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