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Adobe After Effects keyboard shortcuts

Adobe After Effects · Windows, macOS

Action	Windows	macOS
General commands and projects
Open the Keyboard Shortcuts editor	Ctrl Alt '	Option Cmd '
Select all	Ctrl A	Cmd A
Deselect all	F2 or Ctrl Shift A	F2 or Cmd Shift A
Rename the selected item	Enter	Return
Open the selected layer, composition, or footage item	Numpad Enter	Numpad Enter
Move selected items one place down or up in stacking order	Ctrl Alt Down or Ctrl Alt Up	Cmd Option Down or Cmd Option Up
Move selected items to the bottom or top of stacking order	Ctrl Alt Shift Down or Ctrl Alt Shift Up	Cmd Option Shift Down or Cmd Option Shift Up
Extend the Project, Render Queue, or Effect Controls selection to the next item	Shift Down	Shift Down
Extend the Project, Render Queue, or Effect Controls selection to the previous item	Shift Up	Shift Up
Duplicate selected items	Ctrl D	Cmd D
Quit After Effects	Ctrl Q	Cmd Q
Undo	Ctrl Z	Cmd Z
Redo	Ctrl Shift Z	Cmd Shift Z
Purge all memory	Ctrl Alt Numpad /	Cmd Option Numpad /
Interrupt a running script	Esc	Esc
Show the current frame's source filename in the Info panel	Ctrl Alt E	Cmd Option E
Create a new project	Ctrl Alt N	Cmd Option N
Open a project	Ctrl O	Cmd O
Open the most recent project	Ctrl Alt Shift P	Cmd Option Shift P
Create a folder in the Project panel	Ctrl Alt Shift N	Cmd Option Shift N
Open Project Settings	Ctrl Alt Shift K	Cmd Option Shift K
Find in the Project panel	Ctrl F	Cmd F
Cycle the project color bit depth	Alt Click	Option Click
Open Preferences	Ctrl Alt ;	Cmd Option ;
Panels, viewers, and workspaces
Open or close the Project panel	Ctrl 0	Cmd 0
Open or close the Render Queue panel	Ctrl Alt 0	Cmd Option 0
Open or close the Tools panel	Ctrl 1	Cmd 1
Open or close the Info panel	Ctrl 2	Cmd 2
Open or close the Preview panel	Ctrl 3	Cmd 3
Open or close the Audio panel	Ctrl 4	Cmd 4
Open or close Effects & Presets	Ctrl 5	Cmd 5
Open or close the Character panel	Ctrl 6	Cmd 6
Open or close the Paragraph panel	Ctrl 7	Cmd 7
Open or close the Paint panel	Ctrl 8	Cmd 8
Open or close the Brushes panel	Ctrl 9	Cmd 9
Open Effect Controls for the selected layer	F3 or Ctrl Shift T	F3 or Cmd Option T
Open the project Flowchart panel	Ctrl F11	Cmd F11
Switch to an assigned workspace	Shift F10 or Shift F11 or Shift F12	Shift F10 or Shift F11 or Shift F12
Close the active viewer or panel	Ctrl W	Cmd W
Close the active panel or every viewer of its type	Ctrl Shift W	Cmd Shift W
Split the active viewer frame with the opposite lock state	Ctrl Alt Shift N	Cmd Option Shift N
Maximize or restore the panel under the pointer	`	`
Resize the application or floating window to fit the screen	Ctrl \	Cmd \
Move the application or floating window to the main monitor and fit it to the screen	Ctrl Alt \	Cmd Option \
Switch focus between Composition and Timeline	\	\
Move to the previous or next item in the active viewer	Shift , or Shift .	Shift , or Shift .
Move to the previous or next panel in the active frame	Alt Shift , or Alt Shift .	Option Shift , or Option Shift .
Tools
Cycle through tools from a Tools-panel button	Alt Click	Option Click
Activate the Selection tool	V	V
Activate the Hand tool	H	H
Temporarily activate the Hand tool	Space	Space
Activate the Zoom In tool	Z	Z
Temporarily activate Zoom Out	Alt	Option
Activate the Rotation tool	W	W
Activate the Roto Brush tool	Alt W	Option W
Activate the Refine Edge tool	Alt W	Option W
Cycle through the Camera tools	C	C
Activate the Pan Behind tool	Y	Y
Cycle through mask and shape tools	Q	Q
Cycle through Horizontal and Vertical Type tools	Ctrl T	Cmd T
Cycle between Pen and Mask Feather tools	G	G
Temporarily activate Selection while a pen tool is active	Ctrl	Cmd
Temporarily activate a path-aware Pen tool while Selection is active	Ctrl Alt	Cmd Option
Cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser	Ctrl B	Cmd B
Cycle through Puppet tools	Ctrl P	Cmd P
Temporarily convert Selection to Shape Duplication on a shape layer	Alt	Option
Temporarily convert Selection to Direct Selection on a shape layer	Ctrl	Cmd
Compositions and time navigation
Create a new composition	Ctrl N	Cmd N
Open Composition Settings	Ctrl K	Cmd K
Set the work-area beginning to the current time	B	B
Set the work-area end to the current time	N	N
Set the work area to selected layers or the full composition	Ctrl Alt B	Cmd Option B
Open the Composition Mini-Flowchart	Tab	Tab
Activate the last composition in the same hierarchy	Shift Esc	Shift Esc
Trim the composition to the work area	Ctrl Shift X	Cmd Shift X
Create a composition from the selection	Alt \	Cmd \
Go to a specific time	Alt Shift J	Option Shift J
Go to the beginning or end of the work area	Shift Home or Shift End	Shift Home or Shift End
Go to the previous or next visible timeline landmark	J or K	J or K
Go to the beginning of the active item	Home or Ctrl Alt Left	Home or Cmd Option Left
Go to the end of the active item	End or Ctrl Alt Right	End or Cmd Option Right
Move forward one frame	Page Down or Ctrl Right	Page Down or Cmd Right
Move forward ten frames	Shift Page Down or Ctrl Shift Right	Shift Page Down or Cmd Shift Right
Move back one frame	Page Up or Ctrl Left	Page Up or Cmd Left
Move back ten frames	Shift Page Up or Ctrl Shift Left	Shift Page Up or Cmd Shift Left
Go to the selected layer's In point	I	I
Go to the selected layer's Out point	O	O
Go to the previous layer In or Out point	Ctrl Alt Shift Left	Cmd Option Shift Left
Go to the next layer In or Out point	Ctrl Alt Shift Right	Cmd Option Shift Right
Scroll the Timeline to the current time	D	D
Previews and viewer display
Start or stop a preview	Space or Numpad 0 or Shift Numpad 0	Space or Numpad 0 or Shift Numpad 0
Reset preview settings to the RAM Preview and Standard Preview defaults	Alt Click	Option Click
Preview only audio from the current time	Numpad .	Numpad . or Control .
Preview only audio in the work area	Alt Numpad .	Option Numpad . or Control Cmd .
Manually preview video	Alt Drag	Option Drag
Manually preview audio	Ctrl Drag	Cmd Drag
Preview the Alternate Preview frame count	Alt Numpad 0	Option Numpad 0 or Control Option 0
Toggle Mercury Transmit video preview	Numpad /	Numpad / or Control /
Take a snapshot in slot 1 through 4	Shift F5-F8	Shift F5-F8
Show snapshot 1 through 4	F5-F8	F5-F8
Purge snapshot 1 through 4	Ctrl Shift F5-F8	Cmd Shift F5-F8
Set Fast Previews to Off	Ctrl Alt 1	Cmd Option 1
Set Fast Previews to Adaptive Resolution	Ctrl Alt 2	Cmd Option 2
Set Fast Previews to Draft	Ctrl Alt 3	Cmd Option 3
Set Fast Previews to Fast Draft	Ctrl Alt 4	Cmd Option 4
Set Fast Previews to Wireframe	Ctrl Alt 5	Cmd Option 5
Toggle display color management for the active view	Shift Numpad /	Shift Numpad /
Show the red, green, blue, or alpha channel as grayscale	Alt 1 or Alt 2 or Alt 3 or Alt 4	Option 1 or Option 2 or Option 3 or Option 4
Show the red, green, or blue channel colorized	Alt Shift 1 or Alt Shift 2 or Alt Shift 3	Option Shift 1 or Option Shift 2 or Option Shift 3
Toggle straight RGB color display	Alt Shift 4	Option Shift 4
Show the alpha boundary in the Layer panel	Alt 5	Option 5
Show the alpha overlay in the Layer panel	Alt 6	Option 6
Show Refine Edge X-ray	Alt X	Option X
Zoom in the Composition, Layer, or Footage panel	.	.
Zoom out the Composition, Layer, or Footage panel	,	,
Set viewer zoom to 100%	/	/
Fit the active item in its viewer	Shift /	Shift /
Fit the active item without zooming past 100%	Alt /	Option /
Set Composition-panel resolution to Full, Half, or Custom	Ctrl J or Ctrl Shift J or Ctrl Alt J	Cmd J or Cmd Shift J or Cmd Option J
Open View Options for the active Composition panel	Ctrl Alt U	Cmd Option U
Zoom in on time	=	=
Zoom out on time	-	-
Toggle Timeline zoom between single frames and the prior range	;	;
Toggle Timeline zoom between full duration and the prior range	Shift ;	Shift ;
Prevent viewer panels from rendering images	Caps Lock	Caps Lock
Show or hide safe zones	'	'
Show or hide the grid	Ctrl '	Cmd '
Show or hide the proportional grid	Alt '	Cmd '
Show or hide rulers	Ctrl R	Cmd R
Show or hide guides	Ctrl ;	Cmd ;
Toggle snapping to the grid	Ctrl Shift '	Cmd Shift '
Toggle snapping to guides	Ctrl Shift ;	Cmd Shift ;
Lock or unlock guides	Ctrl Alt Shift ;	Cmd Option Shift ;
Show or hide layer controls	Ctrl Shift H	Cmd Shift H
Footage, effects, and presets
Import one file or image sequence	Ctrl I	Cmd I
Import multiple files or image sequences	Ctrl Alt I	Cmd Option I
Add selected items to the most recently active composition	Ctrl /	Cmd /
Replace selected layer sources with the selected footage item	Ctrl Alt /	Cmd Option /
Replace a selected layer's source by dragging footage onto it	Alt Drag	Option Drag
Delete a footage item without a warning	Ctrl Backspace	Cmd Delete
Open Interpret Footage	Ctrl Alt G	Cmd Option G
Remember footage interpretation	Ctrl Alt C	Cmd Option C
Edit selected footage in its associated application	Ctrl E	Cmd E
Replace the selected footage item	Ctrl H	Cmd H
Reload selected footage items	Ctrl Alt L	Cmd Option L
Set a proxy for selected footage	Ctrl Alt P	Cmd Option P
Delete all effects from selected layers	Ctrl Shift E	Cmd Shift E
Apply the most recently used effect	Ctrl Alt Shift E	Cmd Option Shift E
Apply the most recently used animation preset	Ctrl Alt Shift F	Cmd Option Shift F
Layers
Create a solid layer	Ctrl Y	Cmd Y
Create a null layer	Ctrl Alt Shift Y	Cmd Option Shift Y
Create an adjustment layer	Ctrl Alt Y	Cmd Option Y
Select a layer by number	Numpad 0-9	Numpad 0-9
Toggle a layer selection by number	Shift Numpad 0-9	Shift Numpad 0-9
Select the next layer in stacking order	Ctrl Down	Cmd Down
Select the previous layer in stacking order	Ctrl Up	Cmd Up
Extend the selection to the next layer	Ctrl Shift Down	Cmd Shift Down
Extend the selection to the previous layer	Ctrl Shift Up	Cmd Shift Up
Deselect all layers	Ctrl Shift A	Cmd Shift A
Scroll the top selected layer to the top of the Timeline	X	X
Show or hide the Parent column	Shift F4	Shift F4
Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes	F4	F4
Set selected layers to Best/Bilinear sampling	Alt B	Option B
Set selected layers to Best/Bicubic sampling	Alt Shift B	Option Shift B
Turn off every solo switch except the clicked one	Alt Click	Option Click
Toggle the Video switch for selected layers	Ctrl Alt Shift V	Cmd Option Shift V
Open settings for the selected generated layer	Ctrl Shift Y	Cmd Shift Y
Paste layers at the current time	Ctrl Alt V	Cmd Option V
Split selected layers at the current time	Ctrl Shift D	Cmd Shift D
Precompose selected layers	Ctrl Shift C	Cmd Shift C
Open Effect Controls for selected layers	Ctrl Shift T	Cmd Shift T
Open a layer's source in the Footage or Layer panel	Alt Double-click	Option Double-click
Reverse selected layers in time	Ctrl Alt R	Cmd Option R
Enable time remapping	Ctrl Alt T	Cmd Option T
Move layer In or Out points to the current time	[ or ]	[ or ]
Trim layer In or Out points to the current time	Alt [ or Alt ]	Option [ or Option ]
Add or remove an expression for a property	Alt Click	Option Click
Set In or Out point by time-stretching	Ctrl Shift , or Ctrl Alt ,	Cmd Shift , or Cmd Option ,
Move selected layer In points to the composition start	Alt Home	Option Home
Move selected layer Out points to the composition end	Alt End	Option End
Lock selected layers	Ctrl L	Cmd L
Unlock all layers	Ctrl Shift L	Cmd Shift L
Set selected layers to Best, Draft, or Wireframe quality	Ctrl U or Ctrl Shift U or Ctrl Alt Shift U	Cmd U or Cmd Shift U or Cmd Option Shift U
Cycle backward or forward through blending modes	Shift - or Shift =	Shift - or Shift =
Find in the Timeline panel	Ctrl F	Cmd F
Timeline properties
Toggle all properties for selected layers	Ctrl `	Cmd `
Toggle a Timeline property group and all of its child groups	Ctrl Click	Cmd Click
Show only Anchor Point or Point Of Interest	A	A
Show only Audio Levels	L	L
Show only Mask Feather	F	F
Show only Mask Path	M	M
Show only Mask Opacity	T T	T T
Show only Opacity or light Intensity	T	T
Show only Position	P	P
Show only Rotation and Orientation	R	R
Show only Scale	S	S
Show only Time Remap	R R	R R
Show only missing effects	F F	F F
Show only Effects	E	E
Show only mask groups	M M	M M
Show only Material Options	A A	A A
Show only expressions	E E	E E
Show properties with keyframes	U	U
Show only modified properties	U U	U U
Show paint strokes, Roto Brush strokes, and Puppet pins	P P	P P
Show only the audio waveform	L L	L L
Show only selected properties and groups	S S	S S
Hide a Timeline property or group	Alt Shift Click	Option Shift Click
Add or remove a property from the visible set	Shift Property shortcut	Shift Property shortcut
Add or remove a keyframe at the current time	Alt Shift Property shortcut	Option Property shortcut
Toggle all properties for selected effects in Effect Controls	Ctrl `	Cmd `
Toggle an Effect Controls property group and all child groups	Ctrl Click	Cmd Click
Layer property editing
Modify a property by ten times its default increment	Shift Drag	Shift Drag
Modify a property by one tenth of its default increment	Ctrl Drag	Cmd Drag
Open Auto-Orientation for selected layers	Ctrl Alt O	Cmd Alt O
Open the Opacity dialog	Ctrl Shift O	Cmd Shift O
Open the Rotation dialog	Ctrl Shift R	Cmd Shift R
Open the Position dialog	Ctrl Shift P	Cmd Shift P
Center selected layers in the view	Ctrl Home	Cmd Home
Center anchor points in visible content	Ctrl Alt Home	Cmd Option Home
Move selected layers one pixel	Arrow keys	Arrow keys
Move selected layers ten pixels	Shift Arrow keys	Shift Arrow keys
Move selected layers one frame earlier or later	Alt Page Up or Alt Page Down	Option Page Up or Option Page Down
Move selected layers ten frames earlier or later	Alt Shift Page Up or Alt Shift Page Down	Option Shift Page Up or Option Shift Page Down
Increase or decrease selected layers' Z Rotation by one degree	Numpad + or Numpad -	Numpad + or Numpad -
Increase or decrease selected layers' Z Rotation by ten degrees	Shift Numpad + or Shift Numpad -	Shift Numpad + or Shift Numpad -
Increase or decrease selected layers' Opacity or light Intensity by one percent	Ctrl Alt Numpad + or Ctrl Alt Numpad -	Control Option Numpad + or Control Option Numpad -
Increase or decrease selected layers' Opacity or light Intensity by ten percent	Ctrl Alt Shift Numpad + or Ctrl Alt Shift Numpad -	Control Option Shift Numpad + or Control Option Shift Numpad -
Increase selected layers' Scale by one percent	Ctrl Numpad + or Alt Numpad +	Cmd Numpad + or Option Numpad +
Decrease selected layers' Scale by one percent	Ctrl Numpad - or Alt Numpad -	Cmd Numpad - or Option Numpad -
Increase selected layers' Scale by ten percent	Ctrl Shift Numpad + or Alt Shift Numpad +	Cmd Shift Numpad + or Option Shift Numpad +
Decrease selected layers' Scale by ten percent	Ctrl Shift Numpad - or Alt Shift Numpad -	Cmd Shift Numpad - or Option Shift Numpad -
Modify Rotation or Orientation in 15-degree increments	Shift Drag	Shift Drag
Modify Scale while preserving the footage aspect ratio	Shift Drag	Shift Drag
Scale and reposition layers to fit the composition	Ctrl Alt F	Cmd Option F
Fit layers to composition width while preserving aspect ratio	Ctrl Alt Shift H	Cmd Option Shift H
Fit layers to composition height while preserving aspect ratio	Ctrl Alt Shift G	Cmd Option Shift G
3D views and keyframes
Switch to 3D view 1, Front by default	F10	F10
Switch to 3D view 2, Custom View 1 by default	F11	F11
Switch to 3D view 3, Active Camera by default	F12	Not documented
Return to the previous 3D view	Esc	Esc
Create a light	Ctrl Alt Shift L	Cmd Option Shift L
Switch to Orbit camera control	1	1
Switch to Pan camera control	2	2
Switch to Dolly camera control	3	3
Create a camera	Ctrl Alt Shift C	Cmd Option Shift C
Switch to the Universal gizmo	V	V
Switch to the Position gizmo	4	4
Switch to the Scale gizmo	5	5
Switch to the Rotation gizmo	6	6
Frame selected 3D layers with the camera	Ctrl Alt Shift \	Cmd Option Shift \
With a camera tool active, move the camera and its point of interest to selected 3D layers	F	F
With a camera tool active, move the camera and its point of interest to all 3D layers	Ctrl Shift F	Cmd Shift F
Toggle Casts Shadows for selected 3D layers	Alt Shift C	Option Shift C
Toggle Graph Editor and layer-bar modes	Shift F3	Shift F3
Select all visible keyframes and properties	Ctrl Alt A	Cmd Option A
Deselect keyframes, properties, and groups	Shift F2 or Ctrl Alt Shift A	Shift F2 or Cmd Option Shift A
Move selected keyframes one frame earlier or later	Alt Left or Alt Right	Option Left or Option Right
Move selected keyframes ten frames earlier or later	Alt Shift Left or Alt Shift Right	Option Shift Left or Option Shift Right
Open keyframe interpolation	Ctrl Alt K	Cmd Option K
Toggle Hold and Auto Bezier interpolation	Ctrl Alt H	Cmd Option H
Toggle Linear and Auto Bezier interpolation in layer-bar mode	Ctrl Click	Cmd Click
Toggle Linear and Hold interpolation in layer-bar mode	Ctrl Alt Click	Cmd Option Click
Easy Ease selected keyframes	F9	F9
Easy Ease In selected keyframes	Shift F9	Shift F9
Easy Ease Out selected keyframes	Ctrl Shift F9	Cmd Shift F9
Set velocity for selected keyframes	Ctrl Shift K	Cmd Shift K
Reverse-paste copied keyframes	Ctrl Shift V	Cmd Shift V
Text
Create a text layer	Ctrl Alt Shift T	Cmd Option Shift T
Align selected text left, center, or right	Ctrl Shift L or Ctrl Shift C or Ctrl Shift R	Cmd Shift L or Cmd Shift C or Cmd Shift R
Align selected vertical text top, center, or bottom	Ctrl Shift L or Ctrl Shift C or Ctrl Shift R	Cmd Shift L or Cmd Shift C or Cmd Shift R
Extend text selection by one character	Shift Left or Shift Right	Shift Left or Shift Right
Extend text selection by one word	Ctrl Shift Left or Ctrl Shift Right	Cmd Shift Left or Cmd Shift Right
Extend a horizontal-text selection by one line	Shift Up or Shift Down	Shift Up or Shift Down
Extend a vertical-text selection by one line	Shift Left or Shift Right	Shift Left or Shift Right
Extend a vertical-text selection by one word	Ctrl Shift Up or Ctrl Shift Down	Cmd Shift Up or Cmd Shift Down
Extend a vertical-text selection by one character	Shift Up or Shift Down	Shift Up or Shift Down
Select from the insertion point to line start or end	Shift Home or Shift End	Shift Home or Shift End
Move to the beginning or end of the line	Home or End	Home or End
Select to the beginning or end of the text frame	Ctrl Shift Home or Ctrl Shift End	Cmd Shift Home or Cmd Shift End
Extend the text selection from the insertion point to a clicked position	Shift Click	Shift Click
Move in horizontal text by character, line, word, or paragraph	Left/Right or Up/Down or Ctrl Left/Right or Ctrl Up/Down	Left/Right or Up/Down or Cmd Left/Right or Cmd Up/Down
Move in vertical text by character, line, word, or paragraph	Up/Down or Left/Right or Ctrl Up/Down or Ctrl Left/Right	Up/Down or Left/Right or Cmd Up/Down or Cmd Left/Right
Toggle All Caps	Ctrl Shift K	Cmd Shift K
Toggle Small Caps	Ctrl Alt Shift K	Cmd Option Shift K
Toggle Superscript	Ctrl Shift =	Cmd Shift =
Toggle Subscript	Ctrl Alt Shift =	Cmd Option Shift =
Reset horizontal text scale to 100%	Ctrl Shift X	Cmd Shift X
Reset vertical text scale to 100%	Ctrl Alt Shift X	Cmd Option Shift X
Enable auto leading	Ctrl Alt Shift A	Cmd Option Shift A
Reset tracking to zero	Ctrl Shift Q	Cmd Shift Control Q
Justify the paragraph with the last line aligned left	Ctrl Shift J	Cmd Shift J
Justify the paragraph with the last line aligned right	Ctrl Alt Shift J	Cmd Option Shift J
Justify the paragraph including its last line	Ctrl Shift F	Cmd Shift F
Decrease or increase font size by two units	Ctrl Shift , or Ctrl Shift .	Cmd Shift , or Cmd Shift .
Decrease or increase font size by ten units	Ctrl Alt Shift , or Ctrl Alt Shift .	Cmd Option Shift , or Cmd Option Shift .
Increase or decrease leading by two units	Alt Up or Alt Down	Option Up or Option Down
Increase or decrease leading by ten units	Ctrl Alt Up or Ctrl Alt Down	Cmd Option Up or Cmd Option Down
Decrease or increase baseline shift by two units	Alt Shift Down or Alt Shift Up	Option Shift Down or Option Shift Up
Decrease or increase baseline shift by ten units	Ctrl Alt Shift Down or Ctrl Alt Shift Up	Cmd Option Shift Down or Cmd Option Shift Up
Decrease or increase kerning or tracking by 20 units	Alt Left or Alt Right	Option Left or Option Right
Decrease or increase kerning or tracking by 100 units	Ctrl Alt Left or Ctrl Alt Right	Cmd Option Left or Cmd Option Right
Toggle the paragraph composer	Ctrl Alt Shift T	Cmd Option Shift T
Masks, paint, and shapes
Create a mask	Ctrl Shift N	Cmd Shift N
Select all points in a mask	Alt Click	Option Click
Select the next or previous mask	Alt ` or Alt Shift `	Option ` or Option Shift `
Enter free-transform mask editing	Ctrl T	Cmd T
Exit free-transform mask editing	Esc	Esc
Scale a mask around its center in Free Transform mode	Ctrl Drag	Cmd Drag
Move selected mask points one pixel	Arrow keys	Arrow keys
Move selected mask points ten pixels	Shift Arrow keys	Shift Arrow keys
Toggle selected mask points between smooth and corner	Ctrl Alt Click	Cmd Option Click
Redraw a mask vertex's Bezier handles	Ctrl Alt Drag	Cmd Option Drag
Invert the selected mask	Ctrl Shift I	Cmd Shift I
Open Mask Feather	Ctrl Shift F	Cmd Shift F
Open Mask Shape	Ctrl Shift M	Cmd Shift M
Set mask mode to Subtract	S	S
Set mask mode to Darken	D	D
Set mask mode to Difference	F	F
Set mask mode to Add	A	S
Set mask mode to Intersect	I	I
Set mask mode to None	N	N
Swap foreground and background paint colors	X	X
Set foreground to black and background to white	D	D
Sample the color under the paint pointer	Alt Click	Option Click
Sample the average color in a 4 by 4 pixel area	Ctrl Alt Click	Cmd Option Click
Change a paint tool's brush size	Ctrl Drag	Cmd Drag
Change a paint tool's brush hardness	Ctrl Drag	Cmd Drag
Join a new paint stroke to the previous stroke	Shift Begin stroke	Shift Begin stroke
Set the Clone Stamp sample point	Alt Click	Option Click
Temporarily activate Eraser with Last Stroke Only	Ctrl Shift	Cmd Shift
Show and move the Clone Stamp overlay	Alt Shift Drag	Option Shift Drag
Activate Clone Stamp preset 3 through 7	3-7	3-7
Duplicate a Clone Stamp preset	Alt Click	Option Click
Set paint opacity in ten-percent steps	Numpad 0-9	Numpad 0-9
Set paint opacity to 100%	Numpad .	Numpad .
Set paint flow in ten-percent steps	Shift Numpad 0-9	Shift Numpad 0-9
Set paint flow to 100%	Shift Numpad .	Shift Numpad .
Move earlier or later by the paint stroke Duration frame count	Ctrl Page Up or Ctrl Page Down or 1 or 2	Cmd Page Up or Cmd Page Down or 1 or 2
Group selected shapes	Ctrl G	Cmd G
Ungroup selected shapes	Ctrl Shift G	Cmd Shift G
Enter free-transform path editing for the selected Path property	Ctrl T	Cmd T
Increase a star's inner roundness while drawing	Page Up	Page Up
Decrease a star's inner roundness while drawing	Page Down	Page Down
Increase star or polygon points while drawing	Up	Up
Decrease star or polygon points while drawing	Down	Down
Reposition a shape while drawing	Space	Space
Decrease outer roundness or make rounded-rectangle corners sharp while drawing	Left	Left
Increase outer roundness or maximize rounded-rectangle corners while drawing	Right	Right
Constrain a shape while drawing	Shift	Shift
Change a star's outer radius while drawing	Ctrl	Cmd
Markers, motion tracking, and rendering
Set a marker at the current time	Numpad *	Numpad * or Control 8
Set a marker and open its dialog	Alt Numpad *	Option Numpad * or Control Option 8
Set and number a composition marker	Shift 0-9	Shift 0-9
Go to a numbered composition marker	0-9	0-9
Show the duration between two markers or keyframes in the Info panel	Alt Click	Option Click
Remove a marker	Ctrl Click	Cmd Click
Move the tracking regions and attach point one pixel	Arrow keys	Arrow keys
Move the tracking regions and attach point ten pixels	Shift Arrow keys	Shift Arrow keys
Move the feature and search regions one pixel	Alt Arrow keys	Option Arrow keys
Move the feature and search regions ten pixels	Alt Shift Arrow keys	Option Shift Arrow keys
Save the project	Ctrl S	Cmd S
Increment and save the project	Ctrl Alt Shift S	Cmd Option Shift S
Save the project as a new file	Ctrl Shift S	Cmd Shift S
Add active or selected compositions to the render queue	Ctrl Shift /	Cmd Shift /
Add the current frame to the render queue	Ctrl Alt S	Cmd Option S
Duplicate a render item with the same output filename	Ctrl Shift D	Cmd Shift D
Add a composition to the Adobe Media Encoder queue	Ctrl Alt M	Cmd Option M

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