift + Drag to existing layer on track | Replaces the layer we dragged to with a new layer and adjusts the position of all layers on the right side of the track |
Ctrl + Shift + Drag to existing layer on track | Replaces the layer we dragged to with a new layer and adjusts the position of all layers on the right side of the sequence |
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
Shift + click Play button | Plays current and stops all other Timelines |
Shift + click Pause button | Pauses current and stops all other Timelines |
Shift + click Stop button | Stops all Timelines |
Double click on timeline | Creates a sequence |
Shift + mousewheel scroll | Scrolls Sequences section horizontally |
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
Double click on a sequence | Creates a blank layer |
L + left click | Creates a blank layer |
M + left click | Creates a marker |
Ctrl + . | Jumps to next marker |
Ctrl + , | Jumps to previous marker |
Shift + mousewheel scroll | Scrolls horizontally |
Ctrl + mousewheel scroll | Moves playhead for 1 frame |
Ctrl + Shift + mousewheel scroll | Moves playhead for 1 second |
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
Del | Deletes selected layer |
Shift + Del | Deletes selected layer and shifts track content to fill the gap |
Shift + Ctrl + Del | Deletes selected layer and shifts sequence content to fill the gap |
Every layer template, which you can edit in Template Editor window, can have a shortcut key assigned. LightAct comes with a number of predefined layer templates all of which have a shortcut key assigned. These are as described below, but please note that you might have changed some of them:
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
V + left click | Creates a video layer |
I + left click | Creates an image layer |
N + left click | Creates a Notch layer |
D + left click | Creates an NDI or Spout layer |
C + left click | Creates a color grid layer |
S + left click | Creates a solid color layer |
You can create layer or global variables by clicking on the plus icon in a particular group and selecting the type of variable you want to create. However, you can also hold one of the shortcuts below while clicking the plus icon and the variable of the corresponding type will be automatically created.
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
F | Creates a float variable |
I | Creates an integer variable |
B | Creates a boolean variable |
S | Creates a string (text) variable |
c | Creates a color variable |
t | Creates a texture variable |
2 | Creates a vec2 variable |
3 | Creates an vec3 variable |
r | Creates a resolution variable |
1 | Creates a canvas variable |
o | Creates an object variable |
d | Creates a device variable |
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
Ctrl + X | Cuts node |
Q | Straightens connections between selected nodes |
↑, →, ↓, ← | Moves selected node 1 step toward the chosen direction
Moves the selected point 1 step toward the chosen direction in the Setup Window of a node such as Texture Mask node and other similar ones. |
Ctrl +↑, Ctrl + →, Ctrl +↓, Ctrl + ← | Moves the selected point 10 steps toward the chosen direction in the Setup Window of a node such as Texture Mask node and other similar ones. |
Ctrl + Shift +↑, Ctrl + Shift + →, Ctrl + Shift + ↓, Ctrl + Shift + ← | Moves the selected point 100 steps toward the chosen direction in the Setup Window of a node such as Texture Mask node and other similar ones. |
Shift +↑,
Shift + →,
Shift + ↓,
Shift + ← | Selects the neighboring point in the Setup Window of a node such as Texture Mask node and other similar ones. |
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
Double click | Adds point |
Del | Removes selected point |
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
Ctrl + T | Toggles Always on top flag of an Output window (it needs to have focus for this to work). |
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Q | Closes Output window (it needs to have focus for this to work) |