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Keyboard Shortcut for Non existing command in Win en_US Shortcuts.txt

New Here ,
May 11, 2017 May 11, 2017

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I'm looking for what's missing in the Help docs on this topic.

Where can I find a list of the valid names of all the menu items, as they would need to be referenced in the Adobe After Effects 14.2 Win en_US Shortcuts.txt.

Or, is is possible to map shortcuts to items that do not already exist in  Adobe After Effects 14.2 Win en_US Shortcuts.txt.

Adobe After Effects 14.2 Win en_US Shortcuts.txt
is editable, and this works well UNTIL...

For instance:

I want to map a shortcut to a menu item that does not already exist in this file.

What would be the command to map >Edit >Preferences >Video Preview

for comparison
>Edit >Preferences >General   is "PrefsGeneral" = "(Ctrl+Alt+;)"

from trial and error i've learned
>Edit >Preferences >Video Preview will not work with

"PrefsVideoPreview" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P)"

nor  "PrefsVideo" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P)"

nor  "PrefsPreview" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P)"

nor  "Video" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P)"

nor   "Preview" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P)"

nor   "VideoPreview" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P)"

(Note: I am well aware of the Numpad Slash shortcut to disable and enable this function. This is not a good solution for my problem. In my case, Monitor sharing for the group preview monitor in the center of our studio causes the prefered preview monitor to change when I switch away from it for someone else to use. So I often have to set this back to the desired monitor when it varies.)

(Also note: I am aware that there was a pre-existing mapping for (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P) and I have disabled that. It is not the reason this does not work.)

Thanks in advance for any lists, or insight on this.

Henry

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LEGEND , May 19, 2017 May 19, 2017

Oooh, a Preferences selection.  That's going to be tough.  Very, VERY few people need a keyboard shortcut for something like that.  Preferences are something you usually set and forget.  They're just not accessed very often. 

This may be something you would have to do by a script, which isn't very efficient.  But people smarter than I am will have to figure it out.

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I take it that you find the controls in the Preview pane to be inadequate.  It would be nice to know what you want to accomplish.

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Dave! You're legend on these forums! Thanks for your attention.

What I need is a keyboard shortcut in AE that opens this panel, directly. Can it be done?

Right now the best I can do is a macro on my Nostromo.

Thanks in advance,

Henry

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Oooh, a Preferences selection.  That's going to be tough.  Very, VERY few people need a keyboard shortcut for something like that.  Preferences are something you usually set and forget.  They're just not accessed very often. 

This may be something you would have to do by a script, which isn't very efficient.  But people smarter than I am will have to figure it out.

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Thanks a lot Dave. See you around.

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There's a Blackmagic Design product that handles routing the video preview from the monitor at the workstation to a group monitor via the Blackmagic Design video routing software, but I'm forgetting the product name.  I'll see if I can track the name down.  I used at the Advanced Digital Services department at Directv, but that no longer exists since the merger with AT&T.  Of course, it also means having the BmD hardware as well.

-Warren

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Thanks for the help Warren. This solution would be a little off the mark for what I want, but I do appreciate your help. Thanks.

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