Adobe After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts
Below is a list of Adobe After Effects keyboard shortcuts. With KillerKeys, you can always have the shortcuts you want for practically any application right in front of you. Learn more
| Modifier Key | Key | Description of shortcut |
| Ctrl | F | Find in project panel |
| Alt Ctrl Shift | K | Open project settings dialog box |
| Alt Ctrl | N | New project |
| Alt Ctrl Shift | N | New folder in project panel |
| Ctrl | O | Open project |
| Alt Ctrl Shift | P | Open most recent project |
| Ctrl | 0 | Open or close project panel |
| Alt Ctrl | 0 | Open or close render queue panel |
| Ctrl | 1 | Open or close tools panel |
| Ctrl | 2 | Open or close info panel |
| Ctrl | 3 | Open or close preview panel |
| Ctrl | 4 | Open or close audio panel |
| Ctrl | 5 | Open or close effects & presets panel |
| Ctrl | 6 | Open or close character panel |
| Ctrl | 7 | Open or close paragraph panel |
| Ctrl | 8 | Open or close paint panel |
| Ctrl | 9 | Open or close brushes panel |
| \ | Toggle activation between composition panel and timeline panel for current composition | |
| Ctrl | \ | Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.) |
| Shift | Comma | Cycle to previous item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions) |
| Alt Shift | Comma | Cycle to previous panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open timeline panels) |
| Shift | F10 | Switch to workspace |
| Ctrl | F11 | Open flowchart panel for project flowchart |
| Shift | F11 | Workspace animation |
| Ctrl Shift | F11 | Composition flow chart |
| Shift | F12 | Workspace effects |
| F3 | Open or close effect controls panel for selected layer | |
| Grave Accent | Maximize or restore panel under pointer | |
| Ctrl | M | Make movie |
| Alt Ctrl Shift | N | Split the frame containing the active viewer and create a new viewer with opposite locked/unlocked state |
| Ctrl | Numpad 0 | Save ram preview |
| Shift | Period | Cycle to next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions) |
| Alt Shift | Period | Cycle to next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open timeline panels) |
| Ctrl | W | Close active viewer or panel (closes content first) |
| Ctrl Shift | 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. |
| D | Scroll to current time in timeline panel | |
| End | Go to end of composition, layer, line or footage item | |
| Home | Go to beginning of composition, layer, line or footage item | |
| Shift | Home | Go to beginning of work area |
| I | Go to layer in point | |
| J | Go to previous visible item in time ruler (keyframe, marker, work area beginning or end) | |
| Alt Shift | J | Go to specific time |
| K | Go to next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, marker, work area beginning or end) | |
| Alt Ctrl Shift | Left Arrow | Go to previous in point or out point |
| O | Go to layer out point | |
| PgDn | Go forward 1 frame | |
| Shift | PgDn | Go forward 10 frames |
| PgUp | Go backward 1 frame | |
| Ctrl | PgUp | Go backward 10 frames |
These shortcuts are just a sample of the shortcuts available for this application. KillerKeys includes the complete list of shortcuts and is updated automatically with each new release of software.
