Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 748)

742 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Keyboard shortcuts
Last updated 12/21/2009
Compositions and the work area (keyboard shortcuts)
Time navigation (keyboard shortcuts)
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 composition background color Ctrl+Shift+B Command+Shift+B
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
Result Windows Mac OS
Go to specific time Alt+Shift+J Option+Shift+J
Go to beginning or end of work area Shift+Home or Shift+End Shift+Home or Shift+End
Go to previous or next visible item in time
ruler (keyframe, marker, work area beginning
or end) J or K J or K
Go to beginning of composition, layer, or
footage item Home or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow Home or
Command+Option+Left Arrow
Go to end of composition, layer, or footage
item End or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow End or Command+Option+Right
Arrow
Result Windows Mac OS