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SynthEyes offers keyboard accelerators for menu entries, various control buttons, and Sizzle scripts, as described in the keyboard manager reference section.
Keyboard accelerators for menu operations are accessed with control-whatever on Windows and Linux, and command-whatever on macOS. So you'll see something like control/command-A meaning control-A on Windows/Linux, command-A on Mac.
Similarly, anything referring to the ALT key on Windows/Linux refers again to the command key on the Mac. ALT-left means hold down the ALT key and click the left mouse button; on a Mac use command with the left mouse button. Note that the Mac's Opt key is not used in SynthEyes; command is used instead.
You can change the keyboard accelerators from the keyboard manager, initiated with Edit/Edit Keyboard Map or by changing the keybd14.ini file in your File/User Data Folder.
Important! SynthEyes keyboard shortcuts are not remapped to account for non-US keyboard layouts. For example, on a German keyboard, where Y and Z are swapped versus US keyboards, the Undo command control-Z will appear as control-Y on the German keyboard. While it would certainly be less confusing if control-Z stayed as control-Z, the keyboard layout is largely chosen based on finger positions, especially ASDF. Given that, leaving the shortcuts in the same physical location makes the most sense!
Note that the tracker-related commands will work only from within the camera view, or when one is visible, so that you do not inadvertently corrupt a tracker.
On Windows, you can also use Windows’s ALT-whatever acceleration to access the menu bar, such as ALT-F-X to exit.
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