After Effects Flashcards
To help me learn keyboard shortcuts for Adobe After Effects. (212 cards)
1
Q
Deselect all layers
A
F2
2
Q
Select all
A
Ctrl A
3
Q
Rename layer
A
Enter (main keyboard)
4
Q
Move layer
A
Ctrl+Alt+Dwn or Up Arrow
5
Q
Move In or Out to CTI for selected layer
A
[ or ]
6
Q
Trim In or Out to CTI for selected layer
A
Alt [ or ]
7
Q
Move Out point of selected layer to end of comp
A
Alt End
8
Q
Move In point of selected layer to beginning of comp
A
Alt Home
9
Q
New solid layer
A
Ctrl Y
10
Q
Select layer
A
O-9 on numerical keypad
11
Q
New composition
A
Ctrl+N
12
Q
Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition
A
Ctrl+K
13
Q
Set beginning or end of work area to current time
A
B or N
14
Q
Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration
A
Ctrl+Alt+B
15
Q
Go to specific time
A
Alt+Shift+J
16
Q
Go to beginning or end of work area
A
Shift+Home or Shift+End
17
Q
Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end)
A
J or K
18
Q
Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item
A
Home or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow
19
Q
Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item
A
End or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow
20
Q
Go forward 1 frame
A
Page Down or Ctrl+Right Arrow
21
Q
Go forward 10 frames
A
Shift+Page Down or Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow
22
Q
Go backward 1 frame
A
Page Up or Ctrl+Left Arrow
23
Q
Go backward 10 frames
A
Shift+Page Up or Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow
24
Q
Go to layer In point
A
I
25
Go to layer Out point
O
26
Go to previous In point or Out point
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Arrow
27
Go to next In point or Out point
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow
28
Scroll to current time in Timeline panel
D
29
Start or stop standard preview
spacebar
30
RAM preview
0 on numeric keypad
31
Preview only audio, from current time
. (decimal point) on numeric keypad
32
Preview only audio, in work area
Alt+. (decimal point) on numeric keypad
33
Manually preview (scrub) video
Drag or Alt-drag current-time indicator, depending on Live Update setting
34
Manually preview (scrub) audio
Ctrl-drag current-time indicator
35
RAM preview number of frames specified by Alternate RAM Preview preference (defaults to 5)
Alt+0 on numeric keypad*
36
Take snapshot
Shift+F5, Shift+F6, Shift+F7, or Shift+F8
37
Display snapshot in active viewer
F5, F6, F7, or F8
38
Show red, green, blue, or alpha channel as grayscale
Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+3, Alt+4
39
Show colorized red, green, or blue channel
Show colorized red, green, or blue channel
40
Toggle showing straight RGB color
Alt+Shift+4
41
Show alpha boundary (outline between transparent and opaque regions) in Layer panel
Alt+5
42
Show alpha overlay (colored overlay on transparent regions) in Layer panel
Alt+6
43
Reset view in the Composition panel to 100% and center composition in the panel
Double-click Hand tool
44
Zoom in in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
. (period) on main keyboard
45
Zoom out in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
, (comma)
46
Zoom to 100% in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
/ (on main keyboard)
47
Zoom to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
Shift+/ (on main keyboard)
48
Zoom up to 100% to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
Alt+/ (on main keyboard)
49
Set resolution to Full, Half, or Custom in Composition panel
Ctrl+J, Ctrl+Shift+J, Ctrl+Alt+J
50
Zoom in time
= (equal sign) on main keyboard
50
Zoom out time
- (hyphen) on main keyboard
51
Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units (Press again to zoom out to show entire composition duration.)
; (semicolon)
52
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)
53
Show or hide grid
Ctrl+' (apostrophe)
54
Show or hide proportional grid
Alt+' (apostrophe)
55
Show or hide rulers
Ctrl+R
56
Show or hide guides
Ctrl+; (semicolon)
57
Turn snapping to grid on or off
Ctrl+Shift+' (apostrophe)
58
Turn snapping to guides on or off
Ctrl+Shift+; (semicolon)
59
Lock or unlock guides
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+; (semicolon)
60
Show or hide layer controls
Ctrl+Shift+H
61
Replace selected footage item
Ctrl+H
62
Set proxy for selected footage item
Ctrl+Alt+P
63
Reload selected footage item
Ctrl+Alt+L
64
Go to specific time
Alt+Shift+J
65
Go to beginning or end of work area
Shift+Home or Shift+End
66
Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end)
J or K
67
Set marker at current time (works during RAM preview and audio-only preview)
* (multiply) on numeric keypad
68
Set marker at current time and open marker dialog box
Alt+* (multiply) on numeric keypad
69
Set and number a composition marker (0-9) at the current time
Shift+0-9 on main keyboard
70
Go to a composition marker (0-9)
0-9 on main keyboard
71
Display the duration between two layer markers or keyframes in the Info panel
Alt-click the markers or keyframes
72
Remove marker
Ctrl-click marker
73
New mask
Ctrl+Shift+N
74
Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions
Ctrl+D
75
Redo
Ctrl+Shift+Z
76
Maximize or restore panel under pointer
` (accent grave)
77
Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.)
Ctrl+\ (backslash)
78
Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current composition
\ (backslash)
79
Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions)
Shift+, (comma) or Shift+. (period)
80
Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels)
Alt+Shift+, (comma) or Alt+Shift+. (period)
81
Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition
Ctrl+K
82
Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration
Ctrl+Alt+B
83
Open settings dialog box for selected solid, light, camera, null, or adjustment layer
Ctrl+Shift+Y
84
Paste layers at current time
Ctrl+Alt+V
85
Precompose selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+C
86
Select next layer in stacking order
Ctrl down arrow
87
Select previous layer
Ctrl up arrow
88
Create a new text layer
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+"T"
89
Layer settings
Ctrl Shift Y (change solid fill, etc.)
91
Show parenting column
Shift F4
92
Group selected shapes
Ctrl+G
93
Ungroup selected shapes
Ctrl+Shift+G
94
Enter free-transform path editing mode
Select Path property in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T
95
New mask
Ctrl+Shift+N
96
Select all points in a mask
Alt-click mask
97
Select next or previous mask
Alt+` (accent grave) or Alt+Shift+` (accent grave)
98
Enter free-transform mask editing mode
Double-click mask with Selection tool or select mask in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T
99
Exit free-transform mask editing mode
Esc
100
Scale around center point in Free Transform mode
Ctrl-drag
101
Move selected path points 1 pixel at current magnification
arrow key
102
Move selected path points 10 pixels at current magnification
Shift+arrow key
103
Toggle between smooth and corner points
Ctrl+Alt-click vertex
104
Redraw Bezier handles
Ctrl+Alt-drag vertex
105
Invert selected mask
Ctrl+Shift+I
106
Open Mask Feather dialog box for selected mask
Ctrl+Shift+F
107
Open Mask Shape dialog box for selected mask
Ctrl+Shift+M
108
Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes
Shift+F3
109
Select all keyframes for a property
Click property name
110
Select all visible keyframes and properties
Ctrl+Alt+A
111
Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups
Shift+F2 or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A
112
Move keyframe 1 frame later or earlier
Alt+Right Arrow or Alt+Left Arrow
113
Move keyframe 10 frames later or earlier
Alt+Shift+Right Arrow or Alt+Shift+Left Arrow
114
Set interpolation for selected keyframes (layer bar mode)
Ctrl+Alt+K
115
Set keyframe interpolation method to hold or Auto Bezier
Ctrl+Alt+H
116
Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or Auto Bezier
Ctrl-click in layer bar mode
117
Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or hold
Ctrl+Alt-click in layer bar mode
118
Easy ease selected keyframes
F9
119
Easy ease selected keyframes in
Shift+F9
120
Easy ease selected keyframes out
Ctrl+Shift+F9
121
Set velocity for selected keyframes
Ctrl+Shift+K
122
Add or remove keyframe at current time (For property shortcuts, see Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts).)
Alt+property shortcut
123
Deselect all layers
Ctrl+Shift+A
124
Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel
X
125
Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns
F4
126
Precompose selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+C
127
Set In point or Out point by time-stretching
Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) or Ctrl+Alt+, (comma)
128
Lock selected layers
Ctrl+L
129
Unlock all layers
Ctrl+Shift+L
130
Cycle forward or backward through blending modes for selected layers
Shift+ - (hyphen) or Shift+= (equal sign) on the main keyboard
131
Find in Timeline panel
Ctrl+F
132
Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties
Ctrl+` (accent grave)
133
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
134
Show only Audio Levels property
L
135
Show only Mask Feather property
F
136
Show only Mask Path property
M
137
Show only Mask Opacity property
TT
138
Show only Opacity property (for lights, Intensity)
T
139
Show only Position property
P
140
Show only Rotation and Orientation properties
R
141
Show only Scale property
S
142
Show only Time Remap property
RR
143
Show only Effects property group
E
144
Show only mask property groups
MM
145
Show only modified properties
UU
146
Show only paint strokes, Roto Brush strokes, and Puppet pins
PP
147
Show only audio waveform
LL
148
Show only properties with keyframes or expressions
U
149
Show only selected properties and groups
SS
150
Hide property or group
Alt+Shift-click property or group name
151
Add or remove keyframe at current time
Alt+property shortcut
152
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)
153
Cycle through tools
Alt-click tool button in Tools panel
154
Activate Selection tool
V
155
Activate Hand tool
H
156
Temporarily activate Hand tool
Hold down spacebar or the middle mouse button.
157
Activate Zoom In tool
Z
158
Activate Zoom Out tool
Alt (when Zoom In tool is active)
159
Activate Rotation tool
W
160
Activate Roto Brush tool
Alt+W
161
Activate and cycle through Camera tools (Unified Camera, Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, and Track Z Camera)
C
162
Activate Pan Behind tool
Y
163
Activate and cycle through mask and shape tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star)
Q
164
Activate and cycle through Type tools (Horizontal and Vertical)
Ctrl+T
165
Activate and cycle between the Pen (Pen, Add Vertex, Delete Vertex, and Convert Vertex) and Mask Feather tools (CS6)
G
166
Temporarily activate Selection tool when a pen tool is selected
Ctrl
167
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
168
Activate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools
Ctrl+B
169
Activate and cycle through Puppet tools
Ctrl+P
170
Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool
Alt (in shape layer)
171
Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool
Ctrl (in shape layer)
172
Open selected layer, composition, or footage item
Enter on numeric keypad
173
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
174
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
175
Extend selection to next item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel
Shift+Down Arrow
176
Extend selection to previous item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel
Shift+Up Arrow
177
Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions
Ctrl+D
178
Redo
Ctrl+Shift+Z
179
Open or close Info panel
Ctrl+2
180
Open or close Audio panel
Ctrl+4
181
Maximize or restore panel under pointer
` (accent grave)
182
Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.)
Ctrl+\ (backslash)
183
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)
184
Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current composition
\ (backslash)
185
Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions)
Shift+, (comma) or Shift+. (period)
186
Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels)
Alt+Shift+, (comma) or Alt+Shift+. (period)
187
Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection
click with middle mouse button
188
Toggle expansion of selected effects to show all properties
Ctrl+` (accent grave)
189
Modify property value by 10x default increments
Shift-drag property value
190
Modify property value by 1/10 default increments
Ctrl-drag property value
191
Open Auto-Orientation dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Alt+O
192
Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+O
193
Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+R
194
Open Position dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+P
195
Center selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of current view)
Ctrl+Home
196
Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position)
arrow key
197
Move selected layers 10 pixels at current magnification (Position)
Shift+arrow key
198
Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 1°
+ (plus) or - (minus) on numeric keypad
199
Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10°
Shift++ (plus) or Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad
200
Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1%
Ctrl+Alt++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+- (minus) on numeric keypad
201
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
202
Increase Scale of selected layers by 1%
Ctrl++ (plus) or Alt++ (plus) on numeric keypad
203
Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1%
Ctrl+- (minus) or Alt+- (minus) on numeric keypad
204
Increase Scale of selected layers by 10%
Ctrl+Shift++ (plus) or Alt+Shift++ (plus) on numeric keypad
205
Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10%
Ctrl+Shift+- (minus) or Alt+Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad
206
Modify Rotation or Orientation in 45° increments
Shift-drag with Rotation tool
207
Modify Scale, constrained to footage frame aspect ratio
Shift-drag layer handle with Selection tool
208
Reset Rotation to 0°
Double-click Rotation tool
209
Reset Scale to 100%
Double-click Selection tool
210
Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition
Ctrl+Alt+F
211
Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H
212
Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G
