Contact Sheet Shortcuts
If you have only one photo selected you can use the arrow keys to move the selection around.
Copy item | y |
Edit in default editor | e |
Upload photo via FTP | u |
Turn tag on | + |
Turn tag off | - |
Toggle tag on/off | t |
Toggle Selection and Loupe cursor modes | z |
Set Star Rating (if configured in Prefs) | 1 thru 5 |
Set Color Class (if configured in Prefs) | 1 thru 8 |
Remove Color Class or Star Rating (if conf. in Prefs) | 0 |
Select and scroll to last previewed item | l |
Save | s |
Rotate counter-clockwise 90° | [ |
Rotate clockwise 90° | ] |
Rename | M or Return |
Preview | Space |
Play/Stop any sounds | a |
Open Metadata (IPTC) Info | i |
Move to previous Contact Sheet tab | ⌘-{ |
Move to next Contact Sheet tab | ⌘-} |
Close current tab | ⌘-w |
Close all tabs except current | Ctrl-Opt-⌘-w |
Preview Window Shortcuts
Close Preview window | Esc or ⌘-w |
Move back/forward one item | ←, → |
Scroll thumbnails by page | ↑, ↓, PgUp, PgDn |
Delete current item | Delete or Backspace |
Toggle "View crop mode" on/off | p |
Turn zoom on/off | z or * |
Increase zoom | + |
Decrease zoom | - |
Toggle lost shadow detail | n |
Toggle blown highlights | b |
Link the two previews | l |
One up view | o |
2-up view (landscape) | v |
2-up view (portraits) | h |
Switch active preview pane in 2-up | Tab |
Full mode (toggles) | f |
Restore from full screen mode | r |
Swap items in 2-up view | g or / |
Set Color Class (if set in Prefs) | 1 thru 8 |
Set Star Rating (if set in Prefs) | 1 thru 5 |
Remove Star Rating or Color Class (if set in Prefs) | 0 |
Set Color Class | ⌘-1 thru ⌘-8 |
Remove Color Class | ⌘-0 |
Set Star Rating | Ctrl-1 thru Ctrl-5 |
Remove Star Rating | Ctrl-0 |
Toggle tag on/off | T or . (period) |
Upload | u |
Toggle crop tool | c or x |
Remove crop | Opt-c |
Rotate counter-clockwise 90° | [ |
Rotate clockwise 90° | ] |
Play/Stop audio sounds | a |
Metadata (IPTC) Info | i |
Add to selected items | w |
Deselect | d |
Copy | y |
Rename | m |
Edit | e |
Save | s |
Panning cursor | Space or Opt |
Pan in the zoomed mode | Opt-↑, ↓,←, → |
Pan faster in the zoomed mode | Shift-Opt-↑, ↓,←, → |
Zoom in and out | Opt-scroll |
Zoom in and center on click | ⌘-click |
Metadata (IPTC) Template Shortcuts
Clear all fields | ⌘-Del |
Load IPTC template | ⌘-Opt-l (lowercase L) |
Save IPTC template | ⌘-Opt-s |
Show Job/User/Client dialog | ⌘-Opt-j |
Show/Hide Variables window | ⌘-Opt-v |
Apply to selected items | ⌘-Opt-a |
Accept changes and close Pad | ⌘-Return |
Metadata (IPTC) Info Shortcuts
Save changes and go to next | ⌘-] or ⌘-n |
Go to next without saving | ⌘-Shift-] or ⌘-Shift-n |
Save changes and go to previous | ⌘-[ or ⌘-b |
Go back to the previous without saving | ⌘-Shift-[ or ⌘-Shift-b |
Save, send to Uploader, and go to next | ⌘-u |
Copy all IPTC field data to clipboard | ⌘-Shift-c |
Paste clipboard into IPTC fields | ⌘-Shift-v |
Save changes and close dialog | ⌘-Return |
Clear all fields based on Clear mask | ⌘-Delete |
Load a .IPT or .XMP file | ⌘-Opt-l (lowercase L) |
Show Job/User/Client dialog | ⌘-Opt-j |
Save all as a .IPT or .XMP file | ⌘-Opt-s |
Apply the Metadata (IPTC) Template | ⌘-Opt-c |
Open Variables window | ⌘-Opt-v |
Play the associated sound file | ⌘-Opt-a |
Add Color Class | ⌘-1 thru 8 |
Remove Color Class | ⌘-0 |
Add Star rating | Ctrl-1 thru 5 |
Remove Star rating | Ctrl-0 |
Toggle tag on/off | ⌘-t |
Enlarge the thumbnail | Ctrl-z |
Slide Show Shortcuts
Exit Slide Show | Esc |
Advance to next item | Space or → |
Show previous item | Backspace or ← |
Dismiss item from Slide Show | Delete or d |
Tag item | + |
Untag item | - |
Toggle tag | t |
Set Color Class | 1 thru 8 |
Remove Color Class | 0 |
Pause slide show if on Auto | CapsLock |
Toggle fullscreen on/off | f |
Menu Shortcuts
Application Menu
Preferences | ⌘-, (comma) |
Hide Photo Mechanic | ⌘-h |
Hide other applications | ⌘-Opt-h |
Quit Photo Mechanic | ⌘-q |
File Menu
Edit Menu
Undo | ⌘-z |
Redo | ⌘-Shift-z |
Cut | ⌘-x |
Copy | ⌘-c |
Paste | ⌘-v |
Take Metadata (IPTC) Snapshot | ⌘-Opt-c |
Paste Metadata (IPTC) Snapshot | ⌘-Opt-v |
Find | ⌘-f |
Find and Replace | ⌘-Shift-f |
Search using Spotlight | ⌘-Opt-f |
Select all | ⌘-a |
Deselect all | ⌘-d |
Select tagged items | ⌘-t |
Select rotated items | ⌘-Shift-r |
Select others (invert selection) | ⌘-Shift-o |
Select Color Class 1-8 | ⌘-Ctrl-1 thru 8 |
Select anything with a Color Class | ⌘-Ctrl-9 |
Select items with no Color Class | ⌘-Ctrl-0 |
Select Star Rating 1-5 | ⌘-Opt-1 thru 5 |
Select anything Star Rated | ⌘-Opt-6 |
Select anything not Star Rated | ⌘-Opt-0 |
Set Code Replacements | ⌘-Ctrl-c |
Reload Code Replacements | Shift-⌘-Ctrl-c |
Enter special characters | ⌘-Opt-t |
Image Menu
Metadata (IPTC) Template | ⌘-i |
Apply Metadata Template | ⌘-Shift-i |
Keywords panel | ⌘-k |
Structured Keywords panel | ⌘-Opt-k |
Rotate counter-clockwise 90° | ⌘-[ |
Rotate clockwise 90° | ⌘-] |
Tag photos | ⌘-+ |
Untag | ⌘-- (minus) |
Preview | ⌘-r |
Edit items | ⌘-e |
Slide Show | ⌘-L |
Set Color Class | ⌘-1 thru ⌘-8 |
Remove Color Class | ⌘-0 |
Set Star Rating | Ctrl-1 thru Ctrl-5 |
Remove Star Rating | Ctrl-0 |
View Menu
Toggle combined RAW+JPEG | ⌘-j |
View all | F1 |
View selected | F2 |
View tagged | F3 |
View untagged | F4 |
Refresh | F5 |
Rescan Contact Sheet | ⌘-/ |
Show/Hide Info tooltips | ⌘-Shift-t |
Show images by star rating | ⌘-Shift-F1, |
Show images by color rating | ⌘-Control-F1, ⌘-Control-F2, etc |
Show images with no color rating | ⌘-Control-F9 |
Tools Menu
Apply rotation to JPEGs | ⌘-Ctrl-r |
Window Menu (for Macs)
Select previous tab | ⌘-{ |
Select next tab | ⌘-} |
Organizer shortcuts (Photo Mechanic Plus only)
Include Selected Items (add to catalog) Remove Selected Items (delete from catalog) Add the selected items to the selected collection | ⌘-Ctrl-a ⌘-Ctrl-s ⌘-b |