| Shortcuts: general | |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| F2 or Ctrl+Shft+A | Deselect all |
| Enter on main keyboard | Rename selected layer, composition, folder, effect, group, or mask |
| Enter on numeric keypad | Open selected layer, composition, or footage item |
| Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow | Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items down (back) or up (forward) in stacking order |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Up Arrow | Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to bottom (back) or top (front) of stacking order |
| Shft+Down Arrow | Extend selection to next item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel |
| Shft+Up Arrow | Extend selection to previous item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions |
| Ctrl+Q | Quit |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Shft+Z | Redo |
| Ctrl+Alt+/ (on numeric keypad) | Purge all |
| Shortcuts: projects | |
| Ctrl+Alt+N | New project |
| Ctrl+O | Open project |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+P | Open most recent project |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+N | New folder in Project panel |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+K | Open Project Settings dialog box |
| Ctrl+F | Find in Project panel |
| Alt-click bit-depth button at bottom of Project panel | Cycle through color bit depths for project |
| Click bit-depth button at bottom of Project panel | Open Project Settings dialog box |
| Shortcuts: preferences | |
| Windows | Result |
| Ctrl+Alt+; (semicolon) | Open Preferences dialog box |
| Hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shft while starting After Effects | Restore default preferences settings |
| Shortcuts: panels, viewers, workspaces, and windows | |
| Ctrl+0 | Open or close Project panel |
| Ctrl+Alt+0 | Open or close Render Queue panel |
| Ctrl+1 | Open or close Tools panel |
| Ctrl+2 | Open or close Info panel |
| Ctrl+3 | Open or close Preview panel |
| Ctrl+4 | Open or close Audio panel |
| Ctrl+5 | Open or close Effects & Presets panel |
| Ctrl+6 | Open or close Character panel |
| Ctrl+7 | Open or close Paragraph panel |
| Ctrl+8 | Open or close Paint panel |
| Ctrl+9 | Open or close Brushes panel |
| F3 or Ctrl+Shft+T | Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer |
| Ctrl+F11 | Open Flowchart panel for project flowchart |
| Shft+F10, Shft+F11, or Shft+F12 | Switch to workspace |
| Ctrl+W | Close active viewer or panel (closes content first) |
| Ctrl+Shft+W | Close active panel or all viewers of type of active viewer (closes content first). For example, if a Timeline panel is active, this command closes all Timeline panels. |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+N | Split the frame containing the active viewer and create a new viewer with opposite locked/unlocked state |
| ` (accent grave) | Maximize or restore panel under pointer |
| Ctrl+\ (backslash) | Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.) |
| Ctrl+Alt+\ (backslash) | 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.) |
| \ (backslash) | Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current composition |
| Shft+, (comma) or Shft+. (period) | Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions) |
| Alt+Shft+, (comma) or Alt+Shft+. (period) | Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels) |
| click with middle mouse button | Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection |
| Shortcuts: activating tools | |
| Note: You can activate some tools only under certain circumstances. For example, you can activate a camera tool only when the active composition contains a camera layer. 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. | |
| Alt-click tool button in Tools panel | Cycle through tools |
| V | Activate Selection tool |
| H | Activate Hand tool |
| Hold down spacebar or the middle mouse button. | Temporarily activate Hand tool |
| Z | Activate Zoom In tool |
| Alt (when Zoom In tool is active) | Activate Zoom Out tool |
| W | Activate Rotation tool |
| C | Activate and cycle through Camera tools (Unified Camera, Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, and Track Z Camera) |
| Y | Activate Pan Behind tool |
| Q | Activate and cycle through mask and shape tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star) |
| Ctrl+T | Activate and cycle through Type tools (Horizontal and Vertical) |
| G | Activate and cycle through pen tools (Pen, Add Vertex, Delete Vertex, and Convert Vertex) |
| Ctrl | Temporarily activate Selection tool when a pen tool is selected |
| 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) |
| Ctrl+B | Activate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools |
| Ctrl+P | Activate and cycle through Puppet tools |
| Alt (in shape layer) | Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool |
| Ctrl (in shape layer) | Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool |
| Shortcuts: compositions and the work area | |
| Ctrl+N | New composition |
| Ctrl+K | Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition |
| Ctrl+Shft+B | Set composition background color |
| B or N | Set beginning or end of work area to current time |
| Ctrl+Alt+B | Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration |
| Tap Shft | 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. See your operating system*™s documentation for disabling this feature. |
| Shft+Esc | Activate the most recently active composition that is in the same composition hierarchy (network of nested compositions) as the currently active composition |
| Shortcuts: time navigation | |
| Alt+Shft+J | Go to specific time |
| Shft+Home or Shft+End | Go to beginning or end of work area |
| J or K | Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, marker, work area beginning or end) |
| Home or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow | Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item |
| End or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow | Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item |
| Page Down or Ctrl+Right Arrow | Go forward 1 frame |
| Shft+Page Down or Ctrl+Shft+Right Arrow | Go forward 10 frames |
| Page Up or Ctrl+Left Arrow | Go backward 1 frame |
| Shft+Page Up or Ctrl+Shft+Left Arrow | Go backward 10 frames |
| I | Go to layer In point |
| O | Go to layer Out point |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Left Arrow | Go to previous In point or Out point |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Right Arrow | Go to next In point or Out point |
| D | Scroll to current time in Timeline panel |
| Shortcuts: previews | |
| spacebar | Start or stop standard preview |
| 0 on numeric keypad* | RAM preview |
| Shft+0 on numeric keypad* | RAM preview with alternate settings |
| Ctrl-click RAM Preview button or press Ctrl+0 on numeric keypad* | Save RAM preview |
| Ctrl+Shft-click RAM Preview button or press Ctrl+Shft+0 on numeric keypad* | Save RAM preview with alternate settings |
| . (decimal point) on numeric keypad* | Preview only audio, from current time |
| Alt+. (decimal point) on numeric keypad* | Preview only audio, in work area |
| Drag or Alt-drag current-time indicator, depending on Live Update setting | Manually preview (scrub) video |
| Ctrl-drag current-time indicator | Manually preview (scrub) audio |
| Alt+0 on numeric keypad* | Wireframe preview |
| Alt+Shft+0 on numeric keypad* | Wireframe preview, leaving panel contents |
| / (on numeric keypad) | Show current frame on video preview device |
| Ctrl+/ (on numeric keypad) | Toggle Output Device preference between Desktop Only and video preview device |
| Shft+F5, Shft+F6, Shft+F7, or Shft+F8 | Take snapshot |
| F5, F6, F7, or F8 | Display snapshot in active viewer |
| Ctrl+Shft+F5, Ctrl+Shft+F6, Ctrl+Shft+F7, or Ctrl+Shft+F8 | Purge snapshot |
| Note: Some shortcuts are marked with an asterisk (*) to remind you to make sure that Num Lock is on when you use the numeric keypad. | |
| Shortcuts: views | |
| Shft+/ (on numeric keypad) | Turn display color management on or off for active view |
| Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+3, Alt+4 | Show red, green, blue, or alpha channel as grayscale |
| Alt+Shft+1, Alt+Shft+2, Alt+Shft+3 | Show colorized red, green, or blue channel |
| Alt+Shft+4 | Toggle showing straight RGB color |
| Double-click Hand tool | Reset view in the Composition panel to 100% and center composition in the panel |
| . (period) on main keyboard | Zoom in in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
| , (comma) | Zoom out in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
| / (on main keyboard) | Zoom to 100% in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
| Shft+/ (on main keyboard) | Zoom to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
| Alt+/ (on main keyboard) | Zoom up to 100% to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel |
| Ctrl+J, Ctrl+Shft+J, Ctrl+Alt+J | Set resolution to Full, Half, or Custom in Composition panel |
| Ctrl+Alt+U | Open View Options dialog box for active Composition panel |
| ; (semicolon) | Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units or zoom out to show entire composition duration |
| - (hyphen) on main keyboard | Zoom out time |
| Caps Lock | Suspend image updates |
| (apostrophe) | Show or hide safe zones |
| Ctrl+' (apostrophe) | Show or hide grid |
| Alt+' (apostrophe) | Show or hide proportional grid |
| Ctrl+R | Show or hide rulers |
| Ctrl+; (semicolon) | Show or hide guides |
| Ctrl+Shft+' (apostrophe) | Turn snapping to grid on or off |
| Ctrl+Shft+; (semicolon) | Turn snapping to guides on or off |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+; (semicolon) | Lock or unlock guides |
| Ctrl+Shft+H | Show or hide layer controls |
| Shortcuts: footage | |
| Windows | Result |
| Ctrl+I | Import one file or image sequence |
| Ctrl+Alt+I | Import multiple files or image sequences |
| Alt-double-click | Open movie in an After Effects Footage panel |
| Ctrl+/ (on main keyboard) | Add selected items to most recently activated composition |
| Ctrl+Alt+/ (on main keyboard) | Replace selected source footage for selected layers with footage item selected in Project panel |
| Alt-drag footage item from Project panel onto selected layer | Replace source for a selected layer |
| Ctrl+Backspace | Delete a footage item without a warning |
| Ctrl+Alt+G | Open Interpret Footage dialog box for selected footage item |
| Ctrl+Alt+C | Remember footage interpretation |
| Ctrl+E | Edit selected footage item in application with which it*™s associated (Edit Original) |
| Ctrl+H | Replace selected footage item |
| Ctrl+Alt+L | Reload selected footage items |
| Ctrl+Alt+P | Set proxy for selected footage item |
| Shortcuts: effects and animation presets | |
| Windows | Result |
| Ctrl+Shft+E | Delete all effects from selected layers |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+E | Apply most recently applied effect to selected layers |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+F | Apply most recently applied animation preset to selected layers |
| Shortcuts: layers | |
| Note: Some operations do not affect shy layers. | |
| Ctrl+Y | New solid layer |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Y | New null layer |
| Ctrl+Alt+Y | New adjustment layer |
| 0-9 on numeric keypad* | Select layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers) |
| Shft+0-9 on numeric keypad* | Toggle selection of layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers) |
| Ctrl+Down Arrow | Select next layer in stacking order |
| Ctrl+Up Arrow | Select previous layer in stacking order |
| Ctrl+Shft+Down Arrow | Extend selection to next layer in stacking order |
| Ctrl+Shft+Up Arrow | Extend selection to previous layer in stacking order |
| Ctrl+Shft+A | Deselect all layers |
| X | Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel |
| Shft+F4 | Show or hide Parent column |
| F4 | Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns |
| Alt-click solo switch | Turn off all other solo switches |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+V | Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for selected layers |
| Ctrl+Shft+V | Turn off Video switch for all video layers other than selected layers |
| Ctrl+Shft+Y | Open settings dialog box for selected solid, light, camera, null, or adjustment layer |
| Ctrl+Alt+V | Paste layers at current time |
| Ctrl+Shft+D | Split selected layers (If no layers are selected, split all layers.) |
| Ctrl+Shft+C | Precompose selected layers |
| Ctrl+Shft+T | Open Effect Controls panel for selected layers |
| Double-click a layer | Open layer in Layer panel (opens source composition for precomposition layer in Composition panel) |
| Alt-double-click a layer | Open source of a layer in Footage panel (opens precomposition layer in Layer panel) |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Reverse selected layers in time |
| Ctrl+Alt+T | Enable time remapping for selected layers |
| [ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket) | Move In point or Out point of selected layers to current time |
| Alt+[ (left bracket) or Alt+] (right bracket) | Trim In point or Out point of selected layers to current time |
| Alt-click stopwatch | Add or remove expression for a property |
| Double-click effect selection in Effects & Presets panel | Add an effect (or multiple selected effects) to selected layers |
| Ctrl+Shft+, (comma) or Ctrl+Alt+, (comma) | Set In point or Out point by time-stretching |
| Alt+Home | Move In point of selected layers to beginning of composition |
| Alt+End | Move Out point of selected layers to end of composition |
| Ctrl+L | Lock selected layers |
| Ctrl+Shft+L | Unlock all layers |
| Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Shft+U, or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+U | Set Quality to Best, Draft, or Wireframe for selected layers |
| Shft+ - (hyphen) or Shft+= (equal sign) on the main keyboard | Cycle forward or backward through blending modes for selected layers |
| Ctrl+F | Find in Timeline panel |
| Note: Some shortcuts are marked with an asterisk (*) to remind you to make sure that Num Lock is on when you use the numeric keypad. | |
| Shortcuts: showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel | |
| Ctrl+F | Find in Timeline panel |
| Ctrl+` (accent grave) | Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties |
| Ctrl-click triangle to the left of the property group name | Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties |
| A | Show only Anchor Point property (for lights and cameras, Point Of Interest) |
| L | Show only Audio Levels property |
| F | Show only Mask Feather property |
| M | Show only Mask Path property |
| TT | Show only Mask Opacity property |
| T | Show only Opacity property (for lights, Intensity) |
| P | Show only Position property |
| R | Show only Rotation and Orientation properties |
| S | Show only Scale property |
| RR | Show only Time Remap property |
| FF | Show only instances of missing effects |
| E | Show only Effects property group |
| MM | Show only mask property groups |
| AA | Show only Material Options property group |
| EE | Show only expressions |
| UU | Show only modified properties |
| PP | Show only paint strokes and Puppet pins |
| LL | Show only audio waveform |
| U | Show only properties with keyframes or expressions |
| SS | Show only selected properties and groups |
| Alt+Shft-click property or group name | Hide property or group |
| Shft+property or group shortcut | Add or remove property or group from set that is shown |
| Alt+Shft+property shortcut | Add or remove keyframe at current time |
| Shortcuts: showing properties in the Effect Controls panel | |
| Windows | Result |
| Ctrl+` (accent grave) | Toggle expansion of selected effects to show all properties |
| Ctrl-click triangle to the left of the property group name | Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties |
| Shortcuts: modifying layer properties | |
| Drag property value | Modify property value by default increments |
| Shft-drag property value | Modify property value by 10x default increments |
| Ctrl-drag property value | Modify property value by 1/10 default increments |
| Ctrl+Alt+O | Open Auto-Orientation dialog box for selected layers |
| Ctrl+Shft+O | Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers |
| Ctrl+Shft+R | Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers |
| Ctrl+Shft+P | Open Position dialog box for selected layers |
| Ctrl+Home | Center selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of current view) |
| arrow key | Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position) |
| Shft+arrow key | Move selected layers 10 pixels at current magnification (Position) |
| Alt+Page Up or Alt+Page Down | Move selected layers 1 frame earlier or later |
| Alt+Shft+Page Up or Alt+Shft+Page Down | Move selected layers 10 frames earlier or later |
| + (plus) or - (minus) on numeric keypad | Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 1º |
| Shft++ (plus) or Shft+- (minus) on numeric keypad | Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10º |
| Ctrl+Alt++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+- (minus) on numeric keypad | Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1% |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+- (minus) on numeric keypad | Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10% |
| Ctrl++ (plus) or Alt++ (plus) on numeric keypad | Increase Scale of selected layers by 1% |
| Ctrl+- (minus) or Alt+- (minus) on numeric keypad | Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1% |
| Ctrl+Shft++ (plus) or Alt+Shft++ (plus) on numeric keypad | Increase Scale of selected layers by 10% |
| Ctrl+Shft+- (minus) or Alt+Shft+- (minus) on numeric keypad | Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10% |
| Shft-drag with Rotation tool | Modify Rotation or Orientation in 45º increments |
| Shft-drag layer handle with Selection tool | Modify Scale, constrained to footage frame aspect ratio |
| Double-click Rotation tool | Reset Rotation to 0º |
| Double-click Selection tool | Reset Scale to 100% |
| Ctrl+Alt+F | Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+H | Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+G | Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer |
| Shortcuts: 3D layers | |
| Windows | Result |
| F10 | Switch to 3D view 1 (defaults to Front) |
| F11 | Switch to 3D view 2 (defaults to Custom View 2) |
| F12 | Switch to 3D view 3 (defaults to Active Camera) |
| Esc | Return to previous view |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+L | New light |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+C | New camera |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+\ | Move the camera and its point of interest to look at selected 3D objects |
| Alt+Shft+C | Turn Casts Shadows property on or off for selected 3D layers |
| Shortcuts: keyframes and the Graph Editor | |
| Shft+F3 | Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes |
| Click property name | Select all keyframes for a property |
| Ctrl+Alt+A | Select all visible keyframes and properties |
| Shft+F2 or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+A | Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups |
| Alt+Right Arrow or Alt+Left Arrow | Move keyframe 1 frame later or earlier |
| Alt+Shft+Right Arrow or Alt+Shft+Left Arrow | Move keyframe 10 frames later or earlier |
| Ctrl+Alt+K | Set interpolation for selected keyframes (layer bar mode) |
| Ctrl+Alt+H | Set keyframe interpolation method to hold or Auto Bezier |
| Ctrl-click in layer bar mode | Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or Auto Bezier |
| Ctrl+Alt-click in layer bar mode | Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or hold |
| F9 | Easy ease selected keyframes |
| Shft+F9 | Easy ease selected keyframes in |
| Ctrl+Shft+F9 | Easy ease selected keyframes out |
| Ctrl+Shft+K | Set velocity for selected keyframes |
| Alt+Shft+property shortcut | Add or remove keyframe at current time (For property shortcuts, see Shortcuts: showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel.) |
| Shortcuts: text | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+T | New text layer |
| Ctrl+Shft+L, Ctrl+Shft+C, or Ctrl+Shft+R | Align selected horizontal text left, center, or right |
| Ctrl+Shft+L, Ctrl+Shft+C, or Ctrl+Shft+R | Align selected vertical text top, center, or bottom |
| Shft+Right Arrow or Shft+Left Arrow | Extend or reduce selection by one character to right or left in horizontal text |
| Ctrl+Shft+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Shft+Left Arrow | Extend or reduce selection by one word to right or left in horizontal text |
| Shft+Up Arrow or Shft+Down Arrow | Extend or reduce selection by one line up or down in horizontal text |
| Shft+Right Arrow or Shft+Left Arrow | Extend or reduce selection by one line to right or left in vertical text |
| Ctrl+Shft+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Shft+Down Arrow | Extend or reduce selection one word up or down in vertical text |
| Shft+Up Arrow or Shft+Down Arrow | Extend or reduce selection by one character up or down in vertical text |
| Shft+Home or Shft+End | Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of line |
| Home or End | Move insertion point to beginning or end of line |
| Double-click text layer | Select all text on a layer |
| Ctrl+Shft+Home or Ctrl+Shft+End | Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of text frame |
| Shft-click | Select text from insertion point to mouse click point |
| Left Arrow or Right Arrow; Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Ctrl+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Right Arrow; or Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow | In horizontal text, move insertion point one character left or right; one line up or down; one word left or right; or one paragraph up or down |
| Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Left Arrow or Right Arrow; Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow; or Ctrl+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Right Arrow | In vertical text, move insertion point one character up or down; one left or right; one word up or down; or one paragraph left or right |
| Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click with Type tool | Select word, line, paragraph, or entire text frame |
| Ctrl+Shft+K | Turn All Caps on or off for selected text |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+K | Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text |
| Ctrl+Shft+= (equals) | Turn Superscript on or off for selected text |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+= (equals) | Turn Subscript on or off for selected text |
| Ctrl+Shft+X | Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected text |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+X | Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+A | Auto leading for selected text |
| Ctrl+Shft+Q | Reset tracking to 0 for selected text |
| Ctrl+Shft+J | Justify paragraph; left align last line |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+J | Justify paragraph; right align last line |
| Ctrl+Shft+F | Justify paragraph; force last line |
| Ctrl+Shft+, (comma) or Ctrl+Shft+. (period) | Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 2 units |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+, (comma) or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+. (period) | Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 10 units |
| Alt+Down Arrow or Alt+Up Arrow | Increase or decrease leading by 2 units |
| Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow | Increase or decrease leading by 10 units |
| Alt+Shft+Down Arrow or Alt+Shft+Up Arrow | Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2 units |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Up Arrow | Decrease or increase baseline shift by 10 units |
| Alt+Left Arrow or Alt+Right Arrow | Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20 units (20/1000 ems) |
| Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow | Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 100 units (100/1000 ems) |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+T | Toggle paragraph composer |
| Shortcuts: masks | |
| Ctrl+Shft+N | New mask |
| Alt-click mask | Select all points in a mask |
| Alt+` (accent grave) or Alt+Shft+` (accent grave) | Select next or previous mask |
| Double-click mask with Selection tool or select mask in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T | Enter free-transform mask editing mode |
| Esc | Exit free-transform mask editing mode |
| Ctrl-drag | Scale around center point in Free Transform mode |
| arrow key | Move selected path points 1 pixel at current magnification |
| Shft+arrow key | Move selected path points 10 pixels at current magnification |
| Ctrl+Alt-click vertex | Toggle between smooth and corner points |
| Ctrl+Alt-drag vertex | Redraw Bezier handles |
| Ctrl+Shft+I | Invert selected mask |
| Ctrl+Shft+F | Open Mask Feather dialog box for selected mask |
| Ctrl+Shft+M | Open Mask Shape dialog box for selected mask |
| Shortcuts: paint tools | |
| X | Swap paint background color and foreground colors |
| D | Set paint foreground color to black and background color to white |
| Alt-click | Set foreground color to the color currently under any paint tool pointer |
| Ctrl+Alt-click | Set foreground color to the average color of a 4-pixel x 4-pixel area under any paint tool pointer |
| Ctrl-drag | Set brush size for a paint tool |
| Ctrl-drag, then release Ctrl while dragging | Set brush hardness for a paint tool |
| Hold Shft while beginning stroke | Join current paint stroke to the previous stroke |
| Alt-click | Set starting sample point to point currently under Clone Stamp tool pointer |
| Ctrl+Shft | Momentarily activate Eraser tool with Last Stroke Only option |
| Alt+Shft-drag 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.) |
| Alt-click the button for the preset | Duplicate a Clone Stamp tool preset in Paint panel |
| Digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)* | Set opacity for a paint tool |
| . (decimal) on numeric keypad* | Set opacity for a paint tool to 100% |
| Shft+a digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)* | Set flow for a paint tool |
| Shft+. (decimal) on numeric keypad* | Set flow for a paint tool to 100% |
| Ctrl+Page Up or Ctrl+Page Down | Move earlier or later by number of frames specified for stroke Duration |
| Note: Some shortcuts are marked with an asterisk (*) to remind you to make sure that Num Lock is on when you use the numeric keypad. | |
| Shortcuts: shape layers | |
| Ctrl+G | Group selected shapes |
| Ctrl+Shft+G | Ungroup selected shapes |
| Select Path property in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T | Enter free-transform path editing mode |
| Page Up when dragging to create shape | Increase star inner roundness |
| Page Down when dragging to create shape | Decrease star inner roundness |
| Up Arrow when dragging to create shape | Increase number of points for star or polygon; increase roundness for rounded rectangle |
| Down Arrow when dragging to create shape | Decrease number of points for star or polygon; decrease roundness for rounded rectangle |
| Hold spacebar when dragging to create shape | Reposition shape during creation |
| Left Arrow when dragging to create shape | Set rounded rectangle roundness to 0 (sharp corners); decrease polygon and star outer roundness |
| Right Arrow when dragging to create shape | Set rounded rectangle roundness to maximum; increase polygon and star outer roundness |
| Shft when dragging to create shape | Constrain rectangles to squares; constrain ellipses to circles; constrain polygons and stars to zero rotation |
| Ctrl when dragging to create shape | Change outer radius of star |
| Shortcuts: markers | |
| * (multiply) on numeric keypad | Set marker at current time (works during RAM preview and audio-only preview) |
| Alt+* (multiply) on numeric keypad | Set marker at current time and open marker dialog box |
| Shft+0-9 on main keyboard | Set and number a composition marker (0-9) at the current time |
| 0-9 on main keyboard | Go to a composition marker (0-9) |
| Alt-click the markers or keyframes | Display the duration between two layer markers or keyframes in the Info panel |
| Ctrl-click marker | Remove marker |
| Shortcuts: motion tracking | |
| arrow key | Move feature region, search region, and attach point 1 pixel at current magnification |
| Shft+arrow key | Move feature region, search region, and attach point 10 pixels at current magnification |
| Alt+arrow key | Move feature region and search region 1 pixel at current magnification |
| Alt+Shft+arrow key | Move feature region and search region 10 pixels at current magnification |
| Shortcuts: saving, exporting, and rendering | |
| Ctrl+S | Save project |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+S | Increment and save project |
| Ctrl+Shft+S | Save As |
| Ctrl+Shft+/ (on main keyboard) | Add active composition or selected items to render queue |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Add current frame to render queue |
| Ctrl+Shft+D | Duplicate render item with same output filename as original |
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Keyboard Shortcut Database
