Keyboard shortcuts

The same keys mean the same thing everywhere: K keeps, R sends to review, A archives, F goes full screen, Esc lets go. On Windows and Linux, read Ctrl for ⌘ and Alt for ⌥. Phones and tablets use touch instead: swipes, taps and pinches.

  • Mac
  • Windows and Linux

Anywhere in CullTone

Watch: ? and ⌘K Press ? for the keys of the screen you are on, and ⌘K to find any action by name.
  1. The command box

    ⌘K (Ctrl+K) lists every action of the screen you are on, by name, with its key. Arrows move, Enter runs, Esc closes.

    The command box
  2. This screen's keys

    ? shows the keys of the screen you are on.

    This screen's keys

Culling

KeyWhat it does
K Keep
R Mark for review
A Archive (never deleted)
M Must-keep star
S Not part of this burst
L Lock the decision
U Undo
⌘F or / Find by file name (Ctrl+F on Windows)
← → Previous or next photo
↑ ↓ Move inside a burst
X Add to selection
⇧-click Select a range
⌘-click Add or remove one photo
⌘A Select every photo shown
E Open in the edit studio
F Full screen (or double-click)
V Show edits on or off: each photo's latest edit instead of the camera image
← → (on an event chip) The next or previous event, in Cull, Edit, Review and Deliver
Esc Clear the selection or close

The Review step

KeyWhat it does
A Approve
R Request a redo
Z 100% loupe on and off
F Full screen
B Full screen: edit or camera original
O or \ (hold) See the camera original in the detail
← → Previous or next
⇧-click, ⌘-click, ⌘A Select a range, one, or all
Esc Clear the selection or close

Edit studio

KeyWhat it does
← → Previous or next keep
O or \ (hold) See Before, the camera original (click the eye on the photo to keep it on)
Y Compare: single, split, side by side
Z Zoom to 100% and back
C Crop and straighten
F Show faces
⌥1 to ⌥4 Edit, Face, Masks, Crop tabs
. , Next or previous slider
+ − (or ↑ ↓) Nudge the slider; ⇧ for 10 steps, ⌥ for a tenth
0–9, Enter Type an exact value
⌫ Reset the slider
[ ] Previous or next section (brush size while painting)
L Look picker
K R A Keep, Review or Archive this photo
N Add a mask
I Invert the mask
⌘⌫ Delete the mask
B, ⇧B, P Brush, Erase, Pen
⌘S Save
⌘Z, ⇧⌘Z Undo, redo
⌘C, ⌘V Copy and paste settings
⌘' Duplicate this photo
⇧⌘E Download this photo (or the selected ones as a ZIP)
⌘E Edit in Photoshop or your other app (CullTone Desktop)
⌘Enter Render changes
⇧⌘Enter Re-render all (asks first)
Esc Close, let go, clear; never discards

Creative retouch

KeyWhat it does
[ ] Brush size
E Erase from the mask, or paint again
⌘Z, ⇧⌘Z Undo, redo
⇧-click, ⌘-click, ⌘A Select keeps for the same change
Esc Clear the selection
O or \ (hold) See what a result was made from (click the eye on the result to keep it on)

Zooming a photo

KeyWhat it does
⌘= (or +) Zoom in
⌘− Zoom out
⌘0 Fit the photo
⌘1 100%
⌘-scroll or pinch Zoom around the pointer

CullTone Desktop menus

In CullTone Desktop on a Mac, the menu bar adds these keys. The keys above work too. See the menus.

KeyWhat it does
⌘N New Project
⌘I Import from Card or Folder
⇧⌘I Import from Camera or Phone
⌥⌘I Import Edited Files
⌥⌘1 Go to Projects
⌥⌘2 to ⌥⌘6 Go to the open project's Import, Cull, Edit, Review or Deliver
⌘[ ⌘] Back, Forward
⌥⌘0, ⌥⌘=, ⌥⌘− Page size: actual, larger, smaller
⌘R Reload
⌘, Settings
⌘W Close the window (CullTone stays in the menu bar)
⌘Q Quit (asks first while work runs)

On Windows and Linux

  • ⌘ is Ctrl, ⌥ is Alt and ⇧ is Shift: Ctrl+K opens the command box, Ctrl+Z undoes.
  • Redo is Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z.
  • Duplicate is Ctrl+'.
  • CullTone Desktop runs on Macs only for now; in a browser on Windows or Linux every key above works with Ctrl.