Adobe After Effects Shortcut Key

Ctrl+A

Select all

F2 or Ctrl+Shift+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+Shift+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow

Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to bottom (back) or top (front) of stacking order

Shift+Down Arrow

Extend selection to next item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel

Shift+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+Shift+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Alt+/ (on numeric keypad)

Purge All Memory

Esc

Interrupt running a script

Ctrl+Alt+E

Display filename corresponding to the frame at the current time in the Info panel

Ctrl+Alt+N

New project

Ctrl+O

Open project

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P

Open most recent project

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N

New folder in Project panel

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K

Open Project Settings dialog box

Ctrl+F

Find in Project pane

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

Ctrl+Alt+; (semicolon)

Open Preferences dialog box

Hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift while starting After Effects

Restore default preferences settings

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 pane

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+Shift+T

Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer

Ctrl+F11

Open Flowchart panel for project flowchart

Shift+F10, Shift+F11, or Shift+F12

Switch to workspace

Ctrl+W

Close active viewer or panel (closes content first)

Ctrl+Shift+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+Shift+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

Shift+, (comma) or Shift+. (period)

Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions)

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

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

Alt+W

Activate Roto Brush tool

Alt+W

Activate Refine Edge 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 between the Pen and Mask Feather tools. (Note: You can turn off this setting in the Preferences dialog box.)

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

Ctrl+N

New composition

Ctrl+K

Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition

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

Tab

Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for active composition

Shift+Esc

Activate the most recently active composition that is in the same composition hierarchy (network of nested compositions) as the currently active composition

Ctrl+Shift+X

Trim Composition to work area

Alt+\

New Composition from selection

Alt+Shift+J

Go to specific time

Shift+Home or Shift+End

Go to beginning or end of work area

J or K

Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end) (Note: Also goes to beginning, end, or base frame of Roto Brush span if viewing Roto Brush in Layer panel.)

Home or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow

Home or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow

Home or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow

Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item

Page Down or Ctrl+Right Arrow

Go forward 1 frame

Shift+Page Down or Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow

Go forward 10 frames

Page Up or Ctrl+Left Arrow

Go backward 1 frame

Shift+Page Up or Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow

Go backward 10 frames

I

Go to layer In point

O

Go to layer Out point

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Arrow

Go to previous In point or Out point

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow

Go to next In point or Out point

D

Scroll to current time in Timeline panel

Spacebar, 0 on numeric keypad, Shift+0 on numeric keypad

Start or stop preview

Alt-click Reset in Preview panel

Reset preview settings to replicate RAM Preview and Standard Preview behaviors

. (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*

Preview number of frames specified by Alternate Preview preference (defaults to 5)

/ (on numeric keypad)

Toggle Mercury Transmit video preview

Shift+F5, Shift+F6, Shift+F7, or Shift+F8

Take snapshot

F5, F6, F7, or F8

Display snapshot in active viewer

Ctrl+Shift+F5, Ctrl+Shift+F6, Ctrl+Shift+F7, or Ctrl+Shift+F8

Purge snapshot

Ctrl+Alt+1

Fast Previews > Off

Ctrl+Alt+2

Fast Previews > Adaptive Resolution

Ctrl+Alt+3

Fast Previews > Draft

Ctrl+Alt+4

Fast Previews > Fast Draft

Ctrl+Alt+5

Fast Previews > Wireframe

Shift+/ (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+Shift+1, Alt+Shift+2, Alt+Shift+3

Show colorized red, green, or blue channel

Alt+Shift+4

Toggle showing straight RGB color

Alt+5

Show alpha boundary (outline between transparent and opaque regions) in Layer panel

Alt+6

Show alpha overlay (colored overlay on transparent regions) in Layer panel

Alt+X

Show Refine Edge X-ray

Double-click Hand tool

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

Shift+/ (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+Shift+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

= (equal sign) on main keyboard

Zoom in time

-(hyphen) on main keyboard

Zoom out time

;(semicolon)

Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units (Press again to zoom out to show entire composition duration.)

Shift+; (semicolon

Zoom out in Timeline panel to show the entire composition duration (Press again to zoom back in to the duration specified by the Time Navigator.)

Caps Lock

Prevent images from being rendered for previews in viewer panels

' (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+Shift+' (apostrophe)

Turn snapping to grid on or off

Ctrl+Shift+; (semicolon)

Turn snapping to guides on or off

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+; (semicolon)

Lock or unlock guides

Ctrl+Shift+H

Show or hide layer controls (masks, motion paths, light and camera wireframes, effect control points, and layer handles)

Ctrl+I

Import one file or image sequence

Ctrl+Alt+I

Import multiple files or image sequences

Double-click the footage item in the Project panel

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

Ctrl+Shift+E

Delete all effects from selected layers

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E

Apply most recently applied effect to selected layers

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F

Apply most recently applied animation preset to selected layers

Ctrl+Y

New solid layer

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+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)

Shift+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+Shift+Down Arrow

Extend selection to next layer in stacking order

Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow

Extend selection to previous layer in stacking order

Ctrl+Shift+A

Deselect all layers

X

Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel

Shift+F4

Show or hide Parent column

F4

Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns

Alt+B

Setting the sampling method for selected layers (Best/Bilinear)

Alt+Shift+B

Setting the sampling method for selected layers (Best/Bicubic)

Alt-click solo switch

Turn off all other solo switches

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V

Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for selected layers

Ctrl+Shift+V

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

Ctrl+Shift+Y

Open settings dialog box for selected solid, light, camera, null, or adjustment layer

Ctrl+Alt+V

Paste layers at current time

Ctrl+Shift+D

Split selected layers. (If no layers are selected, split all layers.)

Ctrl+Shift+C

Precompose selected layers

Ctrl+Shift+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 selected layers so that their In point or Out point is at the 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+Shift+, (comma) or Ctrl+Alt+, (comma)

Set In point or Out point by time-stretching

Alt+Home

Move selected layers so that their In point is at beginning of composition

Alt+End

Move selected layers so that their Out point is at end of composition

Ctrl+L

Lock selected layers

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

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

Shift+- (hyphen) or Shift+= (equal sign) on the main keyboard

Cycle forward or backward through blending modes for selected layers

Ctrl+F

Find in 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

U

Show properties with keyframes

UU

Show only modified properties

PP

Show only paint strokes, Roto Brush strokes, and Puppet pins

LL

Show only audio waveform

SS

Show only selected properties and groups

Alt+Shift-click property or group name

Hide property or group

Shift+property or group shortcut

Add or remove property or group from set that is shown

Alt+Shift+property shortcut

Add or remove keyframe at current time

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

Drag property value

Modify property value by default increments

Shift-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+Shift+O

Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers

Ctrl+Shift+R

Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers

Ctrl+Shift+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)

Ctrl+Alt+Home

Center anchor point in the visible content

Arrow key

Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position)

Shift+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+Shift+Page Up or Alt+Shift+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 1°

Shift++ (plus) or Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad

Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10°

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+Shift++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+- (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+Shift++ (plus) or Alt+Shift++ (plus) on numeric keypad

Increase Scale of selected layers by 10%

Ctrl+Shift+- (minus) or Alt+Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad

Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10%

Shift-drag with Rotation tool

Modify Rotation or Orientation in 45° increments

Shift-drag layer handle with Selection tool

Modify Scale, constrained to footage frame aspect ratio

Double-click Rotation tool

Reset Rotation to 0

Double-click Selection tool

Reset Scale to 100%

Ctrl+Alt+F

Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H

Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G

Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer

F10

Switch to 3D view 1 (defaults to Front)

F11

Switch to 3D view 2 (defaults to Custom View 1)

F12

Switch to 3D view 3 (defaults to Active Camera)

Esc

Return to previous view

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L

New light

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C

New camera

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+\

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 selected 3D layers

Ctrl+Shift+F

With a camera tool selected, move the camera and its point of interest to look at all 3D layers

Alt+Shift+C

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

Shift+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

Shift+F2 or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A

Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups

Alt+Right Arrow or Alt+Left Arrow

Move keyframe 1 frame later or earlier

Alt+Shift+Right Arrow or Alt+Shift+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

Shift+F9

Easy ease selected keyframes in

Ctrl+Shift+F9

Easy ease selected keyframes out

Ctrl+Shift+K

Set velocity for selected keyframes

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T

New text layer

Ctrl+Shift+L, Ctrl+Shift+C, or Ctrl+Shift+R

Align selected horizontal text left, center, or right

Ctrl+Shift+L, Ctrl+Shift+C, or Ctrl+Shift+R

Align selected vertical text top, center, or bottom

Shift+Right Arrow or Shift+Left Arrow

Extend or reduce selection by one character to right or left in horizontal text

Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow

Extend or reduce selection by one word to right or left in horizontal text

Shift+Up Arrow or Shift+Down Arrow

Extend or reduce selection by one line up or down in horizontal tex

Shift+Right Arrow or Shift+Left Arrow

Extend or reduce selection by one line to right or left in vertical text

Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow

Extend or reduce selection one word up or down in vertical text

Shift+Up Arrow or Shift+Down Arrow

Extend or reduce selection by one character up or down in vertical text

Shift+Home or Shift+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+Shift+Home or Ctrl+Shift+End

Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of text frame

Shift-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+Shift+K

Turn All Caps on or off for selected text

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K

Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text

Ctrl+Shift+= (equal sign)

Turn Superscript on or off for selected text

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+= (equal sign)

Turn Subscript on or off for selected text

Ctrl+Shift+X

Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected text

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X

Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A

Auto leading for selected text

Ctrl+Shift+Q

Reset tracking to 0 for selected text

Ctrl+Shift+J

Justify paragraph; left align last line

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J

Justify paragraph; right align last line

Ctrl+Shift+F

Justify paragraph; force last line

Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) or Ctrl+Shift+. (period)

Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 2 units

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

Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow

Increase or decrease leading by 10 units

Alt+Shift+Down Arrow or Alt+Shift+Up Arrow

Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2 units

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+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+Shift+T

Toggle paragraph composer

Ctrl+Shift+N

New mask

Alt-click mask

Select all points in a mask

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

Shift+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+Shift+I

Invert selected mask

Ctrl+Shift+F

Open Mask Feather dialog box for selected mask

Ctrl+Shift+M

Open Mask Shape dialog box for selected mask

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 Shift 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+Shift

Momentarily activate Eraser tool with Last Stroke Only option

Alt+Shift-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)

3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 on the main keyboard

Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset

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%

Shift+ a digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)*

Set flow for a paint tool

Shift+. (decimal) on numeric keypad*

Set flow for a paint tool to 100%

Ctrl+Page Up or Ctrl+Page Down (or 1 or 2 on the main keyboard)

Move earlier or later by number of frames specified for stroke Duration

Ctrl+G

Group selected shapes

Ctrl+Shift+G

Ungroup selected shapes

Select Path property in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T

Enter free-transform path editing mode

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

Shift when dragging to create shape

Constrain rectangles to squares; constrain ellipses to circles; constrain polygons and stars to zero rotation

* (multiply) on numeric keypad

Set marker at current time (works during preview and audio-only preview)

Alt+* (multiply) on numeric keypad

Set marker at current time and open marker dialog box

Shift+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

Arrow key

Move feature region, search region, and attach point 1 pixel at current magnification

Shift+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+Shift+arrow key

Move feature region and search region 10 pixels at current magnification

Ctrl+S

Save project

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S

Increment and save project

Ctrl+Shift+S

Save As

Ctrl+Shift+/ (on main keyboard)

Add active composition or selected items to render queue

Ctrl+Alt+S

Add current frame to render queue

Ctrl+Shift+D

Duplicate render item with same output filename as original

Ctrl+Alt+M

Add a composition to the Adobe Media Encoder encoding queue