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Let’s Have A Shave – 28 Super Useful Adobe After Effects Shortcuts

Video editors suffering from a lack of time in the day will benefit from our After Effects close shave below; perfectly designed to shave extra seconds here and there – which we all know add up considerably over time…

Working with Properties

  • A   Anchor Point
  • P   Position
  • S   Scale
  • R   Rotation
  • T   Opacity
  • U Show all animating properties
  • UU Reveal modified properties
  • SS Solo selected properties
  • Ctrl + D Duplicate a layer
  • Ctrl + C Copy a layer
  • Ctrl + P Paste a layer

Controlling the Timeline

  • Ctrl+N Create a comp
  • Shift+# Place a comp marker
  • Alt+Home Move a layer to 00:00
  • Alt+End Move a layer to end of comp
  • Ctrl+I Import a file
  • Ctrl+K Open composition settings
  • Ctrl+/ Add selected source to top layer in current composition
  • Ctrl+/ Add selected source to top layer in current composition
  • Open Interpret Footage dialog – Select footage in Project window and type Ctrl+F
  • , Zoom in comp
  • . Zoom out comp
  • F2 Deselect all layers
  • Home Return to 00:00
  • End Return to end of comp
  • Control+G Bring up Go to Time dialog
  • [ Move In point of layer to CTI(Current Time Indicator)
  • ] Move Out point of layer to CTI(Current Time Indicator)

by Sean, Motion Graphics Designer


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