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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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