45 Basic Toon Boom Harmony Shortcuts for Windows and Mac

Simplify your 2D and 3D Toon Boom Harmony animated projects with these basic shortcuts for Windows and macOS

Toon Boom Harmony is a 2D animation tool that has become essential in television and film productions. You can make characters look realistic in a couple of clicks.

The tool offers a wide range of possibilities and resources. Advanced versions also have 3D options. Several Disney movies and famous series, such as The Simpsons, are created using Toon Boom Harmony. Highly intuitive, it is the leading software to create animations and bring stories to life.

If you use this software frequently or are just getting started, the following basic shortcuts will come in handy:

On Windows

- Acquire from TWAIN → Ctrl + Shift + S
- Add Frame After Selection → Ctrl + H
- Add Frame Before Selection → Ctrl + G
- Advanced Save → Ctrl + Shift + S
- Auto Render → Ctrl + Alt + R
- Cancel Preview → Shift + Esc
- Copy → Ctrl + C
- Create Empty Drawing → Alt + Shift + R
- Cut → Ctrl + X
- Delete → Del
- Deselect All → Esc
- Duplicate Drawings → Alt + Shift + D
- Export Images → Ctrl + Shift + Y
- First Frame → <
- Free Pan and Zoom → Space
- Go to Next Column → J
- Go to Next Drawing → G
- Go to Previous Column → H
- Go to Previous Drawing→ F
- Increase Exposure → +
- Decrease Exposure → -
- Invert Selection → Ctrl + Shift + I
- Last Frame → >
- New Scene→ Ctrl + N
- Next Frame → period (.)
- Open → Ctrl + O
- Paste → Ctrl + V
- Paste Special → Ctrl + B
- Paste Cycle → Ctrl + /
- Preferences → Ctrl + U
- Previous Frame → comma (,)
- Quick Close-up → Shift + Z
- Redo → Ctrl + Shift + Z
- Rename Drawings → Ctrl + D
- Reset Rotation → Shift + X
- Reset View → Shift + M
- Save → Ctrl + S
- Select All → Ctrl + A
- Select Child → Shift + B
- Select Parent → B
- Toggle Full Screen → Ctrl + F
- Toggle Playback → Shift + Return
- Undo → Ctrl + Z
- Zoom In → 2
- Zoom Out → 1

On macOS

- Acquire from TWAIN → Shift + ⌘ + S
- Add Frame After Selection → ⌘ + H
- Add Frame Before Selection → ⌘ + G
- Advanced Save → Shift + ⌘ + S
- Auto Render → ⌘ + Alt + R
- Cancel Preview → Shift + Esc
- Copy → ⌘ + C
- Create Empty Drawing → Alt + Shift + R
- Cut → ⌘ + X
- Delete → Backspace
- Deselect All → Esc
- Duplicate Drawings → Alt + Shift + D
- Export Images → Ctrl + Shift + Y
- First Frame → <
- Free Pan and Zoom → Space
- Go to Next Column → J
- Go to Next Drawing → G
- Go to Previous Column → H
- Go to Previous Drawing→ F
- Increase Exposure → +
- Decrease Exposure → -
- Invert Selection → ⌘ + Shift + I
- Last Frame → >
- New Scene→ ⌘ + N
- Next Frame → period (.)
- Open → ⌘ + O
- Paste → ⌘ + V
- Paste Special → ⌘ + B
- Paste Cycle → ⌘ + /
- Preferences → ⌘ + U
- Previous Frame → comma (,)
- Quick Close-up → Shift + Z
- Redo → Ctrl + Shift + Z
- Rename Drawings → ⌘ + D
- Reset Rotation → Shift + X
- Reset View → Shift + M
- Save → ⌘ + S
- Select All → ⌘ + A
- Select Child → Shift + B
- Select Parent → B
- Toggle Full Screen → ⌘ + F
- Toggle Playback → Shift + Return
- Undo → ⌘ + Z
- Zoom In → 2
- Zoom Out → 1

If you want to know more about Toon Boom Harmony, you can sign up for Pedro Alpera’s course Introduction to Toon Boom Harmony and learn everything you need about this software.

English version by @acesarato

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