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Adobe After Effects

Group the selected shapes

CmdG

Mac Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

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Press Ctrl + G to group the selected shapes in Adobe After Effects. On a Mac, press Cmd + G instead.

Where it works: Shape layer

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`CmdG`
Windows	Desktop app	`CtrlG`

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.

The same task in other apps

Group the selection Canva Cmd + G
Group the selection Figma Cmd + G
Group the selection Adobe Illustrator Cmd + G
Group the selected objects LibreOffice Impress Shift + Cmd + G
Group the selection Inkscape Cmd + G
Group the clips Kdenlive Ctrl + G
Group the selected objects Keynote Option + Cmd + G
Put the layers in a group Krita Ctrl + G
Group photos into a stack Adobe Lightroom Cmd + G
Group the items Miro Cmd + G
Group the selected objects Numbers Option + Cmd + G
Group the selected objects Pages Option + Cmd + G

More Adobe After Effects shortcuts

Ungroup the selected shapes Cmd + Shift + G
Save the project Cmd + S
Increment and save the project Cmd + Option + Shift + S
Save the project under a new name Cmd + Shift + S
Add the composition to the render queue Cmd + Shift + /
Add the current frame to the render queue Cmd + Option + S
Add the composition to the Media Encoder queue Cmd + Option + M
Select everything Cmd + A

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