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Select all |
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Deselect all |
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Rename selected layer, composition, folder, effect, group, or mask |
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Open selected layer, composition, or footage item |
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Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items up (forward) down (back) in stacking order |
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Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to top (front) or bottom (back) of stacking order |
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Extend selection to next item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel |
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Extend selection to previous item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel |
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Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions |
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Quit |
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Undo |
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Redo |
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Purge All Memory |
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Interrupt running a script |
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Display filename corresponding to the frame at the current time in the Info panel |
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New project |
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Open project |
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Open most recent project |
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New folder in Project panel |
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Open Project Settings dialog box |
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Find in Project panel |
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(click bit-depth button at bottom of Project panel) Cycle through color bit depths for project |
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(click bit-depth button at bottom of Project panel) Open Project Settings dialog box |
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Open Preferences dialog box |
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(hold down while starting After Effects) Restore default preferences settings |
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Open or close Project panel |
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Open or close Render Queue panel |
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Open or close Tools panel |
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Open or close Info panel |
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Open or close Preview panel |
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Open or close Audio panel |
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Open or close Effects & Presets panel |
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Open or close Character panel |
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Open or close Paragraph panel |
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Open or close Paint panel |
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Open or close Brushes panel |
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Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer |
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Open Flowchart panel for project flowchart |
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Switch to workspace |
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Close active viewer or panel (closes content first) |
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Close active panel or all viewers of type of active viewer (closes content first). For example, if a Timeline panel is active, this command closes all Timeline panels. |
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Split the frame containing the active viewer and create a viewer with opposite locked/unlocked state |
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Maximize or restore panel under pointer |
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Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.) |
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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.) |
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Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current composition |
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Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions) |
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Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels) |
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Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection |
Note: To momentarily activate a tool with a single-letter keyboard shortcut, hold down the key; release the key to return to the previously active tool. To activate a tool and keep it active, press the key and immediately release it.
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(alt-click tool button in Tools panel) Cycle through tools |
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Activate Selection tool |
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Activate Hand tool |
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Temporarily activate Hand tool |
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Activate Zoom In tool |
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(when Zoom In tool is active) Activate Zoom Out tool |
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Activate Rotation tool |
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Activate Roto Brush tool |
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Activate Refine Edge tool |
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Activate and cycle through Camera tools (Unified Camera, Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, and Track Z Camera) |
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Activate Pan Behind tool |
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Activate and cycle through mask and shape tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star) |
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Activate and cycle through Type tools (Horizontal and Vertical) |
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Activate and cycle between the Pen and Mask Feather tools. (Note: You can turn off this setting in the Preferences dialog box.) |
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Temporarily activate Selection tool when a pen tool is selected |
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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) |
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Activate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools |
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Activate and cycle through Puppet tools |
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(in shape layer) Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool |
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(in shape layer) Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool |
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New composition |
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Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition |
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or N: Set beginning or end of work area to current time |
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Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration |
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Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for active composition |
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Activate the most recently active composition that is in the same composition hierarchy (network of nested compositions) as the currently active composition |
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Trim Composition to work area |
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New Composition from selection |
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Go to specific time |
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Go to beginning or end of work area |
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Go to previous visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end) |
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Go to next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end) |
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(Note: Also goes to beginning, end, or base frame of Roto Brush span if viewing Roto Brush in Layer panel.)
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Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item |
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Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item |
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Go forward 1 frame |
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Go forward 10 frames |
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Go backward 1 frame |
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Go backward 10 frames |
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Go to layer In point |
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Go to layer Out point |
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Go to previous In point or Out point |
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Go to next In point or Out point |
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Scroll to current time in Timeline panel |
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Start or stop preview |
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(click Reset in Preview panel) Reset preview settings to replicate RAM Preview and Standard Preview behaviors |
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Preview only audio, from current time |
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Preview only audio, in work area |
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Manually preview (scrub) video |
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(drag current-time indicator) Manually preview (scrub) audio |
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Preview number of frames specified by Alternate Preview preference (defaults to 5) |
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Toggle Mercury Transmit video preview |
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Take snapshot |
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Display snapshot in active viewer |
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Purge snapshot |
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Fast Previews > Off |
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Fast Previews > Adaptive Resolution |
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Fast Previews > Draft |
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Fast Previews > Fast Draft |
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Fast Previews > Wireframe |
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Turn display color management on or off for active view |
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Show red, green, blue, or alpha channel as grayscale |
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Show colorized red, green, or blue channel |
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Toggle showing straight RGB color |
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Show alpha boundary (outline between transparent and opaque regions) in Layer panel |
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Show alpha overlay (colored overlay on transparent regions) in Layer panel |
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Show Refine Edge X-ray |
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(double-click Hand tool) Center composition in the panel |
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Zoom-in in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
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Zoom-out in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
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Zoom to 100% in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
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Zoom to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
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Zoom up to 100% to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
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Set resolution to Full, Half, or Custom in Composition panel |
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Open View Options dialog box for active Composition panel |
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Zoom in time |
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Zoom out time |
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Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units (Press again to zoom out to show entire composition duration.) |
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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.) |
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Prevent images from being rendered for previews in viewer panels |
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Show or hide safe zones |
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Show or hide grid |
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Show or hide proportional grid |
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Show or hide rulers |
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Show or hide guides |
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Turn snapping to grid on or off |
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Turn snapping to guides on or off |
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Lock or unlock guides |
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Show or hide layer controls (masks, motion paths, light and camera wireframes, effect control points, and layer handles) |
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Import one file or image sequence |
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Import multiple files or image sequences |
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(double-click the footage item in the Project panel) Open movie in an After Effects Footage panel |
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Add selected items to most recently activated composition |
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Replace selected source footage for selected layers with footage item selected in Project panel |
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(drag footage item from Project panel onto selected layer) Replace source for a selected layer |
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Delete a footage item without a warning |
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Open Interpret Footage dialog box for selected footage item |
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Remember footage interpretation |
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Edit selected footage item in application with which it’s associated (Edit Original) |
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Replace selected footage item |
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Reload selected footage items |
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Set proxy for selected footage item |
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Delete all effects from selected layers |
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Apply most recently applied effect to selected layers |
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Apply most recently applied animation preset to selected layers |
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New solid layer |
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New null layer |
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New adjustment layer |
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Select layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers) |
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Toggle selection of layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers) |
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Select next layer in stacking order |
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Select previous layer in stacking order |
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Extend selection to next layer in stacking order |
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Extend selection to previous layer in stacking order |
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Deselect all layers |
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Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel |
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Show or hide Parent column |
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Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns |
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Setting the sampling method for selected layers (Best/Bilinear) |
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Setting the sampling method for selected layers (Best/Bicubic) |
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(click solo switch) Turn off all other solo switches |
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Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for selected layers |
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Turn off Video switch for all video layers other than selected layers |
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Open settings dialog box for selected solid, light, camera, null, or adjustment layer |
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Paste layers at current time |
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Split selected layers. (If no layers are selected, split all layers.) |
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Precompose selected layers |
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Open Effect Controls panel for selected layers |
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(double-click a layer) Open layer in Layer panel (opens source composition for precomposition layer in Composition panel) |
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(double-click a layer) Open source of a layer in Footage panel (opens precomposition layer in Layer panel) |
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Reverse selected layers in time |
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Enable time remapping for selected layers |
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Move selected layers so that their In point or Out point is at the current time |
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Trim In point or Out point of selected layers to current time |
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(click stopwatch) Add or remove expression for a property |
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(double-click effect selection in Effects & Presets panel) Add an effect (or multiple selected effects) to selected layers |
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Set In point or Out point by time-stretching |
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Move selected layers so that their In point is at beginning of composition |
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Move selected layers so that their Out point is at end of composition |
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Lock selected layers |
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Unlock all layers |
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Set Quality to Best, Draft, or Wireframe for selected layers |
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Cycle forward or backward through blending modes for selected layers |
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Find in Timeline panel |
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Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties |
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(click triangle to the left of the property group name) Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties |
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Show only Anchor Point property (for lights and cameras, Point Of Interest) |
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Show only Audio Levels property |
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Show only Mask Feather property |
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Show only Mask Path property |
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Show only Mask Opacity property |
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Show only Opacity property (for lights, Intensity) |
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Show only Position property |
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Show only Rotation and Orientation properties |
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Show only Scale property |
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Show only Time Remap property |
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Show only instances of missing effects |
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Show only Effects property group |
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Show only mask property groups |
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Show only Material Options property group |
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Show only expressions |
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Show properties with keyframes |
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Show only modified properties |
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Show only paint strokes, Roto Brush strokes, and Puppet pins |
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Show only audio waveform |
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Show only selected properties and groups |
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(click property or group name) Hide property or group |
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(click property or group shortcut) Add or remove property or group from set that is shown |
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(hit the property shortcut key) Add or remove keyframe at current time |
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(drag property value) Modify property value by default increments |
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(drag property value) Modify property value by 10x default increments |
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(drag property value) Modify property value by 1/10 default increments |
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Open Auto-Orientation dialog box for selected layers |
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Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers |
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Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers |
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Open Position dialog box for selected layers |
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Center-selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of current view) |
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Center anchor point in the visible content |
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Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position) |
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Move selected layers 10 pixels at current magnification (Position) |
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Move selected layers 1 frame earlier or later |
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Move selected layers 10 frames earlier or later |
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Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 1° |
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Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10° |
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Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1% |
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Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10% |
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Increase Scale of selected layers by 1% |
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Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1% |
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Increase Scale of selected layers by 10% |
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Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10% |
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(drag with Rotation tool) Modify Rotation or Orientation in 45° increments |
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(drag layer handle with Selection tool) Modify Scale, constrained to footage frame aspect ratio |
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(double-click Rotation tool) Reset Rotation to 0° |
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(double-click Selection tool) Reset Scale to 100% |
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Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition |
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Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer |
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Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer |
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Switch to 3D view 1 (defaults to Front) |
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Switch to 3D view 2 (defaults to Custom View 1) |
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Switch to 3D view 3 (defaults to Active Camera) |
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Return to previous view |
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New light |
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Switch to Orbit camera control |
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Switch to Pan camera control |
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Switch to Dolly camera control |
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New camera |
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Switch to Universal gizmo |
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Switch to Position gizmo |
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Switch to Scale gizmo |
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Switch to Rotation gizmo |
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Move the camera and its point of interest to look at selected 3D layers |
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With a camera tool selected, move the camera and its point of interest to look at selected 3D layers |