Return to previous view

Exit free-transform mask editing mode

Interrupt running a script

Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item

Move insertion point to beginning or end of line

Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item

Display snapshot in active viewer

New solid layer

Select all

Undo

Find in Project panel

Find in Timeline panel

Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer

Group selected shapes

Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes

Display snapshot in active viewer

Show or hide rulers

Save project

Show or hide safe zones

Edit selected footage item in application with which it’s associated (Edit Original)

Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns

Close active viewer or panel (closes content first)

Activate and cycle through Type tools (Horizontal and Vertical)

New composition

Replace selected footage item

Open or close Tools panel

Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions

Activate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools

Switch to 3D view 3 (defaults to Active Camera)

Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups

Show or hide Parent column

None

Go to previous visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end)

(when dragging to create shape) Set rounded rectangle roundness to maximum; increase polygon and star outer roundness

Show only Position property

Go to next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end)

(when dragging to create shape) Set rounded rectangle roundness to 0 (sharp corners); decrease polygon and star outer roundness

Show only Rotation and Orientation properties

Activate Hand tool

Switch to 3D view 2 (defaults to Custom View 1)

Start or stop preview

Temporarily activate Hand tool

(hold when dragging to create shape) Reposition shape during creation

(when dragging to create shape) Decrease number of points for star or polygon; decrease roundness for rounded rectangle

(when dragging to create shape) Increase number of points for star or polygon; increase roundness for rounded rectangle

Display snapshot in active viewer

Deselect all

Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for active composition

Quit

Rename selected layer, composition, folder, effect, group, or mask

Show only Mask Path property

Show only Audio Levels property

Move earlier or later by number of frames specified for stroke Duration

Switch to Orbit camera control

With a camera tool selected, move the camera and its point of interest to look at selected 3D layers

Difference mode

Show only Mask Feather property

Activate and cycle through Camera tools (Unified Camera, Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, and Track Z Camera)

Show properties with keyframes

or N:  Set beginning or end of work area to current time

Switch to 3D view 1 (defaults to Front)

Easy ease selected keyframes

Setting the sampling method for selected layers (Best/Bilinear)

Display snapshot in active viewer

Activate Selection tool

Switch to Universal gizmo

Darken mode

Set paint foreground color to black and background color to white

Scroll to current time in Timeline panel

Swap paint background color and foreground colors

Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel

Go to layer Out point

Activate Zoom In tool

Show only Scale property

Subtract mode

Show only Anchor Point property (for lights and cameras, Point Of Interest)

Add mode

Show only Opacity property (for lights, Intensity)

Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position)

Move selected path points 1 pixel at current magnification

Move feature region, search region, and attach point 1 pixel at current magnification

Move earlier or later by number of frames specified for stroke Duration

Switch to Pan camera control

Activate Rotation tool

Switch to Dolly camera control

Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset

Switch to Position gizmo

Switch to Scale gizmo

Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset

Show only Effects property group

Open or close Preview panel

Open or close Audio panel

(when dragging to create shape) Increase star inner roundness

Go backward 1 frame

Go forward 1 frame

(when dragging to create shape) Decrease star inner roundness

Open or close Info panel

Open or close Effects & Presets panel

Activate and cycle through mask and shape tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star)

Activate and cycle between the Pen and Mask Feather tools. (Note: You can turn off this setting in the Preferences dialog box.)

Activate Pan Behind tool

Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset

Switch to Rotation gizmo

Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset

Move selected layers so that their In point or Out point is at the current time

Zoom in time

Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units (Press again to zoom out to show entire composition duration.)

In vertical text, move insertion point one left or right

In horizontal text, move insertion point one character left or right

(click property name) Select all keyframes for a property

(click bit-depth button at bottom of Project panel) Open Project Settings dialog box

(click triangle to the left of the property group name) Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties

(click in layer bar mode) Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or Auto Bezier

Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection

Temporarily activate Hand tool

(double-click Rotation tool) Reset Rotation to 0°

(double-click Selection tool) Reset Scale to 100%

(double-click text layer) Select all text on a layer

(with Type tool) Select word

(double-click effect selection in Effects & Presets panel) Add an effect (or multiple selected effects) to selected layers

(double-click Hand tool) Center composition in the panel

(double-click the footage item in the Project panel) Open movie in an After Effects Footage panel

(double-click a layer) Open layer in Layer panel (opens source composition for precomposition layer in Composition panel)

(click property or group shortcut) Add or remove property or group from set that is shown

To mouse-click point, select text from insertion point

In horizontal text, move insertion point one line up or down

In vertical text, move insertion point one character up or down

(click mask) Select all points in a mask

Set starting sample point to point currently under Clone Stamp tool pointer

Set foreground color to the color currently under any paint tool pointer

(click the button for the preset) Duplicate a Clone Stamp tool preset in Paint panel

(click the markers or keyframes) Display the duration between two layer markers or keyframes in the Info panel

(click Reset in Preview panel) Reset preview settings to replicate RAM Preview and Standard Preview behaviors

(click bit-depth button at bottom of Project panel) Cycle through color bit depths for project

(alt-click tool button in Tools panel) Cycle through tools

(click solo switch) Turn off all other solo switches

(click stopwatch) Add or remove expression for a property

(with Type tool) Select line

(double-click a layer) Open source of a layer in Footage panel (opens precomposition layer in Layer panel)

Prevent images from being rendered for previews in viewer panels

(drag property value) Modify property value by default increments

Manually preview (scrub) video

Maximize or restore panel under pointer

Temporarily activate Selection tool when a pen tool is selected

(in shape layer) Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool