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Photo Mechanic Shortcuts PC

The document provides keyboard shortcuts for navigating and performing actions in photo management software. It includes shortcuts for toggling tags, ratings, and color labels as well as navigating between images, editing metadata, and performing bulk operations. Navigation and selection can be done using keys or trackpad gestures while viewing thumbnails or fullscreen previews.

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Topics covered

  • FTP upload,
  • item saving,
  • color class,
  • crop tool,
  • rescan,
  • full screen mode,
  • item scrolling,
  • IPTC info,
  • slide show,
  • search functions
0% found this document useful (0 votes)
621 views7 pages

Photo Mechanic Shortcuts PC

The document provides keyboard shortcuts for navigating and performing actions in photo management software. It includes shortcuts for toggling tags, ratings, and color labels as well as navigating between images, editing metadata, and performing bulk operations. Navigation and selection can be done using keys or trackpad gestures while viewing thumbnails or fullscreen previews.

Uploaded by

Chris Efstathiou
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topics covered

  • FTP upload,
  • item saving,
  • color class,
  • crop tool,
  • rescan,
  • full screen mode,
  • item scrolling,
  • IPTC info,
  • slide show,
  • search functions

Contact Sheet Turn tag on +

Turn tag off -


Option
Key ⌥ Toggle tag on/off t

Command Open IPTC Info i



Key
Toggle Selection/Loupe cursor z
Shift Key ⇧
Preview Space
Control
Ctrl
Key Set Star Rating* 1 through 5
Return Set Color Class* 1 through 8
Key

Remove Color or Star* 0 (zero)
Alt Key Alt
Select and scroll to last item l

Copy item y

Edit in default editor e

Save s

Rotate anti-clockwise 90⁰ [

Rotate clockwise 90⁰ ]

Rename m or Return

Play/stop any sounds a

Upload photo via FTP u

Move to previous Contact Sheet Ctrl →

Move to next Contact Sheet Ctrl ←

IPTC Stationary Pad


Clear all fields Ctrl-Delete

Load IPTC template Ctrl-Alt-i

Save IPTC template Ctrl-Alt- s

Show Job/User/Client dialog Ctrl-Alt- j

Show/hide Variables window Ctrl-Alt-v

Apply to selected items Ctrl-Alt-a

Accept changes and close Stationary


Ctrl-Return (↵)
Pad

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IPTC Info Save changes & go to next image Alt-[ OR Ctrl-n

Go to next image without saving Alt-⇧-] OR Ctrl-⇧-n

Save changes & go to previous image Alt-[ OR Alt-b

Go back to previous image without saving Alt-⇧-[ OR Ctrl-⇧-b

Save, send to Uploader & go to next image Alt-u

Copy all IPTC field data to clipboard Ctrl-⇧-c

Paste clipboard into IPTC fields Ctrl-⇧-v

Save changes & close dialog Ctrl-Enter

Clear all fields based on Clear mask Ctrl-Delete

Load a .IPT or .XMP file Ctrl-Alt-l

Save all as a .IPT or .XMP file Ctrl-Alt-s

Apply the IPTC Stationary Pad Ctrl-Alt-c

Open Variables window Ctrl-Alt-v

Play the associated sound file Ctrl-Alt-a

Add Color Class Ctrl-1 through 8

Remove Color Class Ctrl-0


Add Star Rating Alt-1 through 5
Remove Star Rating Alt-0 (zero)
Enlarge the thumbnail Alt-z

Slide Show Advance to next image Space or →


Return to previous image Backspace or ←
Remove image from Slide Show Delete or d
Tag image +
Untag image -
Toggle tag on/off t
Set Color Class 1 through 8
Remove Color Class 0 (zero)
Toggle fullscreen f
Exit Slide Show Esc
Pause Slide Show during Auto play CapsLock

2
Preview Window
Alt-1 through
Set Star Rating
Alt-5
Close Preview Window Esc or Alt-w
Remove Star Rating Alt-0 (zero)
Move back/forward one image ←, →

↑, ↓, PgUp, Toggle tag on/off t or . (period)


Scroll thumbnails by page
PgDn

Upload u
Delete or
Delete current item
Backspace Toggle crop tool x

Remove crop ⇧-x


Toggle rendering quality (RAW/JPEG) q
Rotate anti-clockwise
[
Turn zoom on/off z or * 90⁰

Increase zoom +
Rotate clockwise 90⁰ ]
Decrease zoom -
Play/Stop audio
a
Toggle shadow n sounds

Toggle highlight b IPTC Info i

Link the two previews l


Add to selected items w
One up view o
Deselect d
2-up view (horizontal) v

2-up view (vertical) h Copy y

Switch active pane in 2-up Tab Rename m

Toggle color management c Edit e

Full screen mode on/off f Save s

Restore from full screen more r


Panning Cursor Space or ⇧

Swap items in 2-up view g or / Pan in the zoomed


⇧-↑, ↓, ←, →
mode
Set Color Class* 1 through 8
Pan faster in the ⇧-Ctrl-↑, ↓, ←,
Set Star Rating* 1 through 5 zoomed mode →

Remove Star or Color* 0 (zero)


+ and keypad -
Zoom in and out
+
Set Color Class Ctrl-1 through 8
Zoom in and center on Ctrl+ left
Remove Color Class Ctrl-0 click mouse click

3
File Menu New Contact Sheet window Ctrl-Alt-n

New Contact Sheet tab Ctrl-n

Open Contact Sheet Ctrl-o

Close Contact Sheet tab/window Ctrl-w

Close window Ctrl-Alt-w

Ingest Ctrl-g

Live Ingest Ctrl-Alt-g

Live Slide Show Ctrl-Alt-i

Rename Photos Ctrl-m

Copy items Ctrl-y

Delete Ctrl-Delete

Save As Ctrl-s

Burn items to disc Ctrl-b

Send items by email Ctrl-Alt-e

FTP Ctrl-u

Upload Ctrl-Alt-u

Export Ctrl-Alt-x

Page Setup Ctrl-Alt-p

Print Ctrl-p

View Menu
Toggle combined RAW+JPEG Ctrl-j

View all F1

View selected F2

View tagged F3

View untagged F4

Refresh F5

Rescan Contact Sheet Ctrl- /

Show/hide info tooltips Ctrl-⇧-t

4
Edit Menu Undo Ctrl-z
Redo Ctrl-⇧-z
Cut Ctrl-x
Copy Ctrl-c
Paste Ctrl-v
Take IPTC Snapshot Alt- c
Paste IPTC Snapshot Alt- v
Find Ctrl-f
Find and Replace Ctrl-⇧-f
Search using Spotlight Ctrl-Alt- f
Select all Ctrl-a
Deselect all Ctrl-d
Select tagged items Ctrl-t
Select rotated items Ctrl-⇧-r
Invert selection Ctrl-⇧-o
Select Color Class 1-8 Ctrl-⇧-1 through 8

Select anything with a Color Class Ctrl-⇧-9

Select items with no Color Class Ctrl-⇧-0 (zero)

Select Star Rating 1-5 Alt-⇧-1 through 5

Select anything with a Star Rating Alt-⇧-6

Select anything without a Star


Alt-⇧-0 (zero)
Rating

Set Code Replacements Ctrl-Alt-c


Reload Code Replacements ⇧-Ctrl-Alt-c

Application Menu Preferences Ctrl- , (comma)


Hide Photo Mechanic Ctrl-q

5
Image Menu IPTC Stationary Pad Ctrl-i

Apply Stationary Pad Ctrl-⇧-i

Keywords panel Ctrl-k

Structured keywords panel Ctrl-⇧- k

Rotate anti-clockwise 90⁰ Alt-[

Rotate clockwise 90⁰ Alt-]

Tag photos Ctrl- NumLock- +

Untag Ctrl- -

Preview Ctrl-r

Edit items Ctrl-e

Slide Show Ctrl-l

Set Color Class Ctrl-1 through Ctrl-8

Remove Color Class Ctrl-0 (zero)

Set Star Rating Alt-1 through Alt-5

Remove Star Rating Alt-0 (zero)

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