Selecting nodes, Grouping nodes, Macro shortcuts in the node view – Apple Shake 4 User Manual

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Appendix A

Keyboard Shortcuts and Hot Keys

Selecting Nodes

The following keyboard shortcuts let you select different ranges of nodes in the Node
View.

Grouping Nodes

The following keyboard shortcuts let you create and manage groups in the Node View.

Macro Shortcuts in the Node View

The following shortcuts let you create, open, and close macros in the Node View.

T

Turn on/off selected node thumbnails. If you haven’t yet created a
thumbnail (R), this does nothing.

C

Display the RGB channels for thumbnails.

A

Display the alpha channel of thumbnails.

Command

Description

Command

Description

Command-A or Control-A

Select all nodes.

Shift-A

Select all nodes attached to the current group.

!

All selected nodes are deactivated, all deactivated nodes are
activated.

Shift-U

Add all nodes upstream from the currently active nodes to the
active group.

Shift-D

Add all nodes downstream from the currently active nodes to the
active group.

Shift-Up Arrow

Add one upstream node to the current selection.

Shift-Down Arrow

Add one downstream node to the current selection.

Command

Description

G

Visually collapse selected nodes into one node. When saved out
again, they are remembered as several nodes. To ungroup the
nodes, press G again.

Shift-G

Temporarily activate Grid when moving nodes, or consolidate two
or more groups into a larger group.

Command-G or Control-G

Ungroup nodes.

Command

Description

Shift-M

Launch the MacroMaker with the selected nodes as the macro
body.

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