Cinema 4D Hotkeys

Cinema 4D is a powerful animation and rendering software that is used by many studios around the world. It’s a great choice for beginners because it has some really powerful features, but also allows you to take your skillset further if you want to specialize in a specific area such as lighting or rigging.

What is Cinema 4D?

Cinema 4D is a 3-dimensional graphics editor and animation program. It can be used to create visual effects, animated movies, or video games.

1. Cinema 4D is a 3D computer graphics software for creating animations, illustrations and models.
2. It’s used by professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, construction, film and video game industries.
3. The name “Cinema” comes from the word “cinematography”, which is the art or process of making motion pictures as well as their study.
4. There are many different types of licenses available for purchase.
5. You can use this software to create anything from architectural renderings to animated films or games.

Best Features:

• Voronoi fracturing: It’s a really cool way to turn rocks into realistic looking stones.
• Lattice tool: Allows you to create detailed models with just one click of the mouse by automatically generating geometry that can be manipulated and extruded easily.
• Single Grid Array: You can use this tool to style a surface quickly. For example, you can use the tool to style bricks which creates photorealistic brick patterns for any surface out there, making it possible to model retro buildings or even entire city blocks in less time than most people could do on their own without it.
• TurbulenceFD Integration: TurbulenceFD is a unique method of creating realistic smoke simulations which works similarly to how fluid dynamics functions in real life–by modeling fractionsal differential equations (FDEs) as linear.

Cinema 4D Hotkeys

Hotkey	Function
Ctrl + N	Open new project
Ctrl + O	Open existing project
Ctrl + S	Save project
Ctrl + Shift + S	Save current project with specified name
Shift + W	Close window or project
Ctrl + W	Close window
Ctrl + Shift + W	Close all projects
Ctrl + Q	Quit Cinema 4D Lite
Ctrl + X	Cut selection to clipboard
Ctrl + C	Copy selection to clipboard
Ctrl + V	Paste clipboard
Backspace	Delete object
Ctrl + A	Select all
Shift + A	Invert current selection
Ctrl + Shift + A	Deselect all
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Shift + Z	Undo last action
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + B	Open Render Settings
Ctrl + D	Open Project Settings
Ctrl + E	Open Preferences
Ctrl + I	Open Project Information
Shift + F1	Activate Object Manager
Shift + F2	Activate Materials Manager
Shift + F3	Open Timeline (Dope Sheet)
Shift + F4	Open Layer Manager
Shift + F5	Open Attributes Manager
Shift + F6	Open Picture Viewer
Shift + F7	Open Coordinates Manager
Shift + F8	Activate Content Browser
Shift + F9	Activate Structure Manager
Shift + F10	Open Console
Shift + F11	Open Script Manager
Shift + F12	Open Customize Commands
V	Open Heads Up Display pop-up
↑	Move selection upward
↓	Move selection downward
←	Move selection leftward
→	Move selection rightward
E	Move hotkey
R	Rotate hotkey
T	Scale hotkey
+	Zoom in
–	Zoom out
0	Rectangle selection hotkey
1	Hold to move camera
2	Hold to scale camera
3	Hold to rotate camera
4	Hold to move object
5	Hold to scale object
6	Hold to rotate object
7	Moves selected object only and not children
8	Lasson selection hotkey
9	Live selection hotkey
C	Convert parametric object to polygonal object
L	Toggle axis modification
P	Open pop-up menu
Q	Toggle parent generator
W	Use world or object coordinate system
Space	Toggles the active tool
Return	Toggle between points, edges, and polygons mode
Shift + F	Go to start of animation
Shift + G	Go to end of animation
Shift + M	Show modeling settings in Attribute Manager
Shift + Q	Enable quantizing
Shift + S	Enable component snapping
Shift + X	Toggle locked workplane
U	Open Polygon Selection pop-up
U~A	Align normals of current polygon selection
U~B	Select ring of points, edges, or polygons
U~F	Select all polygons within edge selection
U~I	Invert selection
U~K	Shrink selection of active mode
U~L	Select a loop of points, edges, or polygons
U~O	Optimize current project
U~Q	Selects the outline of a polygon
U~R	Reverse normals of current polygon selection
U~W	Select all connected components of object
U~X	Convert selection to another selection
U~Y	Grow selection of the active mode
Alt + R	Activate Interactive Render Region
Ctrl + R	Render active view
Ctrl + Shift + Y	Redo view changes
Ctrl + Shift + Z	Undo view changes
Alt + D	Show axis
Alt + V	Configure all views
Shift + V	Configure views
F1	Perspective view
F2	XZ view
F3	YZ view
F4	XY view
F5	All views
A	Redraw view
H	Frame geometry of project
O	Frame selected objects of project
S	Frame selected elements of project
N	Open Display pop-up
N~A	View project in Gouraud Shading mode
N~B	View project in Gouraud Shading mode with wireframe
N~C	View project in Quick Shading mode
N~D	View project in Quick Shading mode with wireframe
N~E	View project in Constant Shading mode
N~F	View project in Hidden Line mode with wireframe
N~G	View project in wireframe only mode
N~H	View project in wireframe mode
N~I	View project in isoparms mode
N~K	View project in box mode
N~L	View project in skeleton mode
N~O	Use Display tags
N~P	Use Backface Culling
N~Q	Use textures
N~R	View active objects in X-Ray
Ctrl + E	Open Timeline Preferences dialog
Ctrl + F	Go to previous keyframe
Ctrl + G	Go to next keyframe
Ctrl + O	Go to last keyframe
Ctrl + P	Go to first keyframe
Ctrl + U	Show filters in Timeline
Ctrl + F9	Activate automatic keyframing
Ctrl + Shift + O	Frame the last marker
Ctrl + Shift + P	Frame the first marker
Alt + A	Show all project elements automatically
Alt + F	Go to start of animation
Alt + G	Go to end of animation
Alt + H	Frame view to preview range
Alt + R	Activate ripple tool in timeline
F	Go to previous frame
G	Go to next frame
O	Frame view to current frame
Q	Create new key
R	Activate Region tool
S	Frame view to all selected keys/clips
X	Quantize all timeline interactions
F6	Play backwards
F7	Stop playback
F8	Play forwards
F9	Record position, scale, rotation of active objects
Shift + Alt + F3	Open Timeline (F-Curve)
Shift + N	Frame view to next marker
Shift + P	Frame view to previous marker
T	Use in Timeline panel
T~1	Set selected keys to auto tangents
T~2	Set selected keys to break tangents
T~3	Set selected keys tangents to zero angle
T~4	Set selected keys tangents to zero length
T~5	Set selected keys to clamp
T~6	Set selected keys to linear interpolation
T~7	Set selected keys to step interpolation
T~8	Set selected keys to soft interpolation type
T~9	Set selected keys to Ease Ease
T~I	Set selected keys to Ease In
T~O	Set selected keys to Ease Out
Tab	Change key, f-curve or motion mode
Ctrl + F	Display search bar in Object Manager
Ctrl + U	Show filters in Object Manager
Q	Toggle parent generator of selected object
Alt + G	Group objects
Shift + G	Expand object group
Alt	Hold to make new object parent object
Shift	Hold to make new object child object
Ctrl + N	Create new material
Ctrl + Shift + O	Load material library
Ctrl + Shift + N	Create new PBR material
Ctrl + F	Display search bar in Content Browser
C	Jump to Catalogs in Content Browser
D	Jump to Desktop in Content Browser
F	Jump to Favorites in Content Browser
H	Jump to Home in Content Browser
P	Jump to Presets in Content Browser
R	Jump to Recent Items in Content Browser
S	Jump to Search Results in Content Browser
U	Jump to Computer in Content Browser
Shift + R	Render active project in Picture Viewer
Ctrl + F	Display Picture Viewer fullscreen
A	Set A image in Picture Viewer
B	Set B image in Picture Viewer
F	Go to previous image
G	Go to next image
I	Set preview range start
O	Set preview range end
S	Swap AB image links in Picture Viewer
Space	Play forwards