When I first started using Blender in 2004, I remember feeling completely overwhelmed at the

amount of keyboard shortcuts.

Worst of all though, was that after looking online, I disovered there were no helpful guides that
explained which shortcuts were the most important.

So I decided to make one. I released the first edition of this guide in 2009, and I’ve revamped it and
improved it, over the years to create the guide that you’re reading right now.

It’s designed to outline the most useful, most essentials shortcuts that pros use.

PS. It’s also printer friendly, so if you want, you can print it out and stick it to your wall! :)

Happy Blendering!
Andrew Price
BlenderGuru.com

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Blender Keyboard Shortcuts - Page 1
Basic Navigation Common
Orbit Middle Click Add Object Shift + A
Pan Shift + Middle Click Search Space
Zoom Scroll Move G
Top View Numpad 7 Scale S
Front View Numpad 1 Rotate R
Side View Numpad 3 Trackball Rotate R, R
Camera View Numpad 0 Move Origin Point Ctrl + Shift + Alt + C
Go to Selected Object Numpad . Properties Bar P
Perspective/Orthographic Numpad 5 Toolbar T
Zoom to Show All Objects Home Option Menu W
Fly Mode Shift + F
Toolbar T
Object Properties N While Moving
Reset 3D cursor Shift + C Precise Movement Shift [Hold]
Incremental Movement Ctrl [Hold]
Lock movement to Axis Middle Click or
In Object Mode X/Y/Z
Duplicate Shift + D
Duplicate Linked Alt + D
Move to layer M Selection
Join/Merge Objects Ctrl + J Select Right Click
Mirror Object Ctrl + M Select All/Deselect All A
Hide Selected H Box Select B
Unhide All Alt + H Circle Select C
Move Selected Object to Center Alt + G Lasso Tool Ctrl + Click
Snap to Cursor Shift + S Select Similar Shift + G
Copy Attributes to New Object Ctrl + L Invert Selection Ctrl + I
Proportional Editing On/Off O
Apply Scale/Rotation/Location Ctrl + A
Add Constraint Ctrl + Shift Changing View
+C Wireframe/Solid View Z
Parent Ctrl + P Isolated View /
Clear Parent Alt + P Rendered View Shift + Z
Weight Paint Mode Ctrl + TAB

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Blender Keyboard Shortcuts - Page 2
In Edit Mode Rendering
Edit/Object Mode TAB Render F12
Extrude E Show Last Render F11
Inset i Save Render F3
Fill F Change Render Slot 1-8
Select Edge Loop Alt + Click Only Render Portion Shift + B
Select Ring Ctrl+Alt+Click Reset Render Portion Ctrl + Alt + B
Create Loopcut Ctrl + R Change Active Camera Ctrl + 0
Edge Slide G, G
Select All Connected Ctrl + L
Make Seam/Sharp Ctrl + E Node Editor
Edge Crease Shift + E Jump to Node Editor Shift + F3
Unwrap UVs U Connect Nodes F
Change Selection Mode Ctrl + TAB Cut Links Ctrl + Click [Drag]
Bevel Ctrl + B Reroute Link Shift + Click
Knife Tool K [Drag]
Separate to a New Object P Delete but keep connected Ctrl + X
Rip V Duplicate and keep Ctrl + Shift + D
Rip Fill Alt + V connected
Split Y Mute Selected Node M
Mirror Ctrl + M Make Group Ctrl + G
Shrink/Fatten Alt + S Ungroup Alt + G
Proportional Falloff O Edit Selected Group TAB
Recalculate Normals Ctrl + Shift + N Move Background Alt + Middle
Mouse
Zoom in Background V
Sculpting Zoom out Background Alt + V
Add/Subtract Sculpting Ctrl [Hold]
Smooth Shift [Hold]
Brush Size F
Editing Curves
Brush Strength Shift + F Add new Handle Ctrl + Click
Hide Area H Change Handle Type V
Unhide Selection Shift + H Delete but keep connection Ctrl + X
Unhide All Alt + H Close Path Alt + C
Mask Paint Mode M Tilt Ctrl + T
Subtract Mask Paint Ctrl + Click Clear Tilt Alt + T
Fill/Clear Mask Ctrl + i Convert Curve to Mesh Alt + C
Lasso Mask Ctrl + Shift
+ Click
Stroke Method E
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Blender Keyboard Shortcuts - Page 3
Animation Posing Mode
Play/Stop Animation Alt + A Clear Pose Rotation Alt + R
Insert Keyframe i Clear Pose Location Alt + G
Remove Keyframe Alt + i Clear Pose Scale Alt + S
Go to Next/Previous Frame ç/è Copy Pose Ctrl + C
Go Forward/Back 10 Frames Shift + é / ê Paste Pose Ctrl + V
Go to Next/Previous é/ê Add IK Shift + I
Keyframe Add Pose to Library Shift + L
Go to First/Last Frame Shift + ç / è Remoke IK Ctrl + Alt + i
Add to Bone Group Ctrl + G
Relax Pose Alt + E
Armatures Breakdowner Shift + E
Add New Bone Shift + A Rotate on Bone’s Center R, R
Extrude Bone E Select Grouped Shift + G
Roll Ctrl + R Paste X-Flipped Ctrl + Shift + V
Recalculate Roll Ctrl + N
Align Bones Ctrl + Alt + A
Move to Bones Layer M Fun to Know
Set Bone Flag Shift + W Repeat Last Action Shift + R
Switch Bone Direction Alt + F Play Animation in Reverse Shift + Alt + A
Scroll Hierarchy ]/[ Maximize SubWindow Shift + Space
Fly Mode Shift + F
Quad Mode Ctrl + Alt + Q
Timeline Scroll Value Ctrl + Scroll
Scroll through frames Alt + Scroll Scroll Dropdown Values Ctrl + Scroll
Set Start Frame S Grease Pencil D + Click
Set End Frame E Erase Pencil D + Right Click
Zoom to show all frames Home Copy change across Alt while clicking
Zoom to Frame Numpad 0 objects
Add Marker M Select behind object Alt + Click
Move Marker Right Click Add Subdivision Level Ctrl + 0/1/2/3/4/5
Drag
Set Preview Range P
Clear Preview Range Alt + P

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