Controls: mouse, touch and keyboard on the canvas
Every gesture on the canvas in one list: select, move, rotate, resize, pan and zoom, with the keys that go with them — for desktop and for phone.
On desktop
A click selects, a drag works on the selection. By default the art and its bone move together; ⌥ moves only what you grabbed.
| Select | |
|---|---|
| Click the art | selects the part and the bone that carries it |
| Click again in place | picks the part underneath |
| Drag | always works on the selection and never changes it |
| Click empty space, or press Esc | clears the selection |
| Move | |
| Drag the art | moves the bone — the art and its children follow |
| Drag the bone line or its origin | moves the bone |
| ⌥ + drag the art | moves the art inside the bone; the bone stays put |
| ⌥ + drag the bone | moves the bone alone; its art and child bones stay put |
| Shift + drag | keeps to one axis |
| Arrow keys | nudge by 1 unit, with Shift by 10 |
| Rotate | |
| Drag the corner mark | rotates the bone — the art and its children follow |
| Drag the bone tip | rotates the bone |
| ⌥ + drag the corner mark | rotates the art alone, around its own centre |
| ⌥ + drag the bone tip | rotates the bone alone; its art and child bones stay put |
| Shift + drag | snaps to 15° |
| Resize | |
| Drag a frame corner | resizes the bone — its art and child bones grow with it |
| ⌥ + drag a frame corner | resizes only that piece of art |
| Shift + drag | frees the proportions |
| Rig or Motion | |
| Rig (the switch under the player) | a drag reshapes the rig itself — every animation follows |
| Motion | a drag reshapes only the playing animation, at the moment shown |
| Click a mark on the track | jumps to that moment, pauses, and switches to Motion |
| [ and ] | step to the previous or next moment |
| The list under the player | shows what moves in this animation; click a mark to jump there and pick it |
| × in that list | removes all motion of that bone or art from this animation |
| Bend | |
| Ask in the chat: “make the tail bendable with four bones” | the art bends between its bones; the model adds the bones and sets their influence itself |
| Bend (the switch under the player) | shows how much the selected bone influences each bendable part — brighter means more |
| Drag across a bendable part | adds the selected bone’s influence there |
| ⌥ + drag across a bendable part | takes the selected bone’s influence away |
| 25 · 50 · 100 % and S · M · L | set how strong and how wide the brush is |
| Esc while painting | cancels the stroke |
| The chat stays the main way | the model picks the influence for you; ask it to change how a part bends |
| View | |
| Drag empty space | pans the view |
| Middle-button drag | pans from anywhere |
| Wheel | zooms towards the cursor |
| F | fits the view to the rig |
| Keys | |
| Esc | cancels the gesture, or clears the selection |
| Ctrl / ⌘ + Z | undoes the last change |
| ? | opens this list |
On a phone
A phone has no modifier keys and no middle button, so the list is shorter.
| Select | |
|---|---|
| Click the art | selects the part and the bone that carries it |
| Click again in place | picks the part underneath |
| Drag | always works on the selection and never changes it |
| Click empty space, or press Esc | clears the selection |
| Move | |
| Drag the art | moves the bone — the art and its children follow |
| Drag the bone line or its origin | moves the bone |
| Rotate | |
| Drag the corner mark | rotates the bone — the art and its children follow |
| Drag the bone tip | rotates the bone |
| Resize | |
| Drag a frame corner | resizes the bone — its art and child bones grow with it |
| Rig or Motion | |
| Rig (the switch under the player) | a drag reshapes the rig itself — every animation follows |
| Motion | a drag reshapes only the playing animation, at the moment shown |
| Click a mark on the track | jumps to that moment, pauses, and switches to Motion |
| The list under the player | shows what moves in this animation; click a mark to jump there and pick it |
| × in that list | removes all motion of that bone or art from this animation |
| Bend | |
| Ask in the chat: “make the tail bendable with four bones” | the art bends between its bones; the model adds the bones and sets their influence itself |
| Bend (the switch under the player) | shows how much the selected bone influences each bendable part — brighter means more |
| The chat stays the main way | the model picks the influence for you; ask it to change how a part bends |
| View | |
| Drag empty space | pans the view |