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David De Sousa
Inspiring
August 8, 2023
Question

No shortcut keys possible for Zoom in or out in Substance Painter?

  • August 8, 2023
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Hello all.  I have been unable to find any way to not have to use the mouse to zoom in or out in the SP viewport.  This slows down my work a lot when I am using my tablet to paint.  Ideally, there would be a way to use a combination of keys (like + and -) to zoom in or out without having to put down my pen and grab the mouse.   I recognize that this is by default assigned to the manipulator size, but I would gladly sacrifice a hotkey for manipulator size in favor of being able to zoom in or out while painting with pen and tablet.   

 

The current default assignments for zooming in or out of the viewport are either using the middle wheel of the mouse (not documented as far as I can tell, but works fine) and Alt + Right Click + Move mouse in or out (described in shortcuts as "Camera zoom".    But these are only mouse driven possibilities.  In looking over the available list of Keyboard shortcuts, there is no way I can see to assign a pair of keyboard keys to zoom the camera in or out without the mouse.   

 

Am I missing something or is this simply not possible?  Any guidance would be appreciated.

1 reply

Cyril Dellenbach
Community Manager
Cyril DellenbachCommunity Manager
Community Manager
August 9, 2023

Hello @David De Sousa,

 

Usually, I use the Camera Zoom option (Alt + RMB + Mouve Mouse) shortcut. I personally have a RMB hotkey on my pen, and simply move it as it was my mouse in order to zoom in/out. You can change the Camera Zoom shortcut in the parameters.

 

You can also increase or decrease the zoom speed under the general settings if needed.

 

Best regards,

 

Cyril Dellenbach (Micro) | QA Support Artist | Adobe
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    David De SousaAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 9, 2023

    Thanks, Cyril for your response.  I should have mentioned I did try assigning MMB & RMB to my pen buttons and while that works, I am personally very clumsy with adjusting my grip to use those pen buttons, so I was hoping for a pure keyboard alternative.   I do think it would be a nice alternative for users to have a keyboard only zoom option, maybe Up arrow and Down arrow would be logical for zooming in and out.  Just a suggestion.   In the meantime I will try to improve my pen dexterity with those buttons. 

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