Here is a list of over 200 most essential shortcuts for Adobe After Effects! If you want to streamline your video editing workflow, then you should definitely consider learning and becoming familiar with these hotkeys!
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Download FREE AEjuice Pluginskeyboard shortcuts in Adobe After Effects are used to speed up your video editing & VFX compositing workflow. By using hotkeys, you can quickly and easily perform a task or find a tool without having to move your mouse! While they may take some time to memories, it's definitely worth learning these hotkeys as they are very beneficial for improving your editing skills in the long term. We suggest you try to learn 4 - 5 shortcuts each day, and implement them repeatedly throughout your editing process in order to memories them from top to bottom.
Here are some of the most popular AE keyboard shortcuts from the PDF. These 8 hotkey combinations are the most commonly used according to what people are looking up on google. If you're wondering why these are all formatted weirdly, it's because SEO said so.
The #1 most searched AE shortcut key. Simply move the playhead where you want it to cut, then press Alt + [ on PC or Option + [ on Mac.
To open up the position controls of a selected layer, press 'P' on your keyboard.
Use Cmnd/CTRL + Option + F to scale a selected layer to the same size as the composition frame.
There are plenty of keyframe related shortcuts for After Effects. One of the most commonly used is F9 & Shift + F9 to add easing to keyframes.
Access opacity controls of a selected layer by simply pressing the 'T' key.
Split layers by pressing CMD/CTRL + Shift + D.
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