Shortcuts for activating tools – Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual

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Shortcuts for activating tools

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.

Open or close Audio panel

Ctrl+4

Command+4

Open or close Effects & Presets
panel

Ctrl+5

Command+5

Open or close Character panel

Ctrl+6

Command+6

Open or close Paragraph panel

Ctrl+7

Command+7

Open or close Paint panel

Ctrl+8

Command+8

Open or close Brush Tips panel

Ctrl+9

Command+9

Open or close Effect Controls
panel for selected layer

F3 or Ctrl+Shift+T

F3 or Command+Shift+T

Open Flowchart panel for project
flowchart

Ctrl+F11

Command+F11

Switch to workspace

Shift+F10, Shift+F11, or Shift+F12 Shift+F10, Shift+F11, or Shift+F12

Close active viewer or panel
(closes content first)

Ctrl+W

Command+W

Close active panel or all viewers of
type of active viewer (closes
content first). E.g., if a Timeline
panel is active, this closes all Time-
line panels.

Ctrl+Shift+W

Command+Shift+W

Split the frame containing the
active viewer and create a new
viewer with opposite
locked/unlocked state

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N

Command+Option+Shift+N

Maximize or restore panel under
pointer

` (accent grave)

Resize application window or
floating window to fit screen.
(Press again to resize window so
that contents fill the screen.)

Ctrl+\ (backslash)

Command+\ (backslash)

Move application window or
floating window to main monitor;
resize window to fit screen. (Press
again to resize window so that
contents fill the screen.)

Ctrl+Alt+\ (backslash)

Command+Option+\ (backslash)

Toggle activation between
Composition panel and Timeline
panel for current composition

\ (backslash)

Cycle to previous or next item in
active viewer

Shift+, (comma) or Shift+. (period) Shift+, (comma) or Shift+. (period)

Cycle to previous or next panel in
active frame

Alt+Shift+, (comma) or Alt+Shift+.
(period)

Option+Shift+, (comma) or
Option+Shift+. (period)

Result

Windows

Mac OS