Contact Sheet Keys

 

If you have only one photo selected you can use the arrow keys to move the selection around.

 

Spacebar  Preview the selected photo.
A Play any sounds. Typing A again will stop playback.
T Toggle tag on/off.
+ Turn tag on.
- Turn tag off.
[ Rotate Counter-clockwise 90°.
] Rotate Clockwise 90°.
U Upload photo via FTP.
L Select and scroll to last previewed photo.
E Edit in default Editor.
I Open IPTC Info Dialog.
S Save Photo.
M,return Rename Photo.
Y Copy Photo.
Z Toggle between Selection and Loupe cursor Modes
0, 1-8 Set Color Class when set to be single key shortcut.
0, 1-5 Set Star Rating when set to be single key shortcut.

 

Preview Window Keys

 

Esc or ⌘W Close Preview Window.
←, → Move back/forward one photo at a time.
↑, ↓, Page up, Page dn  Scroll thumbnail gallery by a whole page.
Delete or Backspace Delete current photo.
Q Toggle rendering Quality (RAW vs. Preview).
Z, * Turn zoom on/off .
+ Increase zoom factor.
- Decrease zoom factor.
L Lock the two previews so that you can pan around in them together.
O One up view.
V Two up view (landscapes).
H Two up view (portraits).
Tab Switch active preview pane when in 2-up modes.
C Toggle color management.
F Full screen mode (toggles).
R Restore from full screen mode.
G or / Swap current photo to second view in a 2-up view. (Greg Gorman key)
1-8, 0 Set Color Class when set to be single key shortcut.
1-5, 0 Set Star Rating when set to be single key shortcut.
⌘1 - ⌘8, ⌘0 Set Color Class
Ctrl-1 - Ctrl-5, Ctrl 0 Set Star Rating
T Toggle tag.
U Upload photo.
X Toggle crop tool.
Option-X Swap constrained crop values.
[ Rotate Counter-Clockwise 90°.
] Rotate Clockwise 90°.
A Play sounds (if any). Typing A again will stop sound playback.
I IPTC Info.
D Dismiss photo from selection.
Y Copy photo.
M Rename photo.
E Edit photo.
S Save as.
Space bar Hand cursor to pan around screen.
Option key Hand cursor to pan around screen.
Option-arrow key Pan around in the zoomed mode.
Shift-Option-arrow key Pan around in the zoomed mode, but faster. (50 pixels instead of 10 at a time)
Option-scroll wheel Zoom in and out of the photo.
⌘-click: Zoom in and center on click point. z-click again will return to scale-to-fit mode.

 

Slideshow Keys

 

Esc Exit slideshow.
Space, Advance to next photo.
Backspace, ←  Show previous photo.
Delete, D Dismiss photo from slideshow.
+ Tag photo.
- Untag photo.
T Toggle tag.
0, 1-8 Set color class of photo.
Caps Lock Pause slideshow if on Auto.

 

Application Menu

 

⌘, (comma) Preferences
⌘H Hide Photo Mechanic
⌘-Option-H  Hide other applications
⌘Q Quit Photo Mechanic

 

File Menu

 

⌘-Shift-N New Contact Sheet window
⌘N New Contact Sheet tab
⌘O Open Contact Sheet
⌘W Close Contact Sheet tab or window if only one tab open in window.
⌘-Shift-W  Close window when multiple tabs are open.
⌘G Ingest
⌘-Shift-G Live Ingest
⌘-Shift-L Live Slide Show
⌘/ Rescan Contact Sheet
⌘M Rename Photos
⌘Y Copy Photos
⌘Delete Delete Photos
⌘S Save Photos As
⌘B Burn Photos to Disc
⌘-Shift-E Send Photos by Email
⌘U FTP Photos As
⌘-Ctrl-U Upload
⌘-Ctrl-X Export
⌘-Shift-P Page Setup
⌘P Print

 

Edit Menu

 

⌘Z Undo
⌘-Shift-Z Redo
⌘X Cut
⌘C Copy
⌘V Paste
⌘-Option-C Take IPTC Snapshot
⌘-Option-V Paste IPTC Snapshot
⌘F Find
⌘-Shift-F Find and Replace
⌘-Option-F Search using Spotlight
⌘A Select All
⌘D Deselect All
⌘T Select Tagged
⌘-Shift-R Select Rotated
⌘-Shift-O Select Others (invert selection)

⌘-Ctrl-1 - ⌘-Ctrl-8,

⌘-Ctrl-9, ⌘-Ctrl-0

Select Color Class 1-8, any, none.

⌘-Opt-1 Thru ⌘-Opt-5, 

⌘-Opt-6, ⌘-Opt-0

Select Star Rating 1-5, any, unrated.

 

Image Menu

 

⌘I IPTC Stationery Pad
⌘Shift-I Apply Stationery Pad
⌘K Keywords Panel
⌘-Option-K Structured Keywords Panel
⌘[ Rotate Anti-clockwise 90°
⌘] Rotate Clockwise 90°
⌘+ Tag photos
⌘- Untag
⌘R Preview
⌘E Edit Photos
⌘L Slideshow
⌘-1 - ⌘-8, ⌘-0 Set Color Class 1-8, 0
Ctrl-1 - Ctrl-5, Ctrl-0  Set Star Rating 1-5, 0

 

View Menu

 

⌘J Toggle Combined RAW+JPEG
F1 View All
F2 View Selected
F3 View Tagged
F4 View Untagged
F5 Refresh
⌘-Shift-T  Show/Hide Info Tooltips

 

Tools Menu

 

Ctrl-⌘-R  Apply Rotation to JPEGs

 

Window Menu

 

⌘-{  Select previous tab
⌘-} Select next tab

 

 

 

Modifier Key

Modifier Key

 

The Modifier Key (‘Option’ key on Mac, ‘Shift’ key on Windows) can be used to modify the operation of various dialog boxes throughout Photo Mechanic. The most common use is to short-circuit a dialog box and apply the last used settings without that particular dialog box presenting itself. For example, if you choose ‘FTP as’ from the right-click context menu whilst holding down the Modifier key, the selected image(s) will be uploaded to whatever the FTP Photos As dialog box was last set to.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when deleting skips the delete files confirmation dialog.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when clicking on a tag box will make all images in the selection have the same tag value as the photo whose tag was clicked on.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when clicking on a rotation hover button will rotate all images in the selection in the same direction.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when setting a color class on a photo via the contextual menu will set all selected images (if any) to the same color class.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when pasting an IPTC snapshot will skip the confirmation dialog when multiple items are selected.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when applying IPTC stationery via the contextual menu to multiple items will skip the confirmation dialog.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when double clicking on a thumbnail in the contact sheet will toggle the sense of your preferred double-click action (edit or preview are the two choices.)

 

Holding down the Modifier key when double-clicking a saved search in the Favorites will execute the search in a new Contact Sheet.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when double-clicking a folder in the Favorites or Navigator will add the folder as an additional folder in the current Contact Sheet.

 

Holding down the Modifier key in any dialog that has “Set seqn variable... button will change the button to read “Reset seqn variable and will instead reset the sequence variable when clicked.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when opening the FTP As... dialog will attempt to skip the dialog and send the files immediately.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when clicking on the Remove crop button in the Preview window will remove a constrained crop as well as the crop rectangle.

 

Holding down the Modifier key while zoomed into a cropped preview will give you the “hand” cursor which can be used to click and drag the zoomed preview around.

 

Holding down the Modifier key while zoomed into a preview will allow the cursor keys to pan the preview around. Adding the shift key (Mac OS X) or control key (Windows) will scroll faster.

 

Holding down the Modifier key and then moving the scroll wheel on your mouse will zoom in and out of the current preview. Moving the scroll wheel without the Modifier key down will advance through the previews.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when starting an external edit will toggle the sense of your RAW/JPEG editing preference when in RAW+JPEG mode.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when using the copy command will attempt to skip the dialog and perform the last copy operation with the current selection of photos.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when using the rename command will attempt to skip the dialog and perform the last rename operation with the current selection of photos.

 

Holding down the Modifier key when using the save as command will attempt to skip the dialog and perform the last save as operation with the current selection of photos.

 

Holding down the Modifier key while inside the IPTC Info dialog will change the “Clear” button to “Options” which will bring up the Clear IPTC Fields dialog. It will change the “Apply Stationery Pad” button to “Copy to Stationery”. When multiple items are selected in the Contact Sheet and you hold down Ctrl and Modifier the button will change to “Apply to Selected“. The Modifier key will change the “OK” button to “Eval” which will replace all variables with their interpreted values which is useful to see how variables replacement will work.

 

Holding down the Modifier key while inside the IPTC Stationery Pad dialog will change the “Clear” button to “Options” which will bring up the Clear IPTC Fields dialog.