Adobe After Effects 2021 keyboard shortcuts 

Adobe After Effects 2021    

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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.
(Note: Also goes to beginning, end, or base frame of Roto Brush span if viewing Roto Brush in Layer panel.)
Double-click mask with Selection tool or select mask in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T: Enter free-transform mask editing mode
Ctrl+drag, then release Ctrl while dragging: Set brush hardness for a paint tool
Select Path property in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T: Enter free-transform path editing mode
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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + \

Move the camera and its point of interest to look at selected 3D layers

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Alt + ↑  Shift + Num -

Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10%

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Ctrl + Alt + Num +

Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1%

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or Ctrl + Alt + Num -
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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + Num +

Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10%

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or Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + Num -
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Alt + ↑  Shift + Num +

Increase Scale of selected layers by 10%

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Alt + Num 0

Preview number of frames specified by Alternate Preview preference (defaults to 5)

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Ctrl + Alt + \

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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Ctrl + Alt + Num /

Purge All Memory

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Alt + Num -

Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1%

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift +   

Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to top (front) or bottom (back) of stacking order

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift +   

Increase or decrease baseline shift by 10 units

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Alt + Num *

Set marker at current time and open marker dialog box

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Alt + Num .

Preview only audio, in work area

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift +

Go to previous In point or Out point

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift +

Go to next In point or Out point

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + E

Apply most recently applied effect to selected layers

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + X

Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text

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Alt + ↑  Shift +
+

(drag with with Clone Stamp tool) Show and move overlay (change Offset value of aligned Clone Stamp tool or change Source Position value of unaligned Clone Stamp tool)

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Ctrl + Alt +
+

(drag vertex) Redraw Bezier handles

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↑  Shift + Num 0 - Num 9

Toggle selection of layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers)

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Alt + \

New Composition from selection

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + F

Apply most recently applied animation preset to selected layers

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + A

Auto leading for selected text

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + ,

Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 10 units

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or Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + .
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Alt + ↑  Shift + `

Select next or previous mask

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + C

New camera

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + A

Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + S

Increment and save project

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Alt + ↑  Shift +   

Move keyframe 10 frames earlier or later

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Alt + ↑  Shift + A - Z

(press property shortcut letter) Add or remove keyframe at current time. For property shortcuts, see Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts).

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Ctrl + Alt + I

Import multiple files or image sequences

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Num +

Increase Scale of selected layers by 10%

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Num -

Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10%

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Alt + Shift + Page Up / Down

Move selected layers 10 frames earlier or later

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Alt + ↑  Shift + A - Z

(hit the property shortcut key) Add or remove keyframe at current time

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↑  Shift + Home or ↑  Shift + End

Go to beginning or end of work area

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift

(hold down while starting After Effects) Restore default preferences settings

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + K

Open Project Settings dialog box

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + U

Set Quality to Best, Draft, or Wireframe for selected layers

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + ;

Lock or unlock guides

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + J

Justify paragraph; right align last line

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + =

Turn Subscript on or off for selected text

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + K

Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text

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Ctrl + Alt +   

Increase or decrease  leading by 10 units

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Alt + ↑  Shift +   

Increase or decrease baseline shift by 2 units

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Ctrl + Alt +   

Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 100 units (100/1000 ems)

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↑  Shift + Num .

Set flow for a paint tool to 100%

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Move feature region and search region 10 pixels at current magnification

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Alt +
+

(drag footage item from Project panel onto selected layer) Replace source for a selected layer

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Alt +
+

Manually preview (scrub) video

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Num 0 - Num 9

Select layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers)

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↑  Shift + Num +

Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10°

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or ↑  Shift + Num -
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Alt + Page Up / Down

Move selected layers 1 frame earlier or later

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Ctrl + Num +

Increase Scale of selected layers by 1%

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or Ctrl + Num -
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Ctrl + Num -

Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1%

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Ctrl + Alt +   

Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items up (forward) down (back) in stacking order

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Ctrl + Alt +

Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item

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Ctrl + Alt +

Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item

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Num 0

Start or stop preview

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↑  Shift + Num /

Turn display color management on or off for active view

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + P

Open most recent project

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + Y

New null layer

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Ctr +

(click marker) Remove marker

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Alt + `

Select next or previous mask

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + G

Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + L

New light

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Ctrl + Alt + F

Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition

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Alt +   

Move keyframe 1 frame earlier or later

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Ctrl + Alt + A

Select all visible keyframes and properties

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Alt + ↑  Shift + C

Turn Casts Shadows property on or off for selected 3D layers

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Alt +   

Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20 units (20/1000 ems)

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then

(quadruple-click with Type tool) Select paragraph

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then
then

(quintuple-click with Type tool) Select entire text frame

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Alt +   

Decrease or increase leading by 2 units

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↑  Shift + Num 1 - Num 9

(for example, 9=90%, 1=10%) Set flow for a paint tool

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Alt +

Move feature region and search region 1 pixel at current magnification

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Ctrl + Alt + S

Add current frame to render queue

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↑  Shift + 0 - 9

Set and number a composition marker (0-9) at the current time

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Ctrl + Alt + C

Remember footage interpretation

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Ctrl + Alt + R

Reverse selected layers in time

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Ctrl + Backspace

Delete a footage item without a warning

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Num +

Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 1°

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or Num -
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U then U

Show only modified properties

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P then P

Show only paint strokes, Roto Brush strokes, and Puppet pins

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L then L

Show only audio waveform

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F then F

Show only instances of missing effects

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M then M

Show only mask property groups

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E then E

Show only expressions

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T then T

Show only Mask Opacity property

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Ctrl + Alt + E

Display filename corresponding to the frame at the current time in the Info panel

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Ctrl + \

Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.)

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Alt + ↑  Shift + ,

Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels)

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or Alt + ↑  Shift + .
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Alt + ↑  Shift + 1

Show colorized red, green, or blue channel

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or Alt + ↑  Shift + 2
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or Alt + ↑  Shift + 3
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Alt + ↑  Shift + 4

Toggle showing straight RGB color

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Ctrl + Alt + 1

Fast Previews > Off

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Ctrl + Alt + 2

Fast Previews > Adaptive Resolution

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Ctrl + Alt + 3

Fast Previews > Draft

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Ctrl + Alt + 4

Fast Previews > Fast Draft

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Ctrl + Alt + 5

Fast Previews > Wireframe

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Num /

Toggle Mercury Transmit video preview

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Ctrl + Alt

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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Ctrl + P

Activate and cycle through Puppet tools

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Alt

(in shape layer) Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool

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Alt

(when Zoom In tool is active) Activate Zoom Out tool

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + N

Split the frame containing the active viewer and create a viewer with opposite locked/unlocked state

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + N

New folder in Project panel

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Ctrl + ;

Show or hide guides

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + V

Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for selected layers

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + T

Toggle paragraph composer

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + T

New text layer

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + H

Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer


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Program name: Adobe After Effects 2021 Adobe After Effects 2021 (Imaging)

Web page: helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/...

Last update: 07.03.2022 10:42 UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 73%

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Updated: Updated program information. (5 updates.) 28.10.2021 08:51:30 New program added.
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