Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 35)

29 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
User interface
Last updated 12/21/2009
Keyboard shortcuts and mouse actions
New keyboard shortcuts
• Place the insertion point in the search field for the active panel: Ctrl+F (Windows) or Command+F (Mac OS). See
“
Search and filter in the Timeline, Project, and Effects & Presets panels ” on page 17.
• Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for active composition: Tap Shift. See “ Compositions and the work area
(keyboard shortcuts) ” on page 742.
• Activate the most recently active composition that is in the same composition hierarchy (network of nested
compositions) as the currently active composition: Shift+Esc. See “
Compositions and the work area (keyboard
shortcuts) ” on page 742.
• New adjustment layer: Ctrl+Alt+Y (Windows) or Command+Option+Y (Mac OS). See “ Layers (keyboard
shortcuts) ” on page 746.
• Center selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of
current view): Ctrl+Home (Windows) or Command+Home (Mac OS). See “
Modifying layer properties (keyboard
shortcuts) ” on page 749.
• Show only instances of missing effects in Timeline panel: FF. See “ Showing properties and groups in the Timeline
panel (keyboard shortcuts) ” on page 748.
• Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1%: Ctrl+Alt++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+-
(minus) on numeric keypad (Windows); Control+Option++ (plus) or Control+Option+- (minus) on numeric
keypad (Mac OS). See “
Modifying layer properties (keyboard shortcuts) ” on page 749.
• Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10%: Ctrl+Alt+Shift++ (plus) or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad (Windows); Control+Option+Shift++ (plus) or
Control+Option+Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad (Mac OS). See “
Modifying layer properties (keyboard
shortcuts) ” on page 749.
Changed keyboard shortcuts
• Open Interpret Footage dialog box for selected footage item: Ctrl+Alt+G (Windows) or Command+Option+G
(Mac OS). Changed from Ctrl+F (Windows) and Command+F (Mac OS). See “
Footage (keyboard shortcuts) ” on
page 745.
• Most commands that affect views and previews have been modified subtly so that—if a Composition viewer is
locked—the commands operate on the composition for which the Composition viewer is shown. See “
Edit this,
look at that (ETLAT) and locked Composition viewers ” on page 16.
Mouse actions
• Temporarily activate Hand tool (when any tool other than Unified Camera tool is active): Hold down spacebar or
the middle mouse button. See “
Activate a tool ” on page 16.
• Temporarily activate Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, or Track Z Camera tool: With Unified Camera tool active,
hold the left, middle, or right mouse button. See “
Adjust a camera view or working 3D view ” on page 192.
• Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection: Click within the
view with the middle mouse button. See “
Choose a view layout and share view settings ” on page 204.