Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual

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AFTER EFFECTS CS3

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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.

Shortcuts for showing properties in the Timeline panel

Note: This table contains double-letter shortcuts (for example, LL). To use these shortcuts, press the letters in quick
succession.

Move In point or Out point of
selected layers to current time

[ (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

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 Wire-
frame 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+=
(equals sign) on the main
keyboard

Result

Windows

Mac OS

Toggle expansion of selected
layers to show all properties

Ctrl+` (accent grave)

Command+` (accent grave)

Toggle expansion of property
group and all child property
groups to show all properties

Ctrl-click triangle to the left of the
property group name

Command-click triangle to the left
of the property group name

Show only Anchor Point property
(for lights and cameras, Point Of
Interest)

Show only Audio Levels property

Show only Mask Feather property F

Show only Mask Path property

Show only Mask Opacity property TT

Result

Windows

Mac OS