| Select all | Ctrl A |
| Deselect all | F2 or Ctrl Shift A |
| Rename selected layer, composition, folder, effect, group, or mask | Enter on main keyboard |
| 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 | Ctrl Alt Down Arrow or Ctrl Alt Up Arrow |
| Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to bottom (back) or top (front) of stacking order | Ctrl Alt Shift Down Arrow or Ctrl Alt Shift Up Arrow |
| Extend selection to next item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel | Shift Down Arrow |
| Extend selection to previous item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel | Shift Up Arrow |
| Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions | Ctrl D |
| Quit | Ctrl Q |
| Undo | Ctrl Z |
| Redo | Ctrl Shift Z |
| Purge All Memory | Ctrl Alt / (on numeric keypad) |
| Interrupt running a script | Esc |
| Display filename corresponding to the frame at the current time in the Info panel | Ctrl Alt E |
| Open or close Project panel | Ctrl 0 |
| Open or close Render Queue panel | Ctrl Alt 0 |
| Open or close Tools panel | Ctrl 1 |
| Open or close Info panel | Ctrl 2 |
| Open or close Preview panel | Ctrl 3 |
| Open or close Audio panel | Ctrl 4 |
| Open or close Effects & Presets panel | Ctrl 5 |
| Open or close Character panel | Ctrl 6 |
| Open or close Paragraph panel | Ctrl 7 |
| Open or close Paint panel | Ctrl 8 |
| Open or close Brushes panel | Ctrl 9 |
| Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer | F3 or Ctrl Shift T |
| Open Flowchart panel for project flowchart | Ctrl F11 |
| Switch to workspace | Shift F10, Shift F11, or Shift F12 |
| Close active viewer or panel (closes content first) | Ctrl 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. | Ctrl Shift W |
| Split the frame containing the active viewer and create a viewer with opposite locked/unlocked state | Ctrl Alt Shift 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.) | Ctrl \ (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.) | Ctrl Alt \ (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) | Shift , (comma) or Shift . (period) |
| Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels) | Alt Shift , (comma) or Alt Shift . (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 | Alt-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 | Alt (when Zoom In tool is active) |
| Activate Rotation tool | W |
| Activate Roto Brush tool | Alt W |
| Activate Refine Edge tool | Alt 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) | Ctrl 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 | Ctrl |
| 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) | Ctrl Alt |
| Activate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools | Ctrl B |
| Activate and cycle through Puppet tools | Ctrl P |
| Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool | Alt (in shape layer) |
| Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool | Ctrl (in shape layer) |
| Go to specific time | Alt Shift J |
| Go to beginning or end of work area | Shift Home or Shift 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 Ctrl Alt Left Arrow |
| Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item | End or Ctrl Alt Right Arrow |
| Go forward 1 frame | Page Down or Ctrl Right Arrow |
| Go forward 10 frames | Shift Page Down or Ctrl Shift Right Arrow |
| Go backward 1 frame | Page Up or Ctrl Left Arrow |
| Go backward 10 frames | Shift Page Up or Ctrl Shift Left Arrow |
| Go to layer In point | I |
| Go to layer Out point | O |
| Go to previous In point or Out point | Ctrl Alt Shift Left Arrow |
| Go to next In point or Out point | Ctrl Alt Shift Right Arrow |
| Scroll to current time in Timeline panel | D |
| Start or stop preview | Spacebar, 0 on numeric keypad, Shift 0 on numeric keypad |
| Reset preview settings to replicate RAM Preview and Standard Preview behaviors | Alt-click Reset in Preview panel |
| Preview only audio, from current time | . (decimal point) on numeric keypad* |
| Preview only audio, in work area | Alt . (decimal point) on numeric keypad* |
| Manually preview (scrub) video | Drag or Alt-drag current-time indicator, depending on Live Update setting |
| Manually preview (scrub) audio | Ctrl-drag current-time indicator |
| Preview number of frames specified by Alternate Preview preference (defaults to 5) | Alt 0 on numeric keypad* |
| Toggle Mercury Transmit video preview | / (on numeric keypad) |
| Take snapshot | Shift F5, Shift F6, Shift F7, or Shift F8 |
| Display snapshot in active viewer | F5, F6, F7, or F8 |
| Purge snapshot | Ctrl Shift F5, Ctrl Shift F6, Ctrl Shift F7, or Ctrl Shift F8 |
| Fast Previews > Off | Ctrl Alt 1 |
| Fast Previews > Adaptive Resolution | Ctrl Alt 2 |
| Fast Previews > Draft | Ctrl Alt 3 |
| Fast Previews > Fast Draft | Ctrl Alt 4 |
| Fast Previews > Wireframe | Ctrl Alt 5 |
| Turn display color management on or off for active view | Shift / (on numeric keypad) |
| Show red, green, blue, or alpha channel as grayscale | Alt 1, Alt 2, Alt 3, Alt 4 |
| Show colorized red, green, or blue channel | Alt Shift 1, Alt Shift 2, Alt Shift 3 |
| Toggle showing straight RGB color | Alt Shift 4 |
| Show alpha boundary (outline between transparent and opaque regions) in Layer panel | Alt 5 |
| Show alpha overlay (colored overlay on transparent regions) in Layer panel | Alt 6 |
| Show Refine Edge X-ray | Alt 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 | Shift / (on main keyboard) |
| Zoom up to 100% to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel | Alt / (on main keyboard) |
| Set resolution to Full, Half, or Custom in Composition panel | Ctrl J, Ctrl Shift J, Ctrl Alt J |
| Open View Options dialog box for active Composition panel | Ctrl Alt 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.) | Shift ; (semicolon) |
| Prevent images from being rendered for previews in viewer panels | Caps Lock |
| Show or hide safe zones | ' (apostrophe) |
| Show or hide grid | Ctrl ' (apostrophe) |
| Show or hide proportional grid | Alt ' (apostrophe) |
| Show or hide rulers | Ctrl R |
| Show or hide guides | Ctrl ; (semicolon) |
| Turn snapping to grid on or off | Ctrl Shift ' (apostrophe) |
| Turn snapping to guides on or off | Ctrl Shift ; (semicolon) |
| Lock or unlock guides | Ctrl Alt Shift ; (semicolon) |
| Show or hide layer controls (masks, motion paths, light and camera wireframes, effect control points, and layer handles) | Ctrl Shift H |
| Import one file or image sequence | Ctrl I |
| Import multiple files or image sequences | Ctrl Alt 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 | Ctrl / (on main keyboard) |
| Replace selected source footage for selected layers with footage item selected in Project panel | Ctrl Alt / (on main keyboard) |
| Replace source for a selected layer | Alt-drag footage item from Project panel onto selected layer |
| Delete a footage item without a warning | Ctrl Backspace |
| Open Interpret Footage dialog box for selected footage item | Ctrl Alt G |
| Remember footage interpretation | Ctrl Alt C |
| Edit selected footage item in application with which it’s associated (Edit Original) | Ctrl E |
| Replace selected footage item | Ctrl H |
| Reload selected footage items | Ctrl Alt L |
| Set proxy for selected footage item | Ctrl Alt P |
| New solid layer | Ctrl Y |
| New null layer | Ctrl Alt Shift Y |
| New adjustment layer | Ctrl Alt 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) | Shift 0-9 on numeric keypad* |
| Select next layer in stacking order | Ctrl Down Arrow |
| Select previous layer in stacking order | Ctrl Up Arrow |
| Extend selection to next layer in stacking order | Ctrl Shift Down Arrow |
| Extend selection to previous layer in stacking order | Ctrl Shift Up Arrow |
| Deselect all layers | Ctrl Shift A |
| Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel | X |
| Show or hide Parent column | Shift F4 |
| Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns | F4 |
| Setting the sampling method for selected layers (Best/Bilinear) | Alt B |
| Setting the sampling method for selected layers (Best/Bicubic) | Alt Shift B |
| Turn off all other solo switches | Alt-click solo switch |
| Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for selected layers | Ctrl Alt Shift V |
| Turn off Video switch for all video layers other than selected layers | Ctrl Shift V |
| Open settings dialog box for selected solid, light, camera, null, or adjustment layer | Ctrl Shift Y |
| Paste layers at current time | Ctrl Alt V |
| Split selected layers. (If no layers are selected, split all layers.) | Ctrl Shift D |
| Precompose selected layers | Ctrl Shift C |
| Open Effect Controls panel for selected layers | Ctrl Shift 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) | Alt-double-click a layer |
| Reverse selected layers in time | Ctrl Alt R |
| Enable time remapping for selected layers | Ctrl Alt 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 | Alt [ (left bracket) or Alt ] (right bracket) |
| Add or remove expression for a property | Alt-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 | Ctrl Shift , (comma) or Ctrl Alt , (comma) |
| Move selected layers so that their In point is at beginning of composition | Alt Home |
| Move selected layers so that their Out point is at end of composition | Alt End |
| Lock selected layers | Ctrl L |
| Unlock all layers | Ctrl Shift L |
| Set Quality to Best, Draft, or Wireframe for selected layers | Ctrl U, Ctrl Shift U, or Ctrl Alt Shift U |
| Cycle forward or backward through blending modes for selected layers | Shift - (hyphen) or Shift = (equal sign) on the main keyboard |
| Find in Timeline panel | Ctrl F |
| Find in Timeline panel | Ctrl F |
| Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties | Ctrl ` (accent grave) |
| Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties | Ctrl-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 | Alt Shift-click property or group name |
| Add or remove property or group from set that is shown | Shift property or group shortcut |
| Add or remove keyframe at current time | Alt Shift 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 | Ctrl-drag property value |
| Open Auto-Orientation dialog box for selected layers | Ctrl Alt O |
| Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers | Ctrl Shift O |
| Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers | Ctrl Shift R |
| Open Position dialog box for selected layers | Ctrl Shift P |
| Center-selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of current view) | Ctrl Home |
| Center anchor point in the visible content | Ctrl Alt Home |
| Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position) | Arrow key |
| Move selected layers 10 pixels at current magnification (Position) | Shift arrow key |
| Move selected layers 1 frame earlier or later | Alt Page Up or Alt Page Down |
| Move selected layers 10 frames earlier or later | Alt Shift Page Up or Alt Shift 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° | Shift (plus) or Shift - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1% | Ctrl Alt (plus) or Ctrl Alt - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10% | Ctrl Alt Shift (plus) or Ctrl Alt Shift - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Increase Scale of selected layers by 1% | Ctrl (plus) or Alt (plus) on numeric keypad |
| Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1% | Ctrl - (minus) or Alt - (minus) on numeric keypad |
| Increase Scale of selected layers by 10% | Ctrl Shift (plus) or Alt Shift (plus) on numeric keypad |
| Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10% | Ctrl Shift - (minus) or Alt Shift - (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 | Ctrl Alt F |
| Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer | Ctrl Alt Shift H |
| Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer | Ctrl Alt Shift G |
| Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes | Shift F3 |
| Select all keyframes for a property | Click property name |
| Select all visible keyframes and properties | Ctrl Alt A |
| Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups | Shift F2 or Ctrl Alt Shift A |
| Move keyframe 1 frame later or earlier | Alt Right Arrow or Alt Left Arrow |
| Move keyframe 10 frames later or earlier | Alt Shift Right Arrow or Alt Shift Left Arrow |
| Set interpolation for selected keyframes (layer bar mode) | Ctrl Alt K |
| Set keyframe interpolation method to hold or Auto Bezier | Ctrl Alt H |
| Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or Auto Bezier | Ctrl-click in layer bar mode |
| Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or hold | Ctrl Alt-click in layer bar mode |
| Easy ease selected keyframes | F9 |
| Easy ease selected keyframes in | Shift F9 |
| Easy ease selected keyframes out | Ctrl Shift F9 |
| Set velocity for selected keyframes | Ctrl Shift K |
| Add or remove keyframe at current time. For property shortcuts, see Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts). | Alt Shift property shortcut |
| New text layer | Ctrl Alt Shift T |
| Align selected horizontal text left, center, or right | Ctrl Shift L, Ctrl Shift C, or Ctrl Shift R |
| Align selected vertical text top, center, or bottom | Ctrl Shift L, Ctrl Shift C, or Ctrl Shift R |
| Extend or reduce selection by one character to right or left in horizontal text | Shift Right Arrow or Shift Left Arrow |
| Extend or reduce selection by one word to right or left in horizontal text | Ctrl Shift Right Arrow or Ctrl Shift Left Arrow |
| Extend or reduce selection by one line up or down in horizontal text | Shift Up Arrow or Shift Down Arrow |
| Extend or reduce selection by one line to right or left in vertical text | Shift Right Arrow or Shift Left Arrow |
| Extend or reduce selection one word up or down in vertical text | Ctrl Shift Up Arrow or Ctrl Shift Down Arrow |
| Extend or reduce selection by one character up or down in vertical text | Shift Up Arrow or Shift Down Arrow |
| Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of line | Shift Home or Shift 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 | Ctrl Shift Home or Ctrl Shift 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 | Left Arrow or Right Arrow; Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Ctrl Left Arrow or Ctrl Right Arrow; or Ctrl Up Arrow or Ctrl Down Arrow |
| 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 | Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Left Arrow or Right Arrow; Ctrl Up Arrow or Ctrl Down Arrow; or Ctrl Left Arrow or Ctrl Right Arrow |
| 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 | Ctrl Shift K |
| Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text | Ctrl Alt Shift K |
| Turn Superscript on or off for selected text | Ctrl Shift = (equal sign) |
| Turn Subscript on or off for selected text | Ctrl Alt Shift = (equal sign) |
| Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected text | Ctrl Shift X |
| Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text | Ctrl Alt Shift X |
| Auto leading for selected text | Ctrl Alt Shift A |
| Reset tracking to 0 for selected text | Ctrl Shift Q |
| Justify paragraph; left align last line | Ctrl Shift J |
| Justify paragraph; right align last line | Ctrl Alt Shift J |
| Justify paragraph; force last line | Ctrl Shift F |
| Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 2 units | Ctrl Shift , (comma) or Ctrl Shift . (period) |
| Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 10 units | Ctrl Alt Shift , (comma) or Ctrl Alt Shift . (period) |
| Increase or decrease leading by 2 units | Alt Down Arrow or Alt Up Arrow |
| Increase or decrease leading by 10 units | Ctrl Alt Down Arrow or Ctrl Alt Up Arrow |
| Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2 units | Alt Shift Down Arrow or Alt Shift Up Arrow |
| Decrease or increase baseline shift by 10 units | Ctrl Alt Shift Down Arrow or Ctrl Alt Shift Up Arrow |
| Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20 units (20/1000 ems) | Alt Left Arrow or Alt Right Arrow |
| Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 100 units (100/1000 ems) | Ctrl Alt Left Arrow or Ctrl Alt Right Arrow |
| Toggle paragraph composer | Ctrl Alt Shift T |
| 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 | Alt-click |
| Set foreground color to the average color of a 4-pixel x 4-pixel area under any paint tool pointer | Ctrl Alt-click |
| Set brush size for a paint tool | Ctrl-drag |
| Set brush hardness for a paint tool | Ctrl-drag, then release Ctrl 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 | Alt-click |
| Momentarily activate Eraser tool with Last Stroke Only option | Ctrl Shift |
| Show and move overlay (change Offset value of alignedClone Stamp tool or change Source Position value of unaligned Clone Stamp tool) | Alt 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 | Alt-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 | Shift a digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)* |
| Set flow for a paint tool to 100% | Shift . (decimal) on numeric keypad* |
| Move earlier or later by number of frames specified for stroke Duration | Ctrl Page Up or Ctrl Page Down (or 1 or 2 on the main keyboard) |
| Group selected shapes | Ctrl G |
| Ungroup selected shapes | Ctrl Shift G |
| Enter free-transform path editing mode | Select Path property in Timeline panel and press Ctrl 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 | Up Arrow when dragging to create shape |
| Decrease number of points for star or polygon; decrease roundness for rounded rectangle | Down Arrow 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 | Left Arrow when dragging to create shape |
| Set rounded rectangle roundness to maximum; increase polygon and star outer roundness | Right Arrow 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 | Ctrl when dragging to create shape |