Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 760)

754 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Keyboard shortcuts
Last updated 12/21/2009
Masks (keyboard shortcuts)
Paint tools (keyboard shortcuts)
Result Windows Mac OS
New mask Ctrl+Shift+N Command+Shift+N
Select all points in a mask Alt-click mask Option-click mask
Select next or previous mask Alt+` (accent grave) or Alt+Shift+`
(accent grave) Option+` (accent grave) or
Option+Shift+` (accent grave)
Enter free-transform mask editing mode Double-click mask with Selection
tool or select mask in Timeline
panel and press Ctrl+T Double-click mask with Selection
tool or select mask in Timeline
panel and press Command+T
Exit free-transform mask editing mode Esc Esc
Scale around center point in Free
Transform mode Ctrl-drag Command-drag
Move selected path points 1 pixel at
current magnification arrow key arrow key
Move selected path points 10 pixels at
current magnification Shift+arrow key Shift+arrow key
Toggle between smooth and corner points Ctrl+Alt-click vertex Command+Option-click vertex
Redraw Bezier handles Ctrl+Alt-drag vertex Command+Option-drag vertex
Invert selected mask Ctrl+Shift+I Command+Shift+I
Open Mask Feather dialog box for selected
mask Ctrl+Shift+F Command+Shift+F
Open Mask Shape dialog box for selected
mask Ctrl+Shift+M Command+Shift+M
Result Windows Mac OS
Swap paint background color and foreground
colors X X
Set paint foreground color to black and
background color to white D D
Set foreground color to the color currently
under any paint tool pointer Alt-click Option-click
Set foreground color to the average color of a 4-
pixel x 4-pixel area under any paint tool pointer Ctrl+Alt-click Command+Option-click
Set brush size for a paint tool Ctrl-drag Command-drag
Set brush hardness for a paint tool Ctrl-drag, then release Ctrl while
dragging Command-drag, then release
Command while dragging
Join current paint stroke to the previous stroke Hold Shift while beginning
stroke
Hold Shift while beginning
stroke