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>