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Adobe After Effects

Open or close the Paint panel

Cmd8

Mac Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

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In Adobe After Effects this is open or close the Paint panel. It applies here: panels.

Where it works: Panels

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System Environment Keys
Mac Desktop app Cmd8
Windows Desktop app Ctrl8

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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