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⤢ CINEMA 4D KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 44 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Freehand… 9 Live Sel… 0 Rectangl… Q W E Move Tool R Rotate T… T Scale To… Y ⌘ Redo U Optimize I O Polygons… P Points M… A ⌘ Select A… S ⌘ Save Pro… D F G ⌥ Group Ob… H Frame Ge… J K L Z ⌘ Undo X ⌘ Cut C Make Edi… V ⌘ Paste B N ⌘ New Proj… M MORE SHORTCUTS Render View ⌘ R Render to Pic… ⇧ R Frame Selected S Copy ⌘ C Play / Stop F8 Object Manager ⇧ F1 Model Mode ↵ Ungroup Objec… ⇧ G Rotate View ⌥ LMB Pan View ⌥ MMB Zoom View ⌥ RMB Open Project ⌘ O Record Active… F9 Material Mana… ⇧ F2 Timeline ⇧ F3 Attribute Man… ⇧ F5 Frame Active … O Gouraud Shadi… N › A Wireframe Dis… N › H Deselect All ⇧ ⌘ A Save Project … ⇧ ⌘ S Play Backward… F6 Stop F7 Autokeying ⌃ F9 Coordinates M… ⇧ F7 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CINEMA 4D · MAC
CINEMA 4D KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 44 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Freehand… 9 Live Sel… 0 Rectangl… A ⌘ Select A… Z ⌘ Undo E Move Tool R Rotate T… T Scale To… Y ⌘ Redo U Optimize I O Polygons… P Points M… Q S ⌘ Save Pro… D F G ⌥ Group Ob… H Frame Ge… J K L M W X ⌘ Cut C Make Edi… V ⌘ Paste B N ⌘ New Proj… MORE SHORTCUTS Render View ⌘ R Render to Pic… ⇧ R Frame Selected S Copy ⌘ C Play / Stop F8 Object Manager ⇧ F1 Model Mode ↵ Ungroup Objec… ⇧ G Rotate View ⌥ LMB Pan View ⌥ MMB Zoom View ⌥ RMB Open Project ⌘ O Record Active… F9 Material Mana… ⇧ F2 Timeline ⇧ F3 Attribute Man… ⇧ F5 Frame Active … O Gouraud Shadi… N › A Wireframe Dis… N › H Deselect All ⇧ ⌘ A Save Project … ⇧ ⌘ S Play Backward… F6 Stop F7 Autokeying ⌃ F9 Coordinates M… ⇧ F7 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CINEMA 4D · MAC
⤢ TOOLS Move Tool E Rotate Tool R Scale Tool T Live Selection 9 Rectangle Selection 0 Freehand Selection 8 FILE Save Project ⌘ S New Project ⌘ N Open Project ⌘ O Save Project As ⇧ ⌘ S MANAGERS Object Manager ⇧ F1 Material Manager ⇧ F2 Timeline ⇧ F3 Attribute Manager ⇧ F5 Coordinates Manager ⇧ F7 Command Manager ⇧ F12 OBJECTS Make Editable C Group Objects ⌥ G Ungroup Objects ⇧ G Optimize U › O RENDER Render View ⌘ R Render to Picture Viewer ⇧ R VIEW Frame Selected S Frame Geometry H Rotate View ⌥ LMB Pan View ⌥ MMB Zoom View ⌥ RMB Frame Active Object O Gouraud Shading N › A Wireframe Display N › H EDITING Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ Y Copy ⌘ C Paste ⌘ V Cut ⌘ X Select All ⌘ A Deselect All ⇧ ⌘ A MODES Points Mode P Polygons Mode O Model Mode ↵ ANIMATION Play / Stop F8 Record Active Objects F9 Play Backwards / Stop F6 Stop F7 Autokeying ⌃ F9 Cinema 4D KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CINEMA 4D · MAC ⤢ TOOLS 06 Move Tool E Rotate Tool R Scale Tool T Live Selection 9 Rectangle Selection 0 Freehand Selection 8 FILE 04 Save Project ⌘ S New Project ⌘ N Open Project ⌘ O Save Project As ⇧ ⌘ S MANAGERS 06 Object Manager ⇧ F1 Material Manager ⇧ F2 Timeline ⇧ F3 Attribute Manager ⇧ F5 Coordinates Manager ⇧ F7 Command Manager ⇧ F12 OBJECTS 04 Make Editable C Group Objects ⌥ G Ungroup Objects ⇧ G Optimize U › O RENDER 02 Render View ⌘ R Render to Picture Viewer ⇧ R VIEW 08 Frame Selected S Frame Geometry H Rotate View ⌥ LMB Pan View ⌥ MMB Zoom View ⌥ RMB Frame Active Object O Gouraud Shading N › A Wireframe Display N › H EDITING 07 Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ Y Copy ⌘ C Paste ⌘ V Cut ⌘ X Select All ⌘ A Deselect All ⇧ ⌘ A MODES 03 Points Mode P Polygons Mode O Model Mode ↵ ANIMATION 05 Play / Stop F8 Record Active Objects F9 Play Backwards / Stop F6 Stop F7 Autokeying ⌃ F9 Cinema 4D KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CINEMA 4D · MAC
⤢ CINEMA 4D · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 9 SETS · No.01 CINEMA 4D TOTAL 45 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS TOOLS 06 EDITING 07 OBJECTS 04 RENDER 02 FILE 04 MODES 03 VIEW 08 ANIMATION 05 MANAGERS 06 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Move Tool E Rotate Tool R Scale Tool T Live Selection 9 Rectangle Selection 0 Freehand Selection 8 Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ Y Copy ⌘ C Paste ⌘ V Cut ⌘ X Select All ⌘ A Deselect All ⇧ ⌘ A Make Editable C Group Objects ⌥ G Ungroup Objects ⇧ G Optimize U › O Render View ⌘ R Render to Picture Viewer ⇧ R Save Project ⌘ S New Project ⌘ N Open Project ⌘ O Save Project As ⇧ ⌘ S Points Mode P Polygons Mode O Model Mode ↵ Frame Selected S Frame Geometry H Rotate View ⌥ LMB Pan View ⌥ MMB Zoom View ⌥ RMB Frame Active Object O Gouraud Shading N › A Wireframe Display N › H Play / Stop F8 Record Active Objects F9 Play Backwards / Stop F6 Stop F7 Autokeying ⌃ F9 Object Manager ⇧ F1 Material Manager ⇧ F2 Timeline ⇧ F3 Attribute Manager ⇧ F5 Coordinates Manager ⇧ F7 Command Manager ⇧ F12
CINEMA 4D KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Live Sel… 0 Q W E Move Tool R Rotate T… T Scale To… Y ⌘ Redo U I O Polygons… P Points M… A S ⌘ Save Pro… D F G ⌥ Group Ob… H J K L Z ⌘ Undo X C Make Edi… V B N M MORE SHORTCUTS Render View ⌘ R Render to Picture… ⇧ R Frame Selected S shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CINEMA 4D · MAC Keyboard map EDITING Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ Y OBJECTS Make Editable C Group Objects ⌥ G FILE Save Project ⌘ S VIEW Frame Selected S TOOLS Move Tool E Rotate Tool R Scale Tool T Live Selection 9 RENDER Render View ⌘ R Render to Picture Viewer ⇧ R MODES Points Mode P Polygons Mode O Cinema 4D KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CINEMA 4D · MAC Isometric EDITING 02 Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ Y OBJECTS 02 Make Editable C Group Objects ⌥ G FILE 01 Save Project ⌘ S VIEW 01 Frame Selected S TOOLS 04 Move Tool E Rotate Tool R Scale Tool T Live Selection 9 RENDER 02 Render View ⌘ R Render to Picture Viewer ⇧ R MODES 02 Points Mode P Polygons Mode O Cinema 4D KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CINEMA 4D · MAC Typewriter CINEMA 4D · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 7 SETS · No.01 CINEMA 4D TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS TOOLS 04 EDITING 02 OBJECTS 02 RENDER 02 FILE 01 MODES 02 VIEW 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Move Tool E Rotate Tool R Scale Tool T Live Selection 9 Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ Y Make Editable C Group Objects ⌥ G Render View ⌘ R Render to Picture Viewer ⇧ R Save Project ⌘ S Points Mode P Polygons Mode O Frame Selected S Editorial Cinema 4D is a 3D modeling, motion graphics, and rendering suite known for an approachable workflow popular with broadcast and design artists. Its shortcuts accelerate object manipulation, viewport navigation, and tool switching, which matters when iterating on complex animated scenes.
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All Cinema 4D keyboard shortcuts (Mac)
8 Action Shortcut Frame Selected S Frame Geometry H Rotate View ⌥ Pan View ⌥ Zoom View ⌥ Frame Active Object O Gouraud Shading N then A Wireframe Display N then H
7 Action Shortcut Undo ⌘ Z Redo ⌘ Y Copy ⌘ C Paste ⌘ V Cut ⌘ X Select All ⌘ A Deselect All ⇧ ⌘ A
6 Action Shortcut Move Tool E Rotate Tool R Scale Tool T Live Selection 9 Rectangle Selection 0 Freehand Selection 8
6 Action Shortcut Object Manager ⇧ F1 Material Manager ⇧ F2 Timeline ⇧ F3 Attribute Manager ⇧ F5 Coordinates Manager ⇧ F7 Command Manager ⇧ F12
5 Action Shortcut Play / Stop F8 Record Active Objects F9 Play Backwards / Stop F6 Stop F7 Autokeying ⌃ F9
4 Action Shortcut Make Editable C Group Objects ⌥ G Ungroup Objects ⇧ G Optimize U then O
4 Action Shortcut Save Project ⌘ S New Project ⌘ N Open Project ⌘ O Save Project As ⇧ ⌘ S
3 Action Shortcut Points Mode P Polygons Mode O Model Mode ↵
2 Action Shortcut Render View ⌘ R Render to Picture Viewer ⇧ R
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Does the poster include every Cinema 4D shortcut? Cinema 4D has 45 keyboard shortcuts in total — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
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