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Katana Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Katana commonly used hot keys

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Node Graph

Tab
Displays node creation menu, filtering names by each character typed (* works)
K
Tab for shading nodes only
J
Go > Jump to bookmark - pan/zoom the display to the chosen item
F
Frame selected node / Frame entire nodegraph if nothing is selected
A
View All nodes
G
Group selected nodes in a single "­gro­up" node
U
Ungroup a group node
Ctrl + Enter
Go -> Enter selected group
Ctrl + Backspace
Go <- Back out of a group (or up one level)
D
Toggle the disabled state of the node
Q
Edit > Toggle expression link visibility
T
Displays the node type and comments
` (backtick)
Begin/End connec­tions between nodes
Delete
Delete selected node
X
Extract selected node
R
Replace selected node
Y
Align selected node
Alt + D
Disable multiple nodes
ESC
cancel rendering

Parameters

A (over CEL)
Appends SceneGraph Location to CEL
R (over CEL)
Replace SceneGraph Location
 

General

Ctrl + S
File -> Save
Ctrl + Shift + L
Save all live groups
Ctrl + Z
Edit -> Undo
Ctrl + R
Edit -> Redo
Esc
Cancels Renders
P
Render -> Render View Node
Ctrl + Shift + P
Live Render
\ (Backs­lash)
Render -> Re-Render Previous
Alt + MMB Drag
Pans any scrollable area
Spacebar
Maximizes Panels w/focus (Excep­tion: monitor panel will cycle through 2 renders)
Ctrl + Spacebar
Maximizes Monitor Panel
Spacebar on Tab
Maximizes all windows
Ctrl Tab
Cycles through tabs
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To recover autosaved files
Ctrl + B
Sticky drag

Monitor

R/G/B/A/Y
Toggle channels / luminance
C
RGB channels restored
Tab
Toggles between Monito­r/C­atalog
Ctrl + Spacebar
Maximizes Monitor Panel
F
Fit images to monitor window
Home
Reset to 1:1
Ctrl + Left click drag
Pixel probe
Alt + Up arrow/Down arrow
Adjust gamma
 

Lights & Render Panel

A
Add lights and filters
C
Create new comp
R
Create new render

Viewer

Tab
Cycle through light manipu­laters
G
Toggles grid on/off
RMB (drag left/r­ight)
Zooms
Backspace
History backward
Shift Backspace
History forward
T
Black background displayed
Alt + T
Grey background displayed

NOTES:

Additional Hotkeys: