Shortcuts

CuePoints > Settings… > Shortcuts

This pane is where you assign and customise keyboard shortcuts.

Arrow Key Skip Timing

The left and right arrow keys nudge the playhead. There are three sizes of nudge, and you set each one:

• Arrows Left / Right: the small one. Keep this tiny (a few frames) for landing a cue exactly.

• Shift + Arrows: the medium one.

• Command + Arrows: the big one. Make this a few seconds, for getting across a track quickly.

Each row has its own unit: Frames or Seconds. Frames is the precise one; one frame is the smallest step there is. Seconds is the fast one.

A setup that works well: arrows = 1 Frame, Shift = 10 Frames, Command = 5 Seconds. Small, medium, large, so your fingers learn one pattern.

Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

The table below has two columns:

• ACTION: things CuePoints does, like play, stop, or go to the next cue.

• CUE TYPE: your cue types, like Lighting or Sound. The shortcut drops a cue of that type wherever the playhead is.

To set one: click an action or cue-point type, then press a key to assign it.

To change one, click it and press a different key. To take one away, click it and press Delete.

Auto-Populate Numeric Shortcuts

Turn this on and CuePoints numbers your cue types for you: the top 10 visible cuepoints are numbered automatically, so the first one is 1, the second is 2, and so on up to 0.

This is the fastest way to work. Number keys are right under your fingers, you don't have to remember anything, and you never have to assign a single key by hand.

One thing to know: it numbers the types that are visible. Hide a cue type and the numbers below it shift up to close the gap. If you rely on muscle memory, decide which types you show before the show, not during it.

Choosing Your Keys

Pick keys you can find without looking at the keyboard. During a run your eyes are on the stage, and a shortcut you have to hunt for is slower than the mouse.