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Adobe After Effects

Take a snapshot

ShiftF5

Windows Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

Practice this

Press Shift + F5 to take a snapshot in Adobe After Effects. The keys are the same on a Mac.

Where it works: Viewer

Shift with F6, F7 or F8 takes a snapshot in the other slots.

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System Environment Keys
Mac Desktop app ShiftF5
Windows Desktop app ShiftF5

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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