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Adobe After Effects

Choose the Roto Brush tool

OptionW

Mac Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

Practice this

In Adobe After Effects, Alt + W will choose the Roto Brush tool. On a Mac, press Option + W instead.

Where it works: Tools

Adobe's page gives the same combination for the Refine Edge tool, so pressing it again cycles between the two.

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System Environment Keys
Mac Desktop app OptionW
Windows Desktop app AltW

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts in After Effects

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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