General

Select all

⌘ (CMD) + A

Deselect all

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + A

Move selected item back/forward in stacking order

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Down/Up arrow

Move selected item to back/front of stacking order

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + Down/Up arrow

Extend selection to next/previous item in Project panel

Shift + Down/Up arrow

Duplicate selected item

⌘ (CMD) + D

Quit

⌘ (CMD) + Q

Purge All

⌘ (CMD) + Option + NumPad /

Interrupt running a script

Esc

Project

New project

⌘ (CMD) + Option + N

Open project

⌘ (CMD) + O

Open most recent project

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + P

New folder in Project panel

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + N

Open Project Settings dialog

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + K

Preferences

Open Preferences dialog box

⌘ (CMD) + Option + ; (semi-colon)

Restore default preferences settings

Hold down ⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift on application startup

Panels

Open or close Project panel

⌘ (CMD) + 0

Open or close Render Queue panel

⌘ (CMD) + Option + 0

Open or close Tools panel

⌘ (CMD) + 1

Open or close Info panel

⌘ (CMD) + 2

Open or close Preview panel

⌘ (CMD) + 3

Open or close Audio panel

⌘ (CMD) + 4

Open or close Effects & Presets panel

⌘ (CMD) + 5

Open or close Character panel

⌘ (CMD) + 6

Open or close Paragraph panel

⌘ (CMD) + 7

Open or close Paint panel

⌘ (CMD) + 8

Open or close Brushes panel

⌘ (CMD) + 9

Open or close Effects Controls panel

F3 or ⌘ (CMD) + Shift + T

Open or close Flowchart panel

⌘ (CMD) + F11

Close active panel

⌘ (CMD) + W

Maximize or restore panel under pointer

` (accent grave)

Toggle between Composition and Timeline panel

\ (backslash)

Panels, Viewers, Workspaces, Windows

Switch to workspace

Shift + F10/F11/F12

Close all viewers of type of active viewer

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + W

Split frame containing active viewer

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + N

Resize application window to fit screen

⌘ (CMD) + \ (backslash)

Move application window to main monitor

⌘ (CMD) + Option + \ (backslash)

Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame

Option + Shift + , (comma)/ .(period)

Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer

Shift + , (comma)/ .(period)

Tools

Selection tool

V

Hand tool

H

Zoom In tool

Z

Zoom Out

Option when Zoom In is active

Rotation tool

W

Roto Brush tool

Option + W

Camera tools

C

Pan Behind tool

Y

Mask and shape tools

Q

Type tools

⌘ (CMD) + T

Pen tools

G

Cycle through Brush, Clone, Stamp, and Eraser tools

⌘ (CMD) + B

Cycle through Puppet tool

⌘ (CMD) + P

Compositions and Work Area

New Composition

⌘ (CMD) + N

Open Composition Settings

⌘ (CMD) + K

Set beginning or end of work area to current time

B or N

Set work area to duration of selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + Option + B

Time Navigation

Go to specific time

Option + Shift + J

Go to beginning/end of work area

Shift + Home/End

Go to previous/next visible item in time ruler

J/K

Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item

Home or ⌘ (CMD) + Option + Left arrow

Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item

End or ⌘ (CMD) + Option + Right arrow

Go forward 1 frame

Page Down or ⌘ (CMD) + Right arrow

Go forward 10 frames

Shift + Page Down or ⌘ (CMD) + Shift + Right arrow

Go backward 1 frame

Page Up or ⌘ (CMD) + Left arrow

Go backward 10 frames

Shift + Page Up or ⌘ (CMD) + Shift + Left arrow

Go to layer In point

I

Go to layer Out point

O

Go to previous/next In point or Out point

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + Left/Right arrow

Scroll to Current time in Timeline panel

D

Previews

Start or stop standard preview

Spacebar

RAM preview

Numpad 0

RAM preview with alternate settings

Shift + Numpad 0

Save RAM preview

⌘ (CMD) + Numpad 0

Save RAM preview with alternate settings

⌘ (CMD) + Shfit + Numpad 0

Preview only audio, from current time

Numpad . (decimal point)

Preview only audio, in work area

Option + Numpad . (decimal point)

Show current frame on video preview device

Numpad /

Toggle Output Device preference

⌘ (CMD) + Numpad /

Take snapshot

Shift + F5/F6/F7/F8

Display snapshot

F5/F6/F7/F8

Purge snapshot

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + F5/F6/F7/F8

Views

Turn display color management on or off

Shift + Numpad /

Show red, green, blue, or alpha channel as grayscale

Option + 1/2/3/4

Show colorized red, green, or blue channel

Option + Shift + 1/2/3

Toggle showing straight RGB color

Option + Shift + 4

Show alpha boundary in Layer panel

Option + 5

Show alpha overlay in Layer panel

Option + 5

Show Refine Edge X-ray

Option + X

Zoom in in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel

. (period)

Zoom out in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel

, (comma)

Zoom to 100% in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel

/ (forward slash)

Zoom to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel

Shift + / (forward slash)

Zoom up to 100% to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel

Option + / (forward slash)

Set resolution to Full, Half, or Custom in Composition panel

⌘ (CMD) + J / ⌘ (CMD) + Shift + J / ⌘ (CMD) + Option + J

Open View Options dialog box for active Composition panel

⌘ (CMD) + Option + U

Zoom in time

+ (plus sign)

Zoom out time

- (hyphen)

Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units

; (semicolon)

Zoom out Timeline panel

Shift + ; (semicolon)

Suspend image updates

Caps Lock

Show or hide safe zones

' (apostrophe)

Show or hide grid

⌘ (CMD) + ' (apostrophe)

Show or hide proportional grid

Option + ' (apostrophe)

Show or hide rulers

⌘ (CMD) + R

Show or hide guides

⌘ (CMD) + ; (semicolon)

Turn snapping to grid on or off

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + ' (apostrophe)

Turn snapping to guides on or off

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + ; (semicolon)

Lock or unlock guides

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift ; (semicolon)

Show or hide layer controls

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + H

Footage

Import one file or image sequence

⌘ (CMD) + I

Import multiple files or image sequences

⌘ (CMD) + Option + I

Open movie in an After Effects Footage panel

Option + double-click

Add selected items to most recently activated composition

⌘ (CMD) + / (slash)

Replace selected source footage with footage item selected in Project panel

⌘ (CMD) + Option + / (slash)

Delete a footage item without a warning

⌘ (CMD) + Backspace

Open Interpret Footage dialog box

⌘ (CMD) + Option + G

Remember footage interpretation

⌘ (CMD) + Option + C

Edit selected footage item

⌘ (CMD) + E

Replace selected footage item

⌘ (CMD) + H

Reload selected footage items

⌘ (CMD) + Option + L

Set proxy for selected footage item

⌘ (CMD) + Option + P

Effects and Animation Presets

Delete all effects from selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + E

Apply most recently applied effect

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + E

Apply most recently applied animation preset

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + F

Layers

New solid layer

⌘ (CMD) + Y

New null layer

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + Y

New adjustment layer

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Y

Select layer (1-999) by its number

0...9

Toggle selection of layer (1-999) by its number

Shift + 0...9

Select next/previous layer in stacking order

⌘ (CMD) + Down/Up arrow

Extend selection to next/previous layer in stacking order

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + Down/Up arrow

Deselect all layers

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + Z

Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel

X

Show or hide Parent column

Shift + F4

Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns

F4

Turn Video switch on or off for selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + V

Turn off Video switch for all video layers other than selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + V

Split layers

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + D

Precompose selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + C

Open Effect Controls panel

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + T

Paste layers at current time

⌘ (CMD) + Option + V

Reverse selected layers in time

⌘ (CMD) + Option + R

Enable time remapping

⌘ (CMD) + Option + T

Move In point or Out point of selected layers to current time

[ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket)

Trim In point or Out point of selected layers to current time

Option + [ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket)

Add or remove expression for a property

Option + click stopwatch

Set In point or Out point by time-stretching

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + , (comma) or ⌘ (CMD) + Option + , (comma)

Move In point of selected layers to beginning of composition

Option + Home

Move Out point of selected layers to end of composition

Option + End

Lock selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + L

Unlock all layers

⌘ (CMD) + Shfit + L

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

⌘ (CMD) + U, ⌘ (CMD) + Shift + U, ⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + U

Cycle forward or backward through blending modes for selected layers

Shift + - (hyphen)/ = (equal)

Timeline panel

Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties

⌘ (CMD) + ` (accent grave)

Show only Anchor Point property

A

Show only Audio Levels property

L

Show only Mask Feather property

F

Show only Mask Path property

M

Show only Mask Opacity property

TT

Show only Opacity property

T

Show only Position property

P

Show only Rotation and Orientation properties

R

Show only Scale property

S

Show only Time Remap property

RR

Show only instances of missing effects

FF

Show only Effects property group

E

Show only mask property groups

MM

Show only Material Options property group

AA

Show only expressions

EE

Show only modified properties

UU

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

PP

Show only audio waveform

LL

Show only properties with keyframes or expressions

U

Show only selected properties and groups

SS

Layer Properties

Open Auto-Orientation dialog box for selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + Option + O

Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + O

Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + R

Open Position dialog box for selected layers

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + P

Center selected layers in view

⌘ (CMD) + Home

Move selected layers 1 pixel

Arrow keys

Move selected layers 10 pixels

Shift + Arrow keys

Move selected layers 1 frame earlier or later

Option + Page Up or Page Down

Move selected layers 10 frame earlier or later

Option + Shift + Page Up or Page Down

Increase or decrease Rotation of selected layers by 1°

Numpad + (plus) or -(minus)

Increase or decrease Rotation of selected layers by 10°

Shift + Numpad + (plus) or -(minus)

Increase or decrease Opacity of selected layers by 1%

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Numpad + (plus) or -(minus)

Increase or decrease Opacity of selected layers by 10%

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + Numpad + (plus) or -(minus)

Increase or Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1%

⌘ (CMD) + Numpad + (plus)/Numpad - (minus)

Increase or Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10%

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + Numpad + (plus)/Numpad - (minus)

Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition

⌘ (CMD) + Option + F

3D Layers

Switch to 3D view 1

F10

Switch to 3D view 2

F11

Switch to 3D view 3

F12

Return to previous view

Esc

New light

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + L

New camera

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + C

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

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + \

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

F

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

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + F

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

Option + Shift + C

Keyframes and the Graph Editor

Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes

Shift + F3

Select all visible keyframes and properties

⌘ (CMD) + Option + A

Move keyframe 1 frame later or earlier

Option + Right/Left arrow

Move keyframe 10 frame later or earlier

Option + Shift + Right/Left arrow

Set interpolation for selected keyframes

⌘ (CMD) + Option + K

Set keyframe interpolation method to hold or Auto Bezier

⌘ (CMD) + Option + H

Easy ease selected keyframes

F9

Easy ease selected keyframes in

Shift + F9

Easy ease selected keyframes out

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + F9

Set velocity for selected keyframes

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + K

Text

New text layer

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + T

Align selected horizontal text left, center, or right

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + L/C/R

Extend or reduce selection by one character to right or left in horizontal text

Shift + Right/Left arrow

Extend or reduce selection by one word to right or left in horizontal text

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + Right/Left arrow

Extend or reduce selection by one line up or down in horizontal text

Shift + Up/Down arrow

Extend or reduce selection one word up or down in vertical text

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + Up/Down arrow

Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of line

Shift + Home/End

Move insertion point to beginning or end of line

Home/End

Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of text frame

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + Home/End

Turn All Caps on or off for selected text

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + K

Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + K

Turn Superscript on or off for selected text

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + = (equals)

Turn Subscript on or off for selected text

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + = (equals)

Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected text

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + X

Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + X

Auto leading for selected text

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + A

Reset tracking to 0 for selected text

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + Q

Justify paragraph; left align last line

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + J

Justify paragraph; right align last line

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + J

Justify paragraph; force last line

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + F

Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 2 units

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + , (comma)/(period)

Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 10 units

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + , (comma)/(period)

Increase or decrease leading by 2 units

Option + Down/Up arrow

Increase or decrease leading by 10 units

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Down/Up arrow

Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2 units

Option + Shift + Down/Up arrow

Decrease or increase baseline shift by 10 units

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + Down/Up arrow

Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20 units

Option + Left/Right arrow

Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 100 units

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Left/Right arrow

Toggle paragraph composer

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + T

Masks

New mask

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + N

Select next or previous mask

Option + ` (accent grave) or Option+Shift+` (accent grave)

Toggle between smooth and corner points

⌘ (CMD) + Option + click vertex

Redraw Bezier handles

⌘ (CMD) + Option + drag vertex

Invert selected mask

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + I

Open Mask Feather dialog box

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + F

Open Mask Shape dialog box

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + M

Paint Tools

Swap paint background color and foreground colors

X

Set paint foreground color to black and background color to white

D

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

Option + Click

Set foreground color to the average color of a 4-pixel x 4-pixel area under any paint tool pointer

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Click

Set brush size for a paint tool

⌘ (CMD) + Drag

Set brush hardness for a paint tool

⌘ (CMD) + Drag, then release ⌘ (CMD) while dragging

Join current paint stroke to the previous stroke

Hold Shift while beginning stroke

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

Option-click

Momentarily activate Eraser tool with Last Stroke Only option

⌘ (CMD) + Shift

Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset

3, 4, 5, 6, or 7

Duplicate a Clone Stamp tool preset in Paint panel

Option + Click the button for the preset

Set opacity for a paint tool

Numpad 1(10%)...9(90%)

Set opacity for a paint tool to 100%

Numpad . (decimal point)

Set flow for a paint tool

Shift + Numpad 1(10%)...9(90%)

Set flow for a paint tool to 100%

Shift + Numpad . (decimal point)

Shape Layers

Group selected shapes

⌘ (CMD) + G

Ungroup selected shapes

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + G

Enter free-transform path editing mode

⌘ (CMD) + T

Increase star inner roundness

Page Up when dragging to create shape

Decrease star inner roundness

Page Down when dragging to create shape

Reposition shape during creation

Hold spacebar when dragging to create shape

Set rounded rectangle roundness to 0

Left Arrow when dragging to create shape

Set rounded rectangle roundness to maximum

Right Arrow when dragging to create shape

Constrain rectangles to squares

Shift when dragging to create shape

Change outer radius of star

⌘ (CMD) when dragging to create shape

Markers

Set marker at current time

Numpad *

Set marker at current time and open marker dialog box

Option + Numpad *

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

Shift + 0...9

Go to a composition marker

0...9

Display the duration between two layer markers or keyframes

Option + click the markers or keyframes

Remove marker

⌘ (CMD) + click marker

Saving

Save project

⌘ (CMD) + S

Increment and save project

⌘ (CMD) + Option + Shift + S

Save As

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + S

Add active composition or selected items to render queue

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + /

Add current frame to render queue

⌘ (CMD) + Option + S

Duplicate render item with same output filename

⌘ (CMD) + Shift + D