Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Keyboard shortcuts
Last updated 12/21/2009
Note: Some shortcuts are marked with an asterisk (*) to remind you to make sure that Num Lock is on when you use the
numeric keypad.
Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for
selected layers
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V
Command+Option+Shift+V
Turn off Video switch for all video layers other
than selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+V
Command+Shift+V
Open settings dialog box for selected solid,
light, camera, null, or adjustment layer
Ctrl+Shift+Y
Command+Shift+Y
Paste layers at current time
Ctrl+Alt+V
Command+Option+V
Split selected layers (If no layers are selected,
split all layers.)
Ctrl+Shift+D
Command+Shift+D
Precompose selected layers
Ctrl+Shift+C
Command+Shift+C
Open Effect Controls panel for selected layers Ctrl+Shift+T
Command+Shift+T
Open layer in Layer panel (opens source
composition for precomposition layer in
Composition panel)
Double-click a layer
Double-click a layer
Open source of a layer in Footage panel
(opens precomposition layer in Layer panel)
Alt-double-click a layer
Option-double-click a layer
Reverse selected layers in time
Ctrl+Alt+R
Command+Option+R
Enable time remapping for selected layers
Ctrl+Alt+T
Command+Option+T
Move In point or Out point of selected layers
to current time
[ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket) [ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket)
Trim In point or Out point of selected layers to
current time
Alt+[ (left bracket) or Alt+] (right
bracket)
Option+[ (left bracket) or
Option+] (right bracket)
Add or remove expression for a property
Alt-click stopwatch
Option-click stopwatch
Add an effect (or multiple selected effects) to
selected layers
Double-click effect selection in
Effects & Presets panel
Double-click effect selection in
Effects & Presets panel
Set In point or Out point by time-stretching
Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) or
Ctrl+Alt+, (comma)
Command+Shift+, (comma) or
Command+Option+, (comma)
Move In point of selected layers to beginning
of composition
Alt+Home
Option+Home
Move Out point of selected layers to end of
composition
Alt+End
Option+End
Lock selected layers
Ctrl+L
Command+L
Unlock all layers
Ctrl+Shift+L
Command+Shift+L
Set Quality to Best, Draft, or Wireframe for
selected layers
Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Shift+U, or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U
Command+U,
Command+Shift+U,
Command+Option+Shift+U
Cycle forward or backward through blending
modes for selected layers
Shift+ - (hyphen) or Shift+=
(equal sign) on the main
keyboard
Shift+ - (hyphen) or Shift+=
(equal sign) on the main
keyboard
Find in Timeline panel
Ctrl+F
Command+F
Result
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