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Adobe After Effects

Composition, layer, keyframe, property, preview, and text shortcuts.

Published coverage: Mac, Windows. Environments: Desktop app.

73 actions and 73 key variants match.

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Action Keys Row actions
Select everything Anywhere Mac CmdA Details
Deselect everything Anywhere Mac CmdShiftA Details
Rename the selected item Item selected Mac Return Details
Move the selection down the stacking order Layers, masks or effects selected Mac CmdOptionDown arrow Details
Move the selection up the stacking order Layers, masks or effects selected Mac CmdOptionUp arrow Details
Move the selection to the bottom of the stack Layers, masks or effects selected Mac CmdOptionShiftDown arrow Details
Move the selection to the top of the stack Layers, masks or effects selected Mac CmdOptionShiftUp arrow Details
Duplicate the selection Anywhere Mac CmdD Details
Open Effect Controls for the selected layer Layer selected Mac F3 Details
Choose the Selection tool Tools Mac V Details
Open the composition settings Composition selected Mac CmdK Details
Set the work area to the selected layers Timeline Mac CmdOptionB Details
Go to the layer in point Layer selected Mac I Details
Go to the layer out point Layer selected Mac O Details
Add the selection to the most recent composition Project panel Mac Cmd/ Details
Interpret the selected footage Footage selected Mac CmdOptionG Details
Edit the original footage Footage selected Mac CmdE Details
Replace the selected footage Footage selected Mac CmdH Details
Reload the selected footage Footage selected Mac CmdOptionL Details
Remove all effects from the selected layers Layers selected Mac CmdShiftE Details
Apply the most recent effect Layers selected Mac CmdOptionShiftE Details
Select the next layer Timeline Mac CmdDown arrow Details
Select the previous layer Timeline Mac CmdUp arrow Details
Open the settings for the selected layer Solid, light, camera, null or adjustment layer selected Mac CmdShiftY Details
Split the selected layers Timeline Mac CmdShiftD Details
Precompose the selected layers Layers selected Mac CmdShiftC Details
Reverse the selected layers in time Layers selected Mac CmdOptionR Details
Enable time remapping Layers selected Mac CmdOptionT Details
Move the layer in point to the current time Layers selected Mac [ Details
Move the layer out point to the current time Layers selected Mac ] Details