Navigation & Shortcuts

Project and global commands

• New Project — Start a project from the File menu, file-plus toolbar button, or Project Hub card. Ctrl+N.
• Open Project — Open a project from the File menu, folder toolbar button, Project Hub card, or recent-project card. Ctrl+O.
• Open Recent — Show recent projects from File > Open Recent. No shortcut.
• Project Hub — Open the project hub from File > Project Hub. No shortcut.
• Save / Save As — Save the current project or choose a new destination from the File menu. Ctrl+S / Ctrl+Shift+S.
• Import images / replace heightmap — Use File > Import to choose Color Texture, Mask, Normal Map, Specular Map, Reference, Mixed/Unspecified, or Replace Heightmap when available. No shortcut.
• Export — Use File > Export for image, full-stack, preferences, or interrupted-export recovery options when available. The Terrain Materials export icon is also available where applicable. No shortcut.
• Undo / Redo — Step through document history from Edit or the curved-arrow toolbar buttons. Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y; Ctrl+Shift+Z also redoes. Text fields keep native undo and redo.
• Restore Default Workspace — Restore the pane layout from View. Ctrl+Shift+R.
• Check for Updates — Open it from Help. No shortcut. The update indicator and “View Changelog,” “Later,” “Update Now,” and “Cancel Update” buttons appear only when applicable.

Workspace and panel navigation

• Split View, 3D View, 2D View — Switch workspace layout or focus with the toolbar buttons. No keyboard shortcut.
• Pane dividers — Resize the left, center, or right workspace regions by dragging a divider.
• Collapse / Open Materials — Hide or reopen the left workspace panel with its chevron button or edge tab. No shortcut.
• Collapse / Open Layers — Hide or reopen the right workspace panel with its chevron button or edge tab. No shortcut.
• Terrain Materials cards — Select a terrain material by clicking its card. Right-click a card for Move Up, Move Down, or Delete where available.
• New Terrain Material — Add a material with the plus icon. No shortcut.
• Material enabled switch — Show or hide a material layer with its toggle switch. No shortcut.

Viewport navigation

• Fit view — Use View > Fit to Window or the fit icon in the active viewport. Alt+F.
• Zoom Window — Use View > Zoom Window. Alt+Z activates rectangular zoom; drag with the left mouse button in the active viewport and press Esc to cancel.
• 2D zoom — Roll the mouse wheel around the pointer in Texture View.
• 2D pan — Drag with the middle mouse button in Texture View.
• 3D orbit — Drag with the middle mouse button in 3D View.
• 3D pan — Hold Shift while dragging with the middle mouse button in 3D View.
• 3D zoom — Roll the mouse wheel in 3D View.
• Lighting Settings — Open from the View menu or the sun icon in 3D View.
• Terrain Scale — Open from the View menu or the ruler icon in 3D View.
• Preview Quality — Choose Low—Fast, Medium—Balanced, High—Detailed, or Ultra—Maximum from the View menu’s image-icon flyout.

Painting, selection, and transforms

• Brush / Eraser — Choose the toolbar icons in Texture workspace. B / E; unavailable while editing text.
• Fill — Choose the toolbar icon, then click the 2D canvas. A valid active paint target is required.
• Rectangle, Ellipse, Lasso, Polygon Select — Choose a selection tool from the toolbar.
• Move / Navigate — Choose the toolbar icon to select navigation mode.
• Selection mode: New/Replace, Add, Subtract, Intersect — Choose a mode with the toolbar buttons. While selecting, Shift adds, Alt subtracts, and Shift+Alt intersects. Shift also constrains a selection gesture; Alt draws it from its center.
• Complete polygon selection — Press Enter during an active Polygon Select gesture.
• Cancel an active selection or brush stroke — Press Esc.
• Select All / Deselect / Invert — Use Edit in 2D Texture View with a Texture Studio document. Ctrl+A / Ctrl+D / Ctrl+Shift+I; unavailable while editing text.
• Cut / Copy / Paste / Duplicate Selection to New Layer / Delete Selection — Use the Edit menu with an eligible texture selection. Ctrl+X / Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V / Ctrl+J / Delete.
• Transform — Use Edit > Transform or the transform panel with a transformable selected layer. Ctrl+T. Drag handles in 2D; Enter applies and Esc cancels.
• Transform panel actions — Center, Fit to Heightmap, Flip H, Flip V, Reset, Apply, and Cancel buttons are available while Transform mode is active.
• Brush size — Adjust the toolbar slider or numeric field. [ decreases and ] increases while a paint tool is active; unavailable while editing text.
• Swap / reset grayscale swatches — Use the swap button or swatch controls. X swaps and D resets; unavailable while editing text.
• Brush precision mode — Hold Caps Lock while a paint tool is active. There is no dedicated visible button.

Layers and image commands

• New Layer, New Mask Layer, New Group — Use the Layers menu, layer action bar, or context menus when available. No shortcuts.
• Duplicate or delete active layer / group — Use the layer action-bar icons or row context menu. Delete removes a focused layer or group row; this differs from Delete Selection, which removes the eligible texture selection.
• Rename layer / group — Use its context menu or double-click its name. Enter commits and Esc cancels the rename field.
• Visibility / Lock — Use the eye and lock icons on layer or group rows. They apply to selected rows subject to lock and state rules. No shortcuts.
• Expand / collapse group — Use the caret icon on group rows. No shortcut.
• Reorder hierarchy — Drag layer or group rows. Drag selected hierarchy items; Esc cancels a pending drag.
• Image commands — Use the Image menu or layer context menu for Resample, Levels, Hue/Saturation, Brightness/Contrast, editable-mask or grayscale conversion, alpha generation, merge, asset type, and individual export when available for the selected layer. No shortcuts.
• Clear to Transparency — Use the Layers menu or a layer context menu on a selected eligible layer. No shortcut.

Focused controls and dialogs

• Numeric fields — Enter commits and Esc cancels. Up/Down adjust by one increment; Page Up/Page Down adjust by ten; Home/End set the minimum or maximum.
• Sliders — While focused, use arrow keys, Page Up/Page Down, Home, and End.
• Levels and Hue/Saturation rails — Arrows adjust by one; Page Up/Page Down by ten; Home/End set endpoints.
• Expanders — Press Enter or Space to toggle.
• New Project dialog — Press Esc to cancel.
• New Layer and Resample dialogs — Press Enter to confirm or Esc to cancel.
• Levels, Hue/Saturation, and Brightness/Contrast dialogs — Press Ctrl+Enter to apply or Esc to cancel.