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Tips and tricks

Habits that save time once you know them. Each tip is one gesture or one key, with a link to the page that explains it in full. If a tip and a task page ever seem to disagree, the task page is right.

Anywhere in ShotWork

  • Drag any number. Drag sideways across any number field to change it; the middle button does the same, and works over a dropdown too. Hold Shift for finer steps, or Ctrl for coarser ones. One drag is one undo step. See Mouse and modifiers.
  • Hotkeys work without clicking the viewer first. I, O, Space and the other marking keys work from anywhere in the window. Typing in a text field is still typing. See Hotkeys.
  • Undo from a number field. Ctrl+Z in a spin box undoes your last change to the shot selects or reel. In a text field such as Name or Tags, it undoes your typing first. See Undo.
  • Wheel a number without flooding undo. Wheel notches that follow each other quickly on a spin box count as one undo step. See Undo.
  • Find what a key does. In Settings › Remap Hotkeys…, type the key into the filter, for example ctrl+s, and only the action using it stays in the list. See Hotkeys.
  • Recent files come back with their drive. A file on a drive you unplugged drops out of File › Open Recent and returns when the drive does. See Documents and tabs.
  • F1 answers about what is under the pointer. It opens the page for the panel or control the pointer is over, or the focused one, and the front page of this site when nothing else fits. Help › Documentation always opens the site itself. See The Help menu.

By task

  • Marking faster: reviewing detected shots from the keyboard, marking while playing, and describing many shots at once.
  • Cutting faster: the modifier keys that change an edit, selecting from the keyboard, and music by hand.
  • Templates and the Library, faster: resizing and nudging in the template editor, and the Library window's shortcuts.