After Effects

After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts

Complete After Effects keyboard shortcuts. Composition, layer, keyframe, and rendering shortcuts.

30
Shortcuts
5
Categories
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Composition 7

Ctrl+N
New Composition
Create new composition
Ctrl+K
Composition Settings
Open composition settings
Ctrl+Shift+D
Split Layer
Split layer at current time
Home
Go to Start
Go to timeline start
End
Go to End
Go to timeline end
Page Down
Next Frame
Move to next frame
Page Up
Previous Frame
Move to previous frame

Layers 8

Ctrl+Y
New Solid
Create new solid layer
Ctrl+Alt+Y
Solid Settings
Open solid settings
Ctrl+Shift+C
Pre-compose
Pre-compose layers
Ctrl+D
Duplicate Layer
Duplicate selected layer
[
Trim In
Set layer start to current time
]
Trim Out
Set layer end to current time
Ctrl+]
Bring Forward
Move layer forward
Ctrl+[
Send Backward
Move layer backward

Keyframes 8

Alt+Shift+P
Position Keyframe
Add Position keyframe
Alt+Shift+R
Rotation Keyframe
Add Rotation keyframe
Alt+Shift+S
Scale Keyframe
Add Scale keyframe
Alt+Shift+T
Opacity Keyframe
Add Opacity keyframe
U
Show Modified
Show properties with keyframes
UU
Show All Modified
Show all modified properties
J
Previous Keyframe
Go to previous keyframe
K
Next Keyframe
Go to next keyframe

Playback 4

Space
Play/Pause
Play or pause playback
0 (Numpad)
RAM Preview
Start RAM preview
.
Audio Preview
Preview audio only
Alt+.
Work Area Preview
Preview work area

Effects 3

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E
Effects
Open Effects panel
F3
Effect Controls
Open Effect Controls panel
Ctrl+Shift+T
Text
Create text layer
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