Motive Hotkeys

For Motive 1.9 or above, Hotkeys can be customized from the Hotkey Editor pane under the Edit tab. Below chart lists Default Hotkeys that you can familiarize or customize for your own experience. Also, there are multiple unassigned hotkeys, which are not included in the chart below. Look through the options in Hotkey editor and assign Hotkeys of your own control to speed up the workflow.

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Default Hotkey

File

New Project

CTRL + N

Open

CTRL + O

Save Project

CTRL + S

Save Project As

CTRL + Shift + S

Export Tracking Data

CTRL + Shift + Alt + S

Edit

Undo

Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Alt+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y, Ctrl+Shift+Z

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)

Follow Selected

G

Zoom to Fit Selection

F

Zoom to Fit All

Shift + F

Create Rigid Body From Selected

Ctrl+T

Reset Tracking

Crtl+R

Jog Timeline

J or Alt + Left Click

Project Pane

Remove Session

Delete

Create Empty Take

Insert

Remove From Project (Take)

Delete

paste shots as empty take from clipboard

Ctrl+V

Timeline Pane

Toggle Live/Edit Mode

~

Again+

+

Record

Space

Rewind (Jump To First Frame)

Ctrl + Left Arrow

PageTimeBackward (Ten Frames)

Down Arrow

StepTimeBackward (One Frame)

Left Arrow

StartStopPlayback (Play/Pause)

Space

StepTimeForward (One Frame)

Right Arrow

PageTimeForward (Ten Frames)

Up Arrow

FastForward (Jump to Last Frame)

Ctrl + Right Arrow

Editor - Delete Selected Keys

Delete

Show All

Shift + F

Frame To Selected

F

Zoom to Fit All

Shift + F

Labeling Mode - ToogleQuickSelect

D

Reference View Pane

Zoom to Fit All

Shift + F

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