Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 747)

741 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Keyboard shortcuts
Last updated 12/21/2009
Activating tools (keyboard shortcuts)
Note: You can activate some tools only under certain circumstances. For example, you can activate a camera tool only
when the active composition contains a camera layer.
To momentarily activate a tool with a single-letter keyboard shortcut, hold down the key; release the key to return to
the previously active tool. To activate a tool and keep it active, press the key and immediately release it.
Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer
(for example, cycle through open
compositions) Shift+, (comma) or Shift+.
(period) Shift+, (comma) or Shift+.
(period)
Cycle to previous or next panel in active
frame (for example, cycle through open
Timeline panels) Alt+Shift+, (comma) or
Alt+Shift+. (period) Option+Shift+, (comma) or
Option+Shift+. (period)
Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the
Composition panel without affecting layer
selection click with middle mouse button click with middle mouse button
Result Windows Mac OS
Cycle through tools Alt-click tool button in
Tools panel Option-click tool button in
Tools panel
Activate Selection tool V V
Activate Hand tool H H
Temporarily activate Hand tool Hold down spacebar or
the middle mouse button. Hold down spacebar or
the middle mouse button.
Activate Zoom In tool Z Z
Activate Zoom Out tool Alt (when Zoom In tool is
active) Option (when Zoom In
tool is active)
Activate Rotation tool W W
Activate and cycle through Camera tools (Unified Camera,
Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, and Track Z Camera) C C
Activate Pan Behind tool Y Y
Activate and cycle through mask and shape tools
(Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star) Q Q
Activate and cycle through Type tools (Horizontal and
Vertical) Ctrl+T Command+T
Activate and cycle through pen tools (Pen, Add Vertex,
Delete Vertex, and Convert Vertex) 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
Result Windows Mac OS