| Select all | ⌘ A |
| Deselect all | F2 or ⌘ ⇧ A |
| Rename selected layer, composition, folder, effect, group, or mask | Return |
| Open selected layer, composition, or footage item | Enter on numeric keypad |
| Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items down (back) or up (forward) in stacking order | ⌘ ⌥ ↓ or ⌘ ⌥ ↑ |
| Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to bottom (back) or top (front) of stacking order | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ↓ or ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ↑ |
| Extend selection to next item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel | ⇧ ↓ |
| Extend selection to previous item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel | ⇧ ↑ |
| Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions | ⌘ D |
| Quit | ⌘ Q |
| Undo | ⌘ Z |
| Redo | ⌘ ⇧ Z |
| Purge All Memory | ⌘ ⌥ / (on numeric keypad) |
| Interrupt running a script | Esc |
| Display filename corresponding to the frame at the current time in the Info panel | ⌘ ⌥ E |
| Open or close Project panel | ⌘ 0 |
| Open or close Render Queue panel | ⌘ ⌥ 0 |
| Open or close Tools panel | ⌘ 1 |
| Open or close Info panel | ⌘ 2 |
| Open or close Preview panel | ⌘ 3 |
| Open or close Audio panel | ⌘ 4 |
| Open or close Effects & Presets panel | ⌘ 5 |
| Open or close Character panel | ⌘ 6 |
| Open or close Paragraph panel | ⌘ 7 |
| Open or close Paint panel | ⌘ 8 |
| Open or close Brushes panel | ⌘ 9 |
| Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer | F3 or ⌘ ⇧ T |
| Open Flowchart panel for project flowchart | ⌘ F11 |
| Switch to workspace | ⇧ F10, ⇧ F11, or ⇧ F12 |
| Close active viewer or panel (closes content first) | ⌘ W |
| Close active panel or all viewers of type of active viewer (closes content first). For example, if a Timeline panel is active, this command closes all Timeline panels. | ⌘ ⇧ W |
| Split the frame containing the active viewer and create a viewer with opposite locked/unlocked state | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ N |
| Maximize or restore panel under pointer | ` (accent grave) |
| Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.) | ⌘ \ (backslash) |
| Move application window or floating window to main monitor; resize window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.) | ⌘ ⌥ \ (backslash) |
| Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current composition | \ (backslash) |
| Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions) | ⇧ , (comma) or ⇧ . (period) |
| Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels) | ⌥ ⇧ , (comma) or ⌥ ⇧ . (period) |
| Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection | Click with middle mouse button |
| Cycle through tools | ⌥ -click tool button in Tools panel |
| Activate Selection tool | V |
| Activate Hand tool | H |
| Temporarily activate Hand tool | Hold down spacebar or the middle mouse button |
| Activate Zoom In tool | Z |
| Activate Zoom Out tool | ⌥ (when Zoom In tool is active) |
| Activate Rotation tool | W |
| Activate Roto Brush tool | ⌥ W |
| Activate Refine Edge tool | ⌥ W |
| Activate and cycle through Camera tools (Unified Camera, Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, and Track Z Camera) | C |
| Activate Pan Behind tool | Y |
| Activate and cycle through mask and shape tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star) | Q |
| Activate and cycle through Type tools (Horizontal and Vertical) | ⌘ T |
| Activate and cycle between the Pen and Mask Feather tools. (Note: You can turn off this setting in the Preferences dialog box.) | G |
| Temporarily activate Selection tool when a pen tool is selected | ⌘ |
| Temporarily activate Pen tool when the Selection tool is selected and pointer is over a path (Add Vertex tool when pointer is over a segment; Convert Vertex tool when pointer is over a vertex) | ⌘ ⌥ |
| Activate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools | ⌘ B |
| Activate and cycle through Puppet tools | ⌘ P |
| Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool | ⌥ (in shape layer) |
| Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool | ⌘ (in shape layer) |
| Go to specific time | ⌥ ⇧ J |
| Go to beginning or end of work area | ⇧ Home or ⇧ End |
| Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end) | J or K |
| (Note: Also goes to beginning, end, or base frame of Roto Brush span if viewing Roto Brush in Layer panel.) | |
| Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item | Home or ⌘ ⌥ ← |
| Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item | End or ⌘ ⌥ → |
| Go forward 1 frame | Page Down or ⌘ → |
| Go forward 10 frames | ⇧ Page Down or ⌘ ⇧ → |
| Go backward 1 frame | Page Up or ⌘ ← |
| Go backward 10 frames | ⇧ Page Up or ⌘ ⇧ ← |
| Go to layer In point | I |
| Go to layer Out point | O |
| Go to previous In point or Out point | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ← |
| Go to next In point or Out point | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ → |
| Scroll to current time in Timeline panel | D |
| Start or stop preview | Spacebar, 0 on numeric keypad, ⇧ 0 on numeric keypad |
| Reset preview settings to replicate RAM Preview and Standard Preview behaviors | ⌥ -click Reset in Preview panel |
| Preview only audio, from current time | . (decimal point) on numeric keypad* or ^+. (period) on main keyboard |
| Preview only audio, in work area | ⌥ . (decimal point) on numeric keypad* or ^+⌥ . (period) on main keyboard |
| Manually preview (scrub) video | Drag or ⌥ -drag current-time indicator, depending on Live Update setting |
| Manually preview (scrub) audio | ⌘-drag current-time indicator |
| Preview number of frames specified by Alternate Preview preference (defaults to 5) | ⌥ 0 on numeric keypad* or ^+⌥ 0 (zero) on main keyboard |
| Toggle Mercury Transmit video preview | / (on numeric keypad), ^+/ on main keyboard |
| Take snapshot | ⇧ F5, ⇧ F6, ⇧ F7, or ⇧ F8 |
| Display snapshot in active viewer | F5, F6, F7, or F8 |
| Purge snapshot | ⌘ ⇧ F5, ⌘ ⇧ F6, ⌘ ⇧ F7, or ⌘ ⇧ F8 |
| Fast Previews > Off | ⌘ ⌥ 1 |
| Fast Previews > Adaptive Resolution | ⌘ ⌥ 2 |
| Fast Previews > Draft | ⌘ ⌥ 3 |
| Fast Previews > Fast Draft | ⌘ ⌥ 4 |
| Fast Previews > Wireframe | ⌘ ⌥ 5 |
| Turn display color management on or off for active view | ⇧ / (on numeric keypad) |
| Show red, green, blue, or alpha channel as grayscale | ⌥ 1, ⌥ 2, ⌥ 3, ⌥ 4 |
| Show colorized red, green, or blue channel | ⌥ ⇧ 1, ⌥ ⇧ 2, ⌥ ⇧ 3 |
| Toggle showing straight RGB color | ⌥ ⇧ 4 |
| Show alpha boundary (outline between transparent and opaque regions) in Layer panel | ⌥ 5 |
| Show alpha overlay (colored overlay on transparent regions) in Layer panel | ⌥ 6 |
| Show Refine Edge X-ray | ⌥ X |
| Center composition in the panel | Double-click Hand tool |
| Zoom-in in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel | . (period) on main keyboard |
| Zoom-out in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel | , (comma) |
| Zoom to 100% in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel | / (on main keyboard) |
| Zoom to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel | ⇧ / (on main keyboard) |
| Zoom up to 100% to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel | ⌥ / (on main keyboard) |
| Set resolution to Full, Half, or Custom in Composition panel | ⌘ J, ⌘ ⇧ J, ⌘ ⌥ J |
| Open View Options dialog box for active Composition panel | ⌘ ⌥ U |
| Zoom out time | - (hyphen) on main keyboard |
| Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units (Press again to zoom out to show entire composition duration.) | ; (semicolon) |
| Zoom out in Timeline panel to show the entire composition duration (Press again to zoom back in to the duration specified by the Time Navigator.) | ⇧ ; (semicolon) |
| Prevent images from being rendered for previews in viewer panels | Caps Lock |
| Show or hide safe zones | ' (apostrophe) |
| Show or hide grid | ⌘ ' (apostrophe) |
| Show or hide proportional grid | ⌥ ' (apostrophe) |
| Show or hide rulers | ⌘ R |
| Show or hide guides | ⌘ ; (semicolon) |
| Turn snapping to grid on or off | ⌘ ⇧ ' (apostrophe) |
| Turn snapping to guides on or off | ⌘ ⇧ ; (semicolon) |
| Lock or unlock guides | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ; (semicolon) |
| Show or hide layer controls (masks, motion paths, light and camera wireframes, effect control points, and layer handles) | ⌘ ⇧ H |
| Import one file or image sequence | ⌘ I |
| Import multiple files or image sequences | ⌘ ⌥ I |
| Open movie in an After Effects Footage panel | Double-click the footage item in the Project panel |
| Add selected items to most recently activated composition | ⌘ / (on main keyboard) |
| Replace selected source footage for selected layers with footage item selected in Project panel | ⌘ ⌥ / (on main keyboard) |
| Replace source for a selected layer | ⌥ -drag footage item from Project panel onto selected layer |
| Delete a footage item without a warning | ⌘ Delete |
| Open Interpret Footage dialog box for selected footage item | ⌘ ⌥ G |
| Remember footage interpretation | ⌘ ⌥ C |
| Edit selected footage item in application with which it’s associated (Edit Original) | ⌘ E |
| Replace selected footage item | ⌘ H |
| Reload selected footage items | ⌘ ⌥ L |
| Set proxy for selected footage item | ⌘ ⌥ P |
| New solid layer | ⌘ Y |
| New null layer | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ Y |
| New adjustment layer | ⌘ ⌥ Y |
| Select layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers) | 0-9 on numeric keypad* |
| Toggle selection of layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers) | ⇧ 0-9 on numeric keypad* |
| Select next layer in stacking order | ⌘ ↓ |
| Select previous layer in stacking order | ⌘ ↑ |
| Extend selection to next layer in stacking order | ⌘ ⇧ ↓ |
| Extend selection to previous layer in stacking order | ⌘ ⇧ ↑ |
| Deselect all layers | ⌘ ⇧ A |
| Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel | X |
| Show or hide Parent column | ⇧ F4 |
| Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns | F4 |
| Setting the sampling method for selected layers (Best/Bilinear) | ⌥ B |
| Setting the sampling method for selected layers (Best/Bicubic) | ⌥ ⇧ B |
| Turn off all other solo switches | ⌥ -click solo switch |
| Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for selected layers | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ V |
| Turn off Video switch for all video layers other than selected layers | ⌘ ⇧ V |
| Open settings dialog box for selected solid, light, camera, null, or adjustment layer | ⌘ ⇧ Y |
| Paste layers at current time | ⌘ ⌥ V |
| Split selected layers. (If no layers are selected, split all layers.) | ⌘ ⇧ D |
| Precompose selected layers | ⌘ ⇧ C |
| Open Effect Controls panel for selected layers | ⌘ ⇧ T |
| Open layer in Layer panel (opens source composition for precomposition layer in Composition panel) | Double-click a layer |
| Open source of a layer in Footage panel (opens precomposition layer in Layer panel) | ⌥ -double-click a layer |
| Reverse selected layers in time | ⌘ ⌥ R |
| Enable time remapping for selected layers | ⌘ ⌥ T |
| Move selected layers so that their In point or Out point is at the current time | [ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket) |
| Trim In point or Out point of selected layers to current time | ⌥ [ (left bracket) or ⌥ ] (right bracket) |
| Add or remove expression for a property | ⌥ -click stopwatch |
| Add an effect (or multiple selected effects) to selected layers | Double-click effect selection in Effects & Presets panel |
| Set In point or Out point by time-stretching | ⌘ ⇧ , (comma) or ⌘ ⌥ , (comma) |
| Move selected layers so that their In point is at beginning of composition | ⌥ Home |
| Move selected layers so that their Out point is at end of composition | ⌥ End |
| Lock selected layers | ⌘ L |
| Unlock all layers | ⌘ ⇧ L |
| Set Quality to Best, Draft, or Wireframe for selected layers | ⌘ U, ⌘ ⇧ U, ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ U |
| Cycle forward or backward through blending modes for selected layers | ⇧ - (hyphen) or ⇧ = (equal sign) on the main keyboard |
| Find in Timeline panel | ⌘ F |
| Find in Timeline panel | ⌘ F |
| Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties | ⌘ ` (accent grave) |
| Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties | ⌘-click triangle to the left of the property group name |
| Show only Anchor Point property (for lights and cameras, Point Of Interest) | A |
| Show only Audio Levels property | L |
| Show only Mask Feather property | F |
| Show only Mask Path property | M |
| Show only Mask Opacity property | TT |
| Show only Opacity property (for lights, Intensity) | T |
| Show only Position property | P |
| Show only Rotation and Orientation properties | R |
| Show only Scale property | S |
| Show only Time Remap property | RR |
| Show only instances of missing effects | FF |
| Show only Effects property group | E |
| Show only mask property groups | MM |
| Show only Material Options property group | AA |
| Show only expressions | EE |
| Show properties with keyframes | U |
| Show only modified properties | UU |
| Show only paint strokes, Roto Brush strokes, and Puppet pins | PP |
| Show only audio waveform | LL |
| Show only selected properties and groups | SS |
| Hide property or group | ⌥ Shift-click property or group name |
| Add or remove property or group from set that is shown | ⇧ property or group shortcut |
| Add or remove keyframe at current time | ⌥ property shortcut |
| Modify property value by default increments | Drag property value |
| Modify property value by 10x default increments | Shift-drag property value |
| Modify property value by 1/10 default increments | ⌘-drag property value |
| Open Auto-Orientation dialog box for selected layers | ⌘ Alt+O |
| Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers | ⌘ ⇧ O |
| Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers | ⌘ ⇧ R |
| Open Position dialog box for selected layers | ⌘ ⇧ P |
| Center-selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of current view) | ⌘ Home |
| Center anchor point in the visible content | ⌘ ⌥ Home |
| Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position) | Arrow key |
| Move selected layers 10 pixels at current magnification (Position) | ⇧ arrow key |
| Move selected layers 1 frame earlier or later | ⌥ Page Up or ⌥ Page Down |
| Move selected layers 10 frames earlier or later | ⌥ ⇧ Page Up or ⌥ ⇧ Page Down |
| Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 1° | + (plus) or - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10° | ⇧ + (plus) or ⇧ - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1% | ^+⌥ + (plus) or ^+⌥ - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10% | ^+⌥ ⇧ + (plus) or ^+⌥ ⇧ - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Increase Scale of selected layers by 1% | ⌘ + (plus) or ⌥ + (plus) on numeric keypad |
| Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1% | ⌘ - (minus) or ⌥ - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Increase Scale of selected layers by 10% | ⌘ ⇧ + (plus) or ⌥ ⇧ + (plus) on numeric keypad |
| Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10% | ⌘ ⇧ - (minus) or ⌥ ⇧ - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Modify Rotation or Orientation in 45° increments | Shift-drag with Rotation tool |
| Modify Scale, constrained to footage frame aspect ratio | Shift-drag layer handle with Selection tool |
| Reset Rotation to 0° | Double-click Rotation tool |
| Reset Scale to 100% | Double-click Selection tool |
| Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition | ⌘ ⌥ F |
| Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ H |
| Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ G |
| Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes | ⇧ F3 |
| Select all keyframes for a property | Click property name |
| Select all visible keyframes and properties | ⌘ ⌥ A |
| Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups | ⇧ F2 or ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ A |
| Move keyframe 1 frame later or earlier | ⌥ → or ⌥ ← |
| Move keyframe 10 frames later or earlier | ⌥ ⇧ → or ⌥ ⇧ ← |
| Set interpolation for selected keyframes (layer bar mode) | ⌘ ⌥ K |
| Set keyframe interpolation method to hold or Auto Bezier | ⌘ ⌥ H |
| Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or Auto Bezier | ⌘-click in layer bar mode |
| Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or hold | ⌘ ⌥ -click in layer bar mode |
| Easy ease selected keyframes | F9 |
| Easy ease selected keyframes in | ⇧ F9 |
| Easy ease selected keyframes out | ⌘ ⇧ F9 |
| Set velocity for selected keyframes | ⌘ ⇧ K |
| Add or remove keyframe at current time. For property shortcuts, see Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts). | ⌥ property shortcut |
| New text layer | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ T |
| Align selected horizontal text left, center, or right | ⌘ ⇧ L, ⌘ ⇧ C, or ⌘ ⇧ R |
| Align selected vertical text top, center, or bottom | ⌘ ⇧ L, ⌘ ⇧ C, or ⌘ ⇧ R |
| Extend or reduce selection by one character to right or left in horizontal text | ⇧ → or ⇧ ← |
| Extend or reduce selection by one word to right or left in horizontal text | ⌘ ⇧ → or ⌘ ⇧ ← |
| Extend or reduce selection by one line up or down in horizontal text | ⇧ ↑ or ⇧ ↓ |
| Extend or reduce selection by one line to right or left in vertical text | ⇧ → or ⇧ ← |
| Extend or reduce selection one word up or down in vertical text | ⌘ ⇧ ↑ or ⌘ ⇧ ↓ |
| Extend or reduce selection by one character up or down in vertical text | ⇧ ↑ or ⇧ ↓ |
| Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of line | ⇧ Home or ⇧ End |
| Move insertion point to beginning or end of line | Home or End |
| Select all text on a layer | Double-click text layer |
| Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of text frame | ⌘ ⇧ Home or ⌘ ⇧ End |
| To mouse-click point, select text from insertion point | Shift-click |
| In horizontal text, move insertion point one character left or right; one line up or down; one word left or right; or one paragraph up or down | ← or →; ↑ or ↓; ⌘ ← or ⌘ →; or ⌘ ↑ or ⌘ ↓ |
| In vertical text, move insertion point one character up or down; one left or right; one word up or down; or one paragraph left or right | ↑ or ↓; ← or →; ⌘ ↑ or ⌘ ↓; or ⌘ ← or ⌘ → |
| Select word, line, paragraph, or entire text frame | Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click with Type tool |
| Turn All Caps on or off for selected text | ⌘ ⇧ K |
| Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ K |
| Turn Superscript on or off for selected text | ⌘ ⇧ = (equal sign) |
| Turn Subscript on or off for selected text | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ = (equal sign) |
| Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected text | ⌘ ⇧ X |
| Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ X |
| Auto leading for selected text | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ A |
| Reset tracking to 0 for selected text | ⌘ ⇧ ^+Q |
| Justify paragraph; left align last line | ⌘ ⇧ J |
| Justify paragraph; right align last line | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ J |
| Justify paragraph; force last line | ⌘ ⇧ F |
| Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 2 units | ⌘ ⇧ , (comma) or ⌘ ⇧ . (period) |
| Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 10 units | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ , (comma) or ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ . (period) |
| Increase or decrease leading by 2 units | ⌥ ↓ or ⌥ ↑ |
| Increase or decrease leading by 10 units | ⌘ ⌥ ↓ or ⌘ ⌥ ↑ |
| Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2 units | ⌥ ⇧ ↓ or ⌥ ⇧ ↑ |
| Decrease or increase baseline shift by 10 units | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ↓ or ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ↑ |
| Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20 units (20/1000 ems) | ⌥ ← or ⌥ → |
| Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 100 units (100/1000 ems) | ⌘ ⌥ ← or ⌘ ⌥ → |
| Toggle paragraph composer | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ T |
| New mask | ⌘ ⇧ N |
| Select all points in a mask | ⌥ -click mask |
| Select next or previous mask | ⌥ ` (accent grave) or ⌥ ⇧ ` (accent grave) |
| Enter free-transform mask editing mode | Double-click mask with Selection tool or select mask in Timeline panel and press ⌘ T |
| Exit free-transform mask editing mode | Esc |
| Scale around center point in Free Transform mode | ⌘-drag |
| Move selected path points 1 pixel at current magnification | Arrow key |
| Move selected path points 10 pixels at current magnification | ⇧ arrow key |
| Toggle between smooth and corner points | ⌘ ⌥ -click vertex |
| Redraw Bezier handles | ⌘ ⌥ -drag vertex |
| Invert selected mask | ⌘ ⇧ I |
| Open Mask Feather dialog box for selected mask | ⌘ ⇧ F |
| Open Mask Shape dialog box for selected mask | ⌘ ⇧ M |
| Subtract mode | S |
| Darken mode | D |
| Difference mode | F |
| Add mode | S |
| Intersect mode | I |
| None | N |
| Swap paint background color and foreground colors | X |
| Set paint foreground color to black and background color to white | D |
| Set foreground color to the color currently under any paint tool pointer | ⌥ -click |
| Set foreground color to the average color of a 4-pixel x 4-pixel area under any paint tool pointer | ⌘ ⌥ -click |
| Set brush size for a paint tool | ⌘-drag |
| Set brush hardness for a paint tool | ⌘-drag, then release ⌘ while dragging |
| Join current paint stroke to the previous stroke | Hold Shift while beginning stroke |
| Set starting sample point to point currently under Clone Stamp tool pointer | ⌥ -click |
| Momentarily activate Eraser tool with Last Stroke Only option | ⌘ Shift |
| Show and move overlay (change Offset value of alignedClone Stamp tool or change Source Position value of unaligned Clone Stamp tool) | ⌥ Shift-drag with Clone Stamp tool |
| Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset | 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 on the main keyboard |
| Duplicate a Clone Stamp tool preset in Paint panel | ⌥ -click the button for the preset |
| Set opacity for a paint tool | Digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)* |
| Set opacity for a paint tool to 100% | . (decimal) on numeric keypad* |
| Set flow for a paint tool | ⇧ a digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)* |
| Set flow for a paint tool to 100% | ⇧ . (decimal) on numeric keypad* |
| Move earlier or later by number of frames specified for stroke Duration | ⌘ Page Up or ⌘ Page Down (or 1 or 2 on the main keyboard) |
| Group selected shapes | ⌘ G |
| Ungroup selected shapes | ⌘ ⇧ G |
| Enter free-transform path editing mode | Select Path property in Timeline panel and press ⌘ T |
| Increase star inner roundness | Page Up when dragging to create shape |
| Decrease star inner roundness | Page Down when dragging to create shape |
| Increase number of points for star or polygon; increase roundness for rounded rectangle | ↑ when dragging to create shape |
| Decrease number of points for star or polygon; decrease roundness for rounded rectangle | ↓ when dragging to create shape |
| Reposition shape during creation | Hold spacebar when dragging to create shape |
| Set rounded rectangle roundness to 0 (sharp corners); decrease polygon and star outer roundness | ← when dragging to create shape |
| Set rounded rectangle roundness to maximum; increase polygon and star outer roundness | → when dragging to create shape |
| Constrain rectangles to squares; constrain ellipses to circles; constrain polygons and stars to zero rotation | Shift when dragging to create shape |
| Change outer radius of star | ⌘ when dragging to create shape |