Set These Custom Keyboard Shortcuts In ON1 Photo RAW Right Now!
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For the longest time, I wanted a keyboard hotkey to switch between the mask overlay modes in ON1 Photo RAW. The ‘o’ key toggles the mask view mode on and off. That’s great. I need that. I also need to be able to quickly switch between the Red Overlay and Grayscale mask overlays. Each overlay mode has its place in workflow and for some masking jobs, you need to switch between them.
Finally! I can do this in ON1 2021.5. The latest update adds custom keyboard shortcuts. You can define keyboard shortcuts for a wide variety of things, including basic Tone & Color sliders to menu options to tools. Customized keyboard shortcuts are saved in a “style”. You can think of it as a preset or mapping of your own personalized hotkeys. Note: The Default style cannot be modified.
Here is how to set up custom keyboard shortcuts in ON1 Photo RAW:
Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts from the menu.
Click the Default pulldown, choose Save New Style, and give the style a name.
Search or scroll through the list for the slider, tool, or menu you want to customize.
Double-click in the shortcut box and key in your personalized hotkey. You can use Shift, Command/Control and Option/Alt keystroke combinations, too.
If you choose a keystroke that is already in use, ON1 alerts you. You can choose to re-map the shortcut, or cancel and choose another.
Open the Keyboard Shortcuts from the Edit menu. The Default keyboard mappings are displayed.
Create a new Style for your custom keyboard hotkeys.
Find the View Mode area under the Mask menu. Define hotkeys for Red Overlay and Grayscale.
With custom keyboard hotkeys, I can finally close the masking overlay gap in my masking workflow. The two keyboard shortcuts you should set RIGHT NOW are for the mask overlay modes. Set one shortcut for the Red Overlay and another for the Grayscale overlay. I recommend building on the ‘o’ key already used for toggling on and off the mask overlay view. The shortcuts I use:
macOS
Command-o : Show the Red Overlay mask view
Option-o : Show the Grayscale mask view
Windows
Control-o : Show the Red Overlay mask view
Alt-o : Show the Grayscale mask view
These additional keyboard shortcuts streamline masking work. When I need to switch between a red and grayscale overlay, it is just a keystroke away. I stay focused on my masking work and no longer have to fish around in the menus to change the view mode.
