Motive HotKeys

Hotkeys can be viewed and customized from the Application Settings panel. The below chart lists only the commonly used hotkeys. There are also other hotkeys and unassigned hotkeys, which are not included in the chart below. For a complete list of hotkey assignments, please check the Application Settings in Motive.

Function
Default Hotkey

File

Open File (TTP, CAL, TAK, TRA, SKL)

CTRL + O

Save Current Take

CTRL + S

Save Current Take As

CTRL + Shift + S

Export Tracking Data from current (or selected) TAKs

CTRL + Shift + Alt + S

Basic

Toggle Between Live/Edit Mode

Shift + ~

Record Start / Playback start

Space Bar

Select All

CTRL + A

Undo

Ctrl + Z

Redo

Ctrl + Y

Cut

Ctrl + X

Paste

Ctrl + V

Layout

Calibrate Layout

Ctrl+1

Create Layout

Ctrl+2

Capture Layout

Ctrl+3

Edit Layout

Ctrl+4

Custom Layout [1...]

Ctrl+[5...9], Shift[1...9]

Perspective View Pane (3D)

Switch selected viewport to 3D perspective view.

1

Switch selected viewport to 2D camera view.

2

Show view angle from a selected camera or a Rigid Body

3

Open single viewport

Shift + 1

Open two viewports; splited horizontally.

Shift + 2

Open two viewports; splited vertically.

Shift + 3

Open four viewports.

Shift + 4

Perspective View Pane (3D)

Follow Selected

G

Zoom to Fit Selection

F

Zoom to Fit All

Shift + F

Reset Tracking

Crtl+R

View/hide Tracked Rays

"

View/hide Untracked Rays

Shift + "

Jog Timeline

Alt + Left Click

Create Rigid Body From Selected

Ctrl+T

Refresh Skeleton Asset

Ctrl + R with a Skeleton asset selected

Enable/Disable Asset Editing

T

Toggle Labeling Mode

D

Select Mode

Q

Translation Mode

W

Rotation Mode

E

Scale Mode

R

Camera Preview (2D)

Video Modes

  • U: Grayscale Mode

  • I: MJPEG Mode

  • O: Object Mode

Data Management Pane

Remove or Delete Session Folders

Delete

Remove Selected Take

Delete

paste shots as empty take from clipboard

Ctrl+V

Timeline / Graph View

Toggle Live/Edit Mode

~

Again+

+

Live Mode: Record

Space

Edit Mode: Start/stop playback

Space

Rewind (Jump to the first frame)

Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow

PageTimeBackward (Ten Frames)

Down Arrow

StepTimeBackward (One Frame)

Left Arrow

StepTimeForward (One Frame)

Right Arrow

PageTimeForward (Ten Frames)

Up Arrow

FastForward (Jump to the last frame)

Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow

To next gapped frames

Z

To previous gapped frames

Shift + Z

Graph View - Delete Selected Keys in 3D data

Delete when frame range is selected

Show All

Shift + F

Frame To Selected

F

Zoom to Fit All

Shift + F

Editing / Labeling Workflow

Apply smoothing to selected trajectory

X

Apply cubic fit to the gapped trajectory

C

Toggle Labeling Mode

D

To next gapped frame

Z

To previous gapped frame

Shift + Z

Enable/Disable Asset Editing

T

Select Mode

Q

Translation Mode

W

Rotation Mode

E

Scale Mode

R

Delete selected keys

DELETE

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