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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.
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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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Double-click mask with Selection tool or select mask in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T: Enter free-transform mask editing mode
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Ctrl+drag, then release Ctrl while dragging: Set brush hardness for a paint tool
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Select Path property in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T: Enter free-transform path editing mode
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Move the camera and its point of interest to look at selected 3D layers |
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Decrease Scale 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 10% |
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Preview number of frames specified by Alternate Preview preference (defaults to 5) |
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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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Purge All Memory |
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Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1% |
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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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Increase or decrease baseline shift by 10 units |
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Set marker at current time and open marker dialog box |
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Preview only audio, in work area |
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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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Apply most recently applied effect to selected layers |
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Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text |
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(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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(drag vertex) Redraw Bezier handles |
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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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New Composition from selection |
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Apply most recently applied animation preset to selected layers |
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Auto leading for selected text |
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Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 10 units |
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Select next or previous mask |
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New camera |
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Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups |
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Increment and save project |
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Move keyframe 10 frames earlier or later |
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(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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Import multiple files or image sequences |
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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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Move selected layers 10 frames earlier or later |
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(hit the property shortcut key) Add or remove keyframe at current time |
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Go to beginning or end of work area |
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(hold down while starting After Effects) Restore default preferences settings |
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Open Project Settings dialog box |
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Set Quality to Best, Draft, or Wireframe for selected layers |
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Lock or unlock guides |
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Justify paragraph; right align last line |
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Turn Subscript on or off for selected text |
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Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text |
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Increase or decrease leading by 10 units |
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Increase or decrease baseline shift by 2 units |
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Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 100 units (100/1000 ems) |
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Set flow for a paint tool to 100% |
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Move feature region and search region 10 pixels at current magnification |
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(drag footage item from Project panel onto selected layer) Replace source for a selected layer |
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Manually preview (scrub) video |
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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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Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10° |
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Move selected layers 1 frame earlier or later |
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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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Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items up (forward) down (back) in stacking order |
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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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Start or stop preview |
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Turn display color management on or off for active view |
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Open most recent project |
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New null layer |
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(click marker) Remove marker |
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Select next or previous mask |
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Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer |
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New light |
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Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition |
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Move keyframe 1 frame earlier or later |
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Select all visible keyframes and properties |
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Turn Casts Shadows property on or off for selected 3D layers |
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Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20 units (20/1000 ems) |
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(quadruple-click with Type tool) Select paragraph |
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(quintuple-click with Type tool) Select entire text frame |
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Decrease or increase leading by 2 units |
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(for example, 9=90%, 1=10%) Set flow for a paint tool |
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Move feature region and search region 1 pixel at current magnification |
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Add current frame to render queue |
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Set and number a composition marker (0-9) at the current time |
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Remember footage interpretation |
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Reverse selected layers in time |
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Delete a footage item without a warning |
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Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 1° |
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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 instances of missing effects |
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Show only mask property groups |
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Show only expressions |
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Show only Mask Opacity property |
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Display filename corresponding to the frame at the current time in the Info panel |
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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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Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels) |
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Show colorized red, green, or blue channel |
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Toggle showing straight RGB color |
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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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Toggle Mercury Transmit video preview |
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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 Puppet tools |
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(in shape layer) Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool |
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(when Zoom In tool is active) Activate Zoom Out tool |
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Split the frame containing the active viewer and create a viewer with opposite locked/unlocked state |
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New folder in Project panel |
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Show or hide guides |
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Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for selected layers |
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Toggle paragraph composer |
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New text layer |
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Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer |
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