General

Select all

Ctrl + A

Deselect all

Ctrl + Shift + A

Move selected item back/forward in stacking order

Ctrl + Alt + Down/Up arrow

Move selected item to back/front of stacking order

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Down/Up arrow

Extend selection to next/previous item in Project panel

Shift + Down/Up arrow

Duplicate selected item

Ctrl + D

Quit

Ctrl + Q

Purge All

Ctrl + Alt + NumPad /

Interrupt running a script

Esc

Project

New project

Ctrl + Alt + N

Open project

Ctrl + O

Open most recent project

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + P

New folder in Project panel

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N

Open Project Settings dialog

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + K

Preferences

Open Preferences dialog box

Ctrl + Alt + ; (semi-colon)

Restore default preferences settings

Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift on application startup

Panels

Open or close Project panel

Ctrl + 0

Open or close Render Queue panel

Ctrl + Alt + 0

Open or close Tools panel

Ctrl + 1

Open or close Info panel

Ctrl + 2

Open or close Preview panel

Ctrl + 3

Open or close Audio panel

Ctrl + 4

Open or close Effects & Presets panel

Ctrl + 5

Open or close Character panel

Ctrl + 6

Open or close Paragraph panel

Ctrl + 7

Open or close Paint panel

Ctrl + 8

Open or close Brushes panel

Ctrl + 9

Open or close Effects Controls panel

F3 or Ctrl + Shift + T

Open or close Flowchart panel

Ctrl + F11

Close active panel

Ctrl + 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

Ctrl + Shift + W

Split frame containing active viewer

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N

Resize application window to fit screen

Ctrl + \ (backslash)

Move application window to main monitor

Ctrl + Alt + \ (backslash)

Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame

Alt + 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

Alt when Zoom In is active

Rotation tool

W

Roto Brush tool

Alt + W

Camera tools

C

Pan Behind tool

Y

Mask and shape tools

Q

Type tools

Ctrl + T

Pen tools

G

Cycle through Brush, Clone, Stamp, and Eraser tools

Ctrl + B

Cycle through Puppet tool

Ctrl + P

Compositions and Work Area

New Composition

Ctrl + N

Open Composition Settings

Ctrl + K

Set beginning or end of work area to current time

B or N

Set work area to duration of selected layers

Ctrl + Alt + B

Time Navigation

Go to specific time

Alt + 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 Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow

Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item

End or Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow

Go forward 1 frame

Page Down or Ctrl + Right arrow

Go forward 10 frames

Shift + Page Down or Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow

Go backward 1 frame

Page Up or Ctrl + Left arrow

Go backward 10 frames

Shift + Page Up or Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow

Go to layer In point

I

Go to layer Out point

O

Go to previous/next In point or Out point

Ctrl + Alt + 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

Ctrl + Numpad 0

Save RAM preview with alternate settings

Ctrl + Shfit + Numpad 0

Preview only audio, from current time

Numpad . (decimal point)

Preview only audio, in work area

Alt + Numpad . (decimal point)

Show current frame on video preview device

Numpad /

Toggle Output Device preference

Ctrl + Numpad /

Take snapshot

Shift + F5/F6/F7/F8

Display snapshot

F5/F6/F7/F8

Purge snapshot

Ctrl + Shift + F5/F6/F7/F8

Views

Turn display color management on or off

Shift + Numpad /

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

Alt + 1/2/3/4

Show colorized red, green, or blue channel

Alt + Shift + 1/2/3

Toggle showing straight RGB color

Alt + Shift + 4

Show alpha boundary in Layer panel

Alt + 5

Show alpha overlay in Layer panel

Alt + 5

Show Refine Edge X-ray

Alt + 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

Alt + / (forward slash)

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

Ctrl + J / Ctrl + Shift + J / Ctrl + Alt + J

Open View Options dialog box for active Composition panel

Ctrl + Alt + 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

Ctrl + ' (apostrophe)

Show or hide proportional grid

Alt + ' (apostrophe)

Show or hide rulers

Ctrl + R

Show or hide guides

Ctrl + ; (semicolon)

Turn snapping to grid on or off

Ctrl + Shift + ' (apostrophe)

Turn snapping to guides on or off

Ctrl + Shift + ; (semicolon)

Lock or unlock guides

Ctrl + Alt + Shift ; (semicolon)

Show or hide layer controls

Ctrl + Shift + H

Footage

Import one file or image sequence

Ctrl + I

Import multiple files or image sequences

Ctrl + Alt + I

Open movie in an After Effects Footage panel

Alt + double-click

Add selected items to most recently activated composition

Ctrl + / (slash)

Replace selected source footage with footage item selected in Project panel

Ctrl + Alt + / (slash)

Delete a footage item without a warning

Ctrl + Backspace

Open Interpret Footage dialog box

Ctrl + Alt + G

Remember footage interpretation

Ctrl + Alt + C

Edit selected footage item

Ctrl + E

Replace selected footage item

Ctrl + H

Reload selected footage items

Ctrl + Alt + L

Set proxy for selected footage item

Ctrl + Alt + P

Effects and Animation Presets

Delete all effects from selected layers

Ctrl + Shift + E

Apply most recently applied effect

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E

Apply most recently applied animation preset

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F

Layers

New solid layer

Ctrl + Y

New null layer

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Y

New adjustment layer

Ctrl + Alt + 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

Ctrl + Down/Up arrow

Extend selection to next/previous layer in stacking order

Ctrl + Shift + Down/Up arrow

Deselect all layers

Ctrl + 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

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V

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

Ctrl + Shift + V

Split layers

Ctrl + Shift + D

Precompose selected layers

Ctrl + Shift + C

Open Effect Controls panel

Ctrl + Shift + T

Paste layers at current time

Ctrl + Alt + V

Reverse selected layers in time

Ctrl + Alt + R

Enable time remapping

Ctrl + Alt + 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

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

Add or remove expression for a property

Alt + click stopwatch

Set In point or Out point by time-stretching

Ctrl + Shift + , (comma) or Ctrl + Alt + , (comma)

Move In point of selected layers to beginning of composition

Alt + Home

Move Out point of selected layers to end of composition

Alt + End

Lock selected layers

Ctrl + L

Unlock all layers

Ctrl + Shfit + L

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

Ctrl + U, Ctrl + Shift + U, Ctrl + Alt + 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

Ctrl + ` (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

Ctrl + Alt + O

Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers

Ctrl + Shift + O

Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers

Ctrl + Shift + R

Open Position dialog box for selected layers

Ctrl + Shift + P

Center selected layers in view

Ctrl + Home

Move selected layers 1 pixel

Arrow keys

Move selected layers 10 pixels

Shift + Arrow keys

Move selected layers 1 frame earlier or later

Alt + Page Up or Page Down

Move selected layers 10 frame earlier or later

Alt + 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%

Ctrl + Alt + Numpad + (plus) or -(minus)

Increase or decrease Opacity of selected layers by 10%

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

Increase or Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1%

Ctrl + Numpad + (plus)/Numpad - (minus)

Increase or Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10%

Ctrl + Shift + Numpad + (plus)/Numpad - (minus)

Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition

Ctrl + Alt + 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

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L

New camera

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C

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

Ctrl + Alt + 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

Ctrl + Shift + F

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

Alt + Shift + C

Keyframes and the Graph Editor

Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes

Shift + F3

Select all visible keyframes and properties

Ctrl + Alt + A

Move keyframe 1 frame later or earlier

Alt + Right/Left arrow

Move keyframe 10 frame later or earlier

Alt + Shift + Right/Left arrow

Set interpolation for selected keyframes

Ctrl + Alt + K

Set keyframe interpolation method to hold or Auto Bezier

Ctrl + Alt + H

Easy ease selected keyframes

F9

Easy ease selected keyframes in

Shift + F9

Easy ease selected keyframes out

Ctrl + Shift + F9

Set velocity for selected keyframes

Ctrl + Shift + K

Text

New text layer

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T

Align selected horizontal text left, center, or right

Ctrl + 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

Ctrl + 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

Ctrl + 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

Ctrl + Shift + Home/End

Turn All Caps on or off for selected text

Ctrl + Shift + K

Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + K

Turn Superscript on or off for selected text

Ctrl + Shift + = (equals)

Turn Subscript on or off for selected text

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + = (equals)

Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected text

Ctrl + Shift + X

Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + X

Auto leading for selected text

Ctrl + Shift + A

Reset tracking to 0 for selected text

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Justify paragraph; left align last line

Ctrl + Shift + J

Justify paragraph; right align last line

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + J

Justify paragraph; force last line

Ctrl + Shift + F

Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 2 units

Ctrl + Shift + , (comma)/(period)

Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 10 units

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + , (comma)/(period)

Increase or decrease leading by 2 units

Alt + Down/Up arrow

Increase or decrease leading by 10 units

Ctrl + Alt + Down/Up arrow

Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2 units

Alt + Shift + Down/Up arrow

Decrease or increase baseline shift by 10 units

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Down/Up arrow

Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20 units

Alt + Left/Right arrow

Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 100 units

Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right arrow

Toggle paragraph composer

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T

Masks

New mask

Ctrl + Shift + N

Select next or previous mask

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

Toggle between smooth and corner points

Ctrl + Alt + click vertex

Redraw Bezier handles

Ctrl + Alt + drag vertex

Invert selected mask

Ctrl + Shift + I

Open Mask Feather dialog box

Ctrl + Shift + F

Open Mask Shape dialog box

Ctrl + 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

Alt + Click

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

Ctrl + Alt + Click

Set brush size for a paint tool

Ctrl + Drag

Set brush hardness for a paint tool

Ctrl + Drag, then release Ctrl 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

Alt-click

Momentarily activate Eraser tool with Last Stroke Only option

Ctrl + Shift

Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset

3, 4, 5, 6, or 7

Duplicate a Clone Stamp tool preset in Paint panel

Alt + 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

Ctrl + G

Ungroup selected shapes

Ctrl + Shift + G

Enter free-transform path editing mode

Ctrl + 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

Ctrl when dragging to create shape

Markers

Set marker at current time

Numpad *

Set marker at current time and open marker dialog box

Alt + 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

Alt + click the markers or keyframes

Remove marker

Ctrl + click marker

Saving

Save project

Ctrl + S

Increment and save project

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S

Save As

Ctrl + Shift + S

Add active composition or selected items to render queue

Ctrl + Shift + /

Add current frame to render queue

Ctrl + Alt + S

Duplicate render item with same output filename

Ctrl + Shift + D