Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, marker, work area beginning or end) See your operating system*™s documentation for disabling this feature.Īctivate the most recently active composition that is in the same composition hierarchy (network of nested compositions) as the currently active composition Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for active compositionNote: If you tap Shift several times without any intervening keystrokes, you may invoke a feature of your operating system*™s StickyKeys or Sticky Keys accessibility software. Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration Set beginning or end of work area to current time Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition Shortcuts: compositions and the work area Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool 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)Īctivate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools Temporarily activate Selection tool when a pen tool is selected Hold down spacebar or the middle mouse button.Īctivate and cycle through Camera tools (Unified Camera, Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, and Track Z Camera)Īctivate and cycle through mask and shape tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star)Īctivate and cycle through Type tools (Horizontal and Vertical)Īctivate and cycle through pen tools (Pen, Add Vertex, Delete Vertex, and Convert Vertex) To activate a tool and keep it active, press the key and immediately release it. 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. For example, you can activate a camera tool only when the active composition contains a camera layer. Note: You can activate some tools only under certain circumstances. (period)Ĭycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels)Īctivate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current compositionĬycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions) (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.) Move application window or floating window to main monitor resize window to fit screen. Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. Split the frame containing the active viewer and create a new viewer with opposite locked/unlocked state For example, if a Timeline panel is active, this command closes all Timeline panels. Open Flowchart panel for project flowchartĬlose active viewer or panel (closes content first)Ĭlose active panel or all viewers of type of active viewer (closes content first). Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer
AFTER AFECTS CS4 MAC OS
See Mac OS Help for instructions to reassign Dashboard & Expose shortcuts. Note: (Mac OS) Shortcuts involving function keys F9-F12 may conflict with shortcuts used by the operating system.
AFTER AFECTS CS4 WINDOWS
Shortcuts: panels, viewers, workspaces, and windows Hold down Cmnd+Optn+Shft while starting After Effects Optn-click bit-depth button at bottom of Project panelĬycle through color bit depths for projectĬlick bit-depth button at bottom of Project panel Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to bottom (back) or top (front) of stacking orderĮxtend selection to next item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panelĮxtend selection to previous item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panelĭuplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items down (back) or up (forward) in stacking orderĬmnd+Optn+Shft+Down Arrow or Cmnd+Optn+Shft+Up Arrow Open selected layer, composition, or footage itemĬmnd+Optn+Down Arrow or Cmnd+Optn+Up Arrow Rename selected layer, composition, folder, effect, group, or mask Adobe After Effects CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts