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Adobe After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts

Browse Adobe After Effects keyboard shortcuts on an interactive keyboard map. Tools, timeline, layer properties, and render shortcuts — free on KeyBindr, no signup required.

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Tools

V: Select — Selection tool
W: Rotate — Rotation tool
Q: Shape — Rectangle / shape tool; Shift+Q cycles shapes
G: Pen — Pen tool; Shift+G for mask feather tool
H: Hand — Hand tool — pan the composition view
Z: Zoom — Zoom tool; Alt+click to zoom out
Y: Pan Behind — Pan Behind (Anchor Point) tool
C: Camera — Camera tool; Shift+C cycles camera tools
,: Zoom Out — Zoom out in Composition panel
.: Zoom In — Zoom in in Composition panel
': Safe Zones — Show / hide title-safe and action-safe overlays
F3: FX Controls — Open / focus Effect Controls panel
F4: Sw / Modes — Toggle Switches / Modes columns in Timeline
Ctrl + N: New Comp — Create a new composition
Ctrl + K: Comp Sett. — Open Composition Settings dialog
Ctrl + M: Render Queue — Add active composition to Render Queue
F9: Easy Ease — Apply Easy Ease to selected keyframes
Ctrl + A: Select All — Select all layers / masks / keyframes
Ctrl + D: Duplicate — Duplicate selected layers

Timeline

Space: Play / Pause — Start or stop RAM preview
Home: Go to Start — Move playhead to beginning of composition
End: Go to End — Move playhead to end of composition
PgUp: ← 1 Frame — Step back one frame
PgDn: → 1 Frame — Step forward one frame
I: Go to In — Move playhead to layer in point
O: Go to Out — Move playhead to layer out point
B: Work Start — Set work area beginning to current time
N: Work End — Set work area end to current time
J: Prev KF — Jump to previous visible keyframe or marker
K: Next KF — Jump to next visible keyframe or marker
[: Trim In — Move layer in point to current time
]: Trim Out — Move layer out point to current time
U: Show KF — Show all keyframes; press twice = all modified props

Layers

P: Position — Show / hide Position property
S: Scale — Show / hide Scale property
R: Rotation — Show / hide Rotation property
T: Opacity — Show / hide Opacity (T for Transparency)
A: Anchor Pt — Show / hide Anchor Point property
E: Effects — Show / hide all effects on selected layers
M: Mask Path — Show / hide mask path properties
F: Mask Feather — Show / hide mask feather
U: Show KF — Show all keyframes; press twice = all modified props
Ctrl + Z: Undo
Ctrl + D: Duplicate — Duplicate selected layers; Ctrl+Shift+D = split
Ctrl + Y: New Solid — Create a new solid layer
Ctrl + [: Layer Back — Move selected layer down in stacking order
Ctrl + ]: Layer Fwd — Move selected layer up in stacking order
Ctrl + C: Copy
Ctrl + V: Paste
Ctrl + X: Cut