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Shortcuts for working with masks – Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual

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Shortcuts for working with masks

Decrease or increase baseline shift
by 2 units

Alt+Shift+Down Arrow or
Alt+Shift+Up Arrow

Option+Shift+Down Arrow or
Option+Shift+Up Arrow

Decrease or increase baseline shift
by 10 units

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow

Command+Option+Shift+Down
Arrow or
Command+Option+Shift+Up
Arrow

Decrease or increase kerning or
tracking 20 units (20/1000 ems)

Alt+Left Arrow or Alt+Right Arrow Option+Left Arrow or

Option+Right Arrow

Decrease or increase kerning or
tracking 100 units (100/1000 ems)

Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow or
Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow

Command+Option+Left Arrow or
Command+Option+Right Arrow

Toggle paragraph composer

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T

Command+Option+Shift+T

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+` (grave accent) or Alt+Shift+`
(grave accent)

Option+` (grave accent) or
Option+Shift+` (grave accent)

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