After Effects Flashcards
To help me learn keyboard shortcuts for Adobe After Effects.
Deselect all layers
F2
Select all
Ctrl A
Rename layer
Enter (main keyboard)
Move layer
Ctrl+Alt+Dwn or Up Arrow
Move In or Out to CTI for selected layer
[ or ]
Trim In or Out to CTI for selected layer
Alt [ or ]
Move Out point of selected layer to end of comp
Alt End
Move In point of selected layer to beginning of comp
Alt Home
New solid layer
Ctrl Y
Select layer
O-9 on numerical keypad
New composition
Ctrl+N
Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition
Ctrl+K
Set beginning or end of work area to current time
B or N
Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration
Ctrl+Alt+B
Go to specific time
Alt+Shift+J
Go to beginning or end of work area
Shift+Home or Shift+End
Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end)
J or K
Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item
Home or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow
Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item
End or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow
Go forward 1 frame
Page Down or Ctrl+Right Arrow
Go forward 10 frames
Shift+Page Down or Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow
Go backward 1 frame
Page Up or Ctrl+Left Arrow
Go backward 10 frames
Shift+Page Up or Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow
Go to layer In point
I
Go to layer Out point
O
Go to previous In point or Out point
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Arrow
Go to next In point or Out point
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow
Scroll to current time in Timeline panel
D
Start or stop standard preview
spacebar
RAM preview
0 on numeric keypad
Preview only audio, from current time
. (decimal point) on numeric keypad
Preview only audio, in work area
Alt+. (decimal point) on numeric keypad
Manually preview (scrub) video
Drag or Alt-drag current-time indicator, depending on Live Update setting
Manually preview (scrub) audio
Ctrl-drag current-time indicator
RAM preview number of frames specified by Alternate RAM Preview preference (defaults to 5)
Alt+0 on numeric keypad*
Take snapshot
Shift+F5, Shift+F6, Shift+F7, or Shift+F8
Display snapshot in active viewer
F5, F6, F7, or F8
Show red, green, blue, or alpha channel as grayscale
Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+3, Alt+4
Show colorized red, green, or blue channel
Show colorized red, green, or blue channel
Toggle showing straight RGB color
Alt+Shift+4
Show alpha boundary (outline between transparent and opaque regions) in Layer panel
Alt+5
Show alpha overlay (colored overlay on transparent regions) in Layer panel
Alt+6
Reset view in the Composition panel to 100% and center composition in the panel
Double-click Hand tool
Zoom in in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
. (period) on main keyboard
Zoom out in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
, (comma)
Zoom to 100% in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
/ (on main keyboard)
Zoom to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
Shift+/ (on main keyboard)
Zoom up to 100% to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
Alt+/ (on main keyboard)
Set resolution to Full, Half, or Custom in Composition panel
Ctrl+J, Ctrl+Shift+J, Ctrl+Alt+J
Zoom in time
= (equal sign) on main keyboard
Zoom out time
- (hyphen) on main keyboard
Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units (Press again to zoom out to show entire composition duration.)
; (semicolon)
Zoom out in Timeline panel to show the entire composition duration (Press again to zoom back in to the duration specified by the Time Navigator.)
Shift+; (semicolon)
Show or hide grid
Ctrl+’ (apostrophe)
Show or hide proportional grid
Alt+’ (apostrophe)
Show or hide rulers
Ctrl+R
Show or hide guides
Ctrl+; (semicolon)
Turn snapping to grid on or off
Ctrl+Shift+’ (apostrophe)
Turn snapping to guides on or off
Ctrl+Shift+; (semicolon)
Lock or unlock guides
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+; (semicolon)
Show or hide layer controls
Ctrl+Shift+H
Replace selected footage item
Ctrl+H
Set proxy for selected footage item
Ctrl+Alt+P
Reload selected footage item
Ctrl+Alt+L
Go to specific time
Alt+Shift+J
Go to beginning or end of work area
Shift+Home or Shift+End
Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end)
J or K
Set marker at current time (works during RAM preview and audio-only preview)
- (multiply) on numeric keypad
Set marker at current time and open marker dialog box
Alt+* (multiply) on numeric keypad
Set and number a composition marker (0-9) at the current time
Shift+0-9 on main keyboard
Go to a composition marker (0-9)
0-9 on main keyboard
Display the duration between two layer markers or keyframes in the Info panel
Alt-click the markers or keyframes
Remove marker
Ctrl-click marker
New mask
Ctrl+Shift+N
Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions
Ctrl+D
Redo
Ctrl+Shift+Z
Maximize or restore panel under pointer
` (accent grave)
Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.)
Ctrl+\ (backslash)
Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current composition
\ (backslash)
Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions)
Shift+, (comma) or Shift+. (period)
Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels)
Alt+Shift+, (comma) or Alt+Shift+. (period)
Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition
Ctrl+K
Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration
Ctrl+Alt+B
Open settings dialog box for selected solid, light, camera, null, or adjustment layer
Ctrl+Shift+Y
Paste layers at current time
Ctrl+Alt+V
Precompose selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+C
Select next layer in stacking order
Ctrl down arrow
Select previous layer
Ctrl up arrow
Create a new text layer
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+”T”
Layer settings
Ctrl Shift Y (change solid fill, etc.)
Show parenting column
Shift F4
Group selected shapes
Ctrl+G
Ungroup selected shapes
Ctrl+Shift+G
Enter free-transform path editing mode
Select Path property in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T
New mask
Ctrl+Shift+N
Select all points in a mask
Alt-click mask
Select next or previous mask
Alt+ (accent grave) or Alt+Shift+ (accent grave)
Enter free-transform mask editing mode
Double-click mask with Selection tool or select mask in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T
Exit free-transform mask editing mode
Esc
Scale around center point in Free Transform mode
Ctrl-drag
Move selected path points 1 pixel at current magnification
arrow key
Move selected path points 10 pixels at current magnification
Shift+arrow key
Toggle between smooth and corner points
Ctrl+Alt-click vertex
Redraw Bezier handles
Ctrl+Alt-drag vertex
Invert selected mask
Ctrl+Shift+I
Open Mask Feather dialog box for selected mask
Ctrl+Shift+F
Open Mask Shape dialog box for selected mask
Ctrl+Shift+M
Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes
Shift+F3
Select all keyframes for a property
Click property name
Select all visible keyframes and properties
Ctrl+Alt+A
Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups
Shift+F2 or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A
Move keyframe 1 frame later or earlier
Alt+Right Arrow or Alt+Left Arrow
Move keyframe 10 frames later or earlier
Alt+Shift+Right Arrow or Alt+Shift+Left Arrow
Set interpolation for selected keyframes (layer bar mode)
Ctrl+Alt+K
Set keyframe interpolation method to hold or Auto Bezier
Ctrl+Alt+H
Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or Auto Bezier
Ctrl-click in layer bar mode
Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or hold
Ctrl+Alt-click in layer bar mode
Easy ease selected keyframes
F9
Easy ease selected keyframes in
Shift+F9
Easy ease selected keyframes out
Ctrl+Shift+F9
Set velocity for selected keyframes
Ctrl+Shift+K
Add or remove keyframe at current time (For property shortcuts, see Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts).)
Alt+property shortcut
Deselect all layers
Ctrl+Shift+A
Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel
X
Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns
F4
Precompose selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+C
Set In point or Out point by time-stretching
Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) or Ctrl+Alt+, (comma)
Lock selected layers
Ctrl+L
Unlock all layers
Ctrl+Shift+L
Cycle forward or backward through blending modes for selected layers
Shift+ - (hyphen) or Shift+= (equal sign) on the main keyboard
Find in Timeline panel
Ctrl+F
Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties
Ctrl+` (accent grave)
Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties
Ctrl-click triangle to the left of the property group name
Show only Audio Levels property
L
Show only Mask Feather property
F
Show only Mask Path property
M
Show only Mask Opacity property
TT
Show only Opacity property (for lights, Intensity)
T
Show only Position property
P
Show only Rotation and Orientation properties
R
Show only Scale property
S
Show only Time Remap property
RR
Show only Effects property group
E
Show only mask property groups
MM
Show only modified properties
UU
Show only paint strokes, Roto Brush strokes, and Puppet pins
PP
Show only audio waveform
LL
Show only properties with keyframes or expressions
U
Show only selected properties and groups
SS
Hide property or group
Alt+Shift-click property or group name
Add or remove keyframe at current time
Alt+property shortcut
Zoom out in Timeline panel to show the entire composition duration (Press again to zoom back in to the duration specified by the Time Navigator.)
Shift+; (semicolon)
Cycle through tools
Alt-click tool button in Tools panel
Activate Selection tool
V
Activate Hand tool
H
Temporarily activate Hand tool
Hold down spacebar or the middle mouse button.
Activate Zoom In tool
Z
Activate Zoom Out tool
Alt (when Zoom In tool is active)
Activate Rotation tool
W
Activate Roto Brush tool
Alt+W
Activate and cycle through Camera tools (Unified Camera, Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, and Track Z Camera)
C
Activate Pan Behind tool
Y
Activate and cycle through mask and shape tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star)
Q
Activate and cycle through Type tools (Horizontal and Vertical)
Ctrl+T
Activate and cycle between the Pen (Pen, Add Vertex, Delete Vertex, and Convert Vertex) and Mask Feather tools (CS6)
G
Temporarily activate Selection tool when a pen tool is selected
Ctrl
Temporarily activate pen tool when the Selection tool is selected and pointer is over a path (Add Vertex tool when pointer is over a segment; Convert Vertex tool when pointer is over a vertex)
Ctrl+Alt
Activate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools
Ctrl+B
Activate and cycle through Puppet tools
Ctrl+P
Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool
Alt (in shape layer)
Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool
Ctrl (in shape layer)
Open selected layer, composition, or footage item
Enter on numeric keypad
Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items down (back) or up (forward) in stacking order
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to bottom (back) or top (front) of stacking order
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow
Extend selection to next item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel
Shift+Down Arrow
Extend selection to previous item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel
Shift+Up Arrow
Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions
Ctrl+D
Redo
Ctrl+Shift+Z
Open or close Info panel
Ctrl+2
Open or close Audio panel
Ctrl+4
Maximize or restore panel under pointer
` (accent grave)
Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.)
Ctrl+\ (backslash)
Move application window or floating window to main monitor; resize window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.)
Ctrl+Alt+\ (backslash)
Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current composition
\ (backslash)
Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions)
Shift+, (comma) or Shift+. (period)
Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels)
Alt+Shift+, (comma) or Alt+Shift+. (period)
Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection
click with middle mouse button
Toggle expansion of selected effects to show all properties
Ctrl+` (accent grave)
Modify property value by 10x default increments
Shift-drag property value
Modify property value by 1/10 default increments
Ctrl-drag property value
Open Auto-Orientation dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Alt+O
Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+O
Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+R
Open Position dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+P
Center selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of current view)
Ctrl+Home
Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position)
arrow key
Move selected layers 10 pixels at current magnification (Position)
Shift+arrow key
Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 1°
+ (plus) or - (minus) on numeric keypad
Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10°
Shift++ (plus) or Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad
Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1%
Ctrl+Alt++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+- (minus) on numeric keypad
Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10%
Ctrl+Alt+Shift++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad
Increase Scale of selected layers by 1%
Ctrl++ (plus) or Alt++ (plus) on numeric keypad
Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1%
Ctrl+- (minus) or Alt+- (minus) on numeric keypad
Increase Scale of selected layers by 10%
Ctrl+Shift++ (plus) or Alt+Shift++ (plus) on numeric keypad
Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10%
Ctrl+Shift+- (minus) or Alt+Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad
Modify Rotation or Orientation in 45° increments
Shift-drag with Rotation tool
Modify Scale, constrained to footage frame aspect ratio
Shift-drag layer handle with Selection tool
Reset Rotation to 0°
Double-click Rotation tool
Reset Scale to 100%
Double-click Selection tool
Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition
Ctrl+Alt+F
Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H
Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G
