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This Daz3D Shortcuts & Time Saving Techniques article is all about making you faster when working with Daz Studio. We will explain everything step by step. Having ways to save some time<\/strong> can be very helpful and convenient. In this article we are going to look at ways how you can make your Daz Studio experience more comfortable<\/strong>. Mainly by using shortcuts, but also other ways that can help you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daz3D Time Saving Shortcuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most of your time in Daz Studio you will spend by moving around your scene, looking everywhere and making changes to it. So one of the best ways<\/strong> to save some time and get more comfortable with the software is to use the following Daz3D shortcuts<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daz3D Customize Daz Studio Window<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First of all<\/strong> let\u2019s open the \u201cCustomize Daz Studio<\/em>\u201d window. You can either press [F3] to open it or go to the \u201cWindow > Workspace > Customize<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this window you can customize<\/strong> how your Daz Studio <\/strong>looks, feels and controls. We are here for the last one. You can find basically any function that is in the Daz Studio here and see which shortcuts<\/strong> it uses. So for example Render is [Ctrl+R] and Render Settings are [Ctrl+Shift+R]. By the way, Mac users<\/strong> should replace any Ctrl in this article with \u2318.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also using this menu you can change any of the shortcuts. Or even add shortcuts<\/strong> to things yourself. So if you often create Spotlights, why not just create a shortcut for it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daz3D Scene Navigation Tool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One useful tip<\/strong> before proceeding to the shortcuts: you can move around your scene from the first person perspective<\/strong>. Meaning that this is done like in computer games. To turn this one, you will need to turn on the Keyboard Navigation and Scene Navigation Tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When this is done, you can move around your scene<\/strong> using [Left Mouse Button] (LMB) to rotate your view and keyboard keys<\/strong> to move around. [W], [A], [S] and [D] to move forwards, left, backwards and right. [Q] and [E] to move up and down and [U] with [O] to roll your view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then you can use [Alt+P] to cancel all the rolling and rotation you have done and return to normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the \u201cScene Navigation Tool\u201d<\/em> is active, you can open the Tool Settings window to see all the controls<\/strong> that have been mentioned above but via buttons instead of shortcuts. Also here you can control how sensitive Controls are by changing the number beneath them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daz3D Navigation Shortcuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now let\u2019s talk about the shortcuts and how you can navigate your scene<\/strong> using them. The main controls that you need are Orbiting, Panning and Zooming<\/strong> and they can be found as buttons on the top right of the viewport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can utilize these controls using shortcuts<\/strong> instead. They are: orbiting(Rotating around) – [Ctrl+Alt+LMB]; Panning – [Ctrl+Alt+RMB]; Zooming – Scroll wheel. There are more to controls than just Orbiting, Rotating and Zooming through. To Reset the Camera<\/strong> press [Ctrl+Alt+R] and Frame Selection is [Ctrl+F].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frame Selection on the eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also move like you are in first person without using the Scene Navigation Tool. For this simply click on the Navigation buttons<\/strong> on the top right of the viewport with the Right Mouse Button<\/strong> instead of the Left one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the top right you can also switch between Shadings<\/strong> for your scene. Instead of opening this list each time, you can simply use shortcuts for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The shortcuts are [Ctrl+#] with # being any number from 0 to 9 on the keyboard. Both regular numbers and Numpad works. With [Ctrl+9] and [Ctrl+0] being the most useful ones<\/strong> as they are Texture Shaded and Nvidia Iray shading respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the right of the Shading menu you also have a view controls list. Here it is possible to change your view<\/strong> and see your scene from a specific angle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And again, for your convenience you can use shortcuts for this. They use arrow keys<\/strong> and are pretty easy to remember and understand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n