Cheatsheet

• PreviewPrevMany ("prev_prev_many")

  Go n-frames backward (cycling)

  • shift j

  • shift <left>

• PreviewPrev ("prev_prev")

  Go to the previous frame

  • j

  • <left>

• PreviewNextMany ("prev_next_many")

  Go n-frames forward (cycling)

  • shift l

  • shift <right>

• PreviewNext ("prev_next")

  Go to the next frame

  • l

  • <right>

• ClearLastRender ("clear_last_render")

  When compositing, delete the existing framebuffer

  • <backslash>

• ClearRenderedFrames ("clear_rendered_frames")

  Delete all the rendered frames on disk for this animation

  • shift <backslash>

• PlayRendered ("play_rendered")

  Play the rendered-to-disk version of this animation

  • shift <space>

• PlayPreview ("play_preview")

  Play the current animation as fast as possible, evaluating the code live

  • <space>

• RestartApp ("restart_app")

  Restart the app (a shortcut for when you’ve modified code that isn’t reloaded automatically on save)

  • cmd r

• Quit ("quit")

  Quit the app and stop the renderer completely (alias of hitting the window X or hitting Ctrl-C in the terminal)

  • q

• Release ("release")

  Trigger the custom release function (if there’s one defined in your code)

  • r

• Build ("build")

  Trigger the custom build function (if there’s one defined in your code)

  • b

• RenderAll ("render_all")

  Render all the frames in this animation to disk

  • a

• RenderOne ("render_one")

  Render just the current frame to disk

  • cmd a

• RenderWorkarea ("render_workarea")

  Render the workarea to disk (if a workarea is defined)

  • w

• ToggleMultiplex ("toggle_multiplex")

  Toggle multiplexing (multicore rendering) on and off

  • m

• OverlayInfo ("overlay_info")

  Turn on the “info” overlay

  • /

• OverlayRendered ("overlay_rendered")

  Turn on the “rendered” overlay (only used in the blender workflow for previewing a blender-rendered frame)

  • '

• PreviewScaleUp ("preview_scale_up")

  Enlarge the viewer

  • =

• PreviewScaleDown ("preview_scale_down")

  Shrink the viewer

  • -

• PreviewScaleMin ("preview_scale_min")

  Make the viewer as small as possible

  • cmd -

• PreviewScaleMax ("preview_scale_max")

  Make the viewer as large as possible

  • cmd =

• PreviewScaleDefault ("preview_scale_default")

  Make the viewer the standard size (100%)

  • cmd 0

• WindowOpacityDown ("window_opacity_down")

  Make the viewer more transparent

  • cmd <down>

• WindowOpacityUp ("window_opacity_up")

  Make the viewer less transparent

  • cmd <up>

• WindowOpacityMin ("window_opacity_min")

  Make the viewer as transparent as possible

  • cmd shift <down>

• WindowOpacityMax ("window_opacity_max")

  Make the viewer fully opaque

  • cmd shift <up>

• OpenInEditor ("open_in_editor")

  Open the currently-rendered file in your code editor

  • o

• ViewerSoloNone ("viewer_solo_none")

  View all defined renderables and animations

  • np0

  • 0

• ViewerSoloNext ("('viewer_solo_next',)")

  Solo the “next” animation/renderable in the file

  • cmd <right>

• ViewerSoloPrev ("('viewer_solo_prev',)")

  Solo the “previous” animation/renderable in the file

  • cmd <left>

• ViewerSolo1 ("viewer_solo_1")

  Solo the first animation/renderable in the file

  • np1

  • 1

• ViewerSolo2 ("viewer_solo_2")

  Solo the second animation/renderable in the file

  • np2

  • 2

• ViewerSolo3 ("viewer_solo_3")

  Solo the third animation/renderable in the file

  • np3

  • 3

• CopySVGToClipboard ("copy_svg_to_clipboard")

  Copy the current vector to the clipboard as SVG (can be pasted into Illustrator)

  • cmd c

• LoadNextInDirectory ("load_next_in_directory")

  If you have a directory of coldtype .py files, this will load the next one in the directory (alphabetically), so you can skip stopping and restarting the command-line process with different arguments

  • cmd alt <right>

• LoadPrevInDirectory ("load_prev_in_directory")

  If you have a directory of coldtype .py files, this will load the previous one in the directory (alphabetically), so you can skip stopping and restarting the command-line process with different arguments

  • cmd alt <left>