These tips are generally covered in our Capture One Master’s Online Training Class.
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
In the PDF linked above we list the most useful default keyboard shortcuts. Then we list shortcuts which we suggest power users add. Also, we have a list of shortcuts to change and a list of shortcuts to remove.
An example of the shortcuts we suggest be added is [Edit > Select By Color Tag > Green, Red, and Yellow] so that you can easily select those colors to either view, move, or delete them. These correspond directly to the default keyboard shortcuts + – * which tag an image Green, Red, or Yellow. These editing shortcuts can then be combined with the Move to Move-To Folder shortcut Apple-J to quickly identify and move the selects from a generic folder of images into a selects folder. Simply create a new folder, add it to the favorites (custom keyboard shortcut Option-F) and then make it the move-to-folder (custom keyboard shortcut Option-M). Then tag your selects with Green (+), Red (-), or Yellow (*). Select all of the Greens with Option-+ and move them to the selects folder with Apple-J (i.e. Move to Move-to-Folder). Then Select all of the reds with Option– and delete them (Apple-Delete).
Once you’ve customized your keyboard shortcuts on your main workstation you can synchronize any other computers in your workflow by copying the KeyboardShortcuts plist from [User > Library > Application Support > Capture One > Keyboard Shortcuts] to the same folder on any other computer (see below). This also works well to back-up your custom settings on a USB Flash Drive to carry with you wherever you go.
