Adobe After Effects - Manual (Page 47)

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Compositions and the work area (keyboard shortcuts)
Activate and cycle between the Pen
and Mask Feather tools (CS6) G G
Temporarily activate Selection tool
when a pen tool is selected Ctrl Command
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+Alt Command+Option
Activate and cycle through Brush,
Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools Ctrl+B Command+B
Activate and cycle through Puppet
tools Ctrl+P Command+P
Temporarily convert Selection tool to
Shape Duplication tool Alt (in shape layer) Option (in shape layer)
Temporarily convert Selection tool to
Direct Selection tool Ctrl (in shape layer) Command (in shape layer)
Result Windows Mac OS
New composition Ctrl+N Command+N
Open Composition Settings dialog box
for selected composition Ctrl+K Command+K
Set beginning or end of work area to
current time B or N B or N
Set work area to duration of selected
layers or, if no layers are selected, set
work area to composition duration Ctrl+Alt+B Command+Option+B
Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for
active composition
note: 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.
Tap Shift Tap Shift
Activate the most recently active
composition that is in the same
composition hierarchy (network of
nested compositions) as the currently
active composition Shift+Esc Shift+Esc
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