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The current shortcut list can also always be opened directly from PIXERA.
This can be found in PIXERA → Settings → Help → Show Shortcuts.
Global
| Ctrl + o | Open project |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Space | Toggle selected timeline transport: play/pause |
| Ctrl + Tab | Toggle main tabs |
| Mousewheel | Scroll vertical |
| Shift + Mousewheel | Scroll horizontal |
| Alt (while dragging value) | Change value in finer steps |
| Alt (while dragging the scrollbar on the timeline) | Scroll in finer steps |
| End (during PIXERA startup) | Load new project on startup of PIXERA |
| Ctrl + 9 | Toggle on screen statistics |
| F2 | Rename selected element |
| F5 | Activates all assigned outputs |
| Shift + Esc | Deactivates all assigned outputs |
Timeline
| Del | Delete selected content |
| + OR - | Horizontal zoom to nowpointer |
| ◄ Left OR ► Right | Move nowpointer to next frame |
| Shift + ◄ Left OR ► Right | Move nowpointer to next snapping coordinate (eg: keyframe or clip) |
| Alt + ◄ Left OR ► Right | Move nowpointer to next clipborder |
| Ctrl + ▲ Up / ▼ Down / ◄ Left / ► Right | Move selected content (up/down is intended for keyframe control) |
| Ctrl + Alt + ▲ Up / ▼ Down / ◄ Left / ► Right | Move selected content finer steps (up/down is intended for keyframe control) |
| S | Store dominant values |
| Alt + S | Store dominant values and remove other keys |
| Esc | Clear dominant values |
| R | Reset selected keyframe to default value |
| J | Toggle keyframe joint kind (line corner, Bezier curve, Bezier corner) |
| N | Creates a keyframe, cue, or clip at the now pointer position, depending on the selected content type (Only works when a keyframe, cue, or clip is selected.) |
| , | Jump to previous cue |
| . | Jump to next cue |
| Ctrl + Mousewheel | Horizontal zoom to nowpointer |
| Alt + +/- | Horizontal zoom to mouse position |
| Alt + Ctrl+ Mousewheel | Horizontal zoom to mouse position |
| ▲ Up / ▼ Down | Vertical scroll |
| Alt + ▲ Up / ▼ Down | Vertical scroll finer step |
| C | Horizontal scroll to nowpointer |
| Home | Horizontal scroll to beginning |
| End | Horizontal scroll to end of last clip/cue |
| I | Create opacity fade in on selected clip |
| O | Create opacity fade out on selected clip |
| Shift + I / O | Create opacity fade in/out in selected clips at nowpointer |
| Shift (while change layer/node/parameter height) | Change height of all related elements |
| Shift (while open/close layer/node/parameter) | Open/close all related elements |
| Shift (while dragging clip) | Copy clip |
| Shift (while dragging clip border) | Change clip duration while conserving relative keyframe positions |
| Shift (while dragging keyframe) | Move keyframe with locked time or value |
| Alt (while dragging clip/keyframe) | Move clip/keyframe in finer steps |
| Double Click | Create layer (mouse under all existing layers), clip (mouse over layer), keyframe (mouse over clip), cue (mouse over cue layer) |
| Shift + Double Click | Same as double-click but create at nowpointer instead of at mouse position |
| Alt + R | Toggle record mode |
| U | Cut selected container on current now pointer position. |
| Enter | Start timeline time input |
| NumPad Numbers | Start timeline time input |
3D Workspace
General 3D Workspace
| D | Dive into inner compositing or softedge / leave inner compositing or softedge |
| G | Show ground grid |
| Ctrl + E | Toggle mesh modifier editing |
| Del | Delete selected content |
| Shift + MouseDragging | Enter/toggle axis constraints and snapping |
| Shift + ▲ Up / ▼ Down / ◄ Left / ► Right | Move selected content (inner compositing) |
| Ctrl + W | Render wireframe overlay |
| O (+ Shift) | Reset selected control points (+Shift: reset all control points) of current modifier |
| Ctrl + Alt + A | Align projectors using current auto transform editor settings |
| X | Keep look-at point locked during movement. (Hold button when moving projector in workspace) |
| F4 | Toggle selection mode |
| Shift + Tab | Toggle selection mode |
Preview Camera
| 1 TO 5 | Switch between preview cameras 1 - 5 |
| MiddleMouseButton + MouseDragging | Pan |
| Alt + MouseDragging | Pan |
| Alt + MiddleMouseButton + MouseDragging | Orbit |
| Alt + Shift + MouseDragging | Orbit |
| Ctrl + Alt + MiddleMouseButton | Zoom |
| Ctrl + Alt + MouseDragging | Zoom |
| Mousewheel ( + Shift) | Zoom (+Shift: zoom with finer steps) |
| R | Reset camera |
| Ctrl + R (compositing mode) | adopt selected camera orientation |
Warp / Softedge / Marker
| ▲ Up / ▼ Down / ◄ Left / ► Right | Move selected FFD / Vertex / marker position by 1 pixel |
| Shift + ▲ Up / ▼ Down / ◄ Left / ► Right | Move selected FFD / Vertex / marker position by 10 pixels |
| Alt + ▲ Up / ▼ Down / ◄ Left / ► Right | Change selection to next point |
| Alt + Shift + ▲ Up / ▼ Down / ◄ Left / ► Right | Add to current selection |
| D | Toggle dive into softedge |
| Del | Delete selected content (softedge) |
| Shift + MouseDragging | Enter/Toggle axis constraints and snapping |
| O | Reset selected control points |
| Shift+ O | Reset all control points of current modifier |
| Ctrl + ▲ Up / ▼ Down | Only Vertex modifier, increase/decrease control point soft selection radius (press and hold ≥2 seconds for visible effect) |
| Ctrl + 0 | Only Vertex modifier, reset control point soft selection radius |
| M | Show projector mapping in workspace |
Gizmo
| Q | Activate Gizmo for movement |
| W | Activate Gizmo for rotation |
| E | Activate Gizmo for scale |
| P | Reset Gizmo |
| B | Toggles bounding box alignment between world or local axes for the current selection |
Node UI (Control / Output Routing)
| Mousewheel | Zoom |
| ◄ Left | Scroll left |
| ► Right | Scroll right |
| ▲ Up | Scroll up |
| ▼ Down | Scroll down |
| + / - | Zoom in/out |
| R | Reset view |
| N | Ensure node visibility |
| H | Hide nodes unconnected to selected |
| Alt + H | Un-hide all |
| G | Group align selected nodes |
| A | Select all |
| Alt + A | Deselect all |
| I | Invert selection |
| Ctrl + + | Extend selection |
| Ctrl + ► Right | Extend selection to the right |
| Ctrl + ◄ Left | Extend Selection to the left |
PIXERA 25.3 | 8. August 2025 | F.E | J.B. | S.H.