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General
New Project⌘⌥N
Open Project⌘O
Save Project⌘S
Save As⌘⇧S
Import File⌘I
Undo⌘Z
Redo⌘⇧Z
Preferences⌘⌥;
Select all⌘A
Extend selection to next panel item⇧↓
Quit application⌘Q
Show current frame filename in Info panel⌘⌥E
Open most recent project⌘⌥⇧P
Toggle Project panel⌘0
Toggle Render Queue panel⌘⌥0
Toggle Tools panel⌘1
Toggle Info panel⌘2
Toggle Preview panel⌘3
Toggle Audio panel⌘4
Toggle Effects and Presets panel⌘5
Toggle Character panel⌘6
Toggle Paragraph panel⌘7
Toggle Paint panel⌘8
Toggle Brushes panel⌘9
Close active viewer or panel⌘W
Close active panel or all viewers of its type⌘⇧W
Select Selection toolV
Select Hand toolH
Select Zoom In toolZ
Select Rotation toolW
Cycle through Camera toolsC
Select Pan Behind toolY
Cycle through mask and shape toolsQ
Cycle through Type tools⌘T
Cycle Pen and Mask Feather toolsG
Cycle Brush, Clone Stamp and Eraser tools⌘B
Cycle through Puppet tools⌘P
Import multiple files or image sequences⌘⌥I
Delete footage without confirmation⌘Backspace
Open Interpret Footage settings⌘⌥G
Remember footage interpretation⌘⌥C
Edit footage in its original application⌘E
Replace selected footage⌘H
Reload selected footage⌘⌥L
Set a proxy for selected footage⌘⌥P
Increment project name and save⌘⌥⇧S
Add current frame to Render Queue⌘⌥S
Add composition to Media Encoder queue⌘⌥M
Composition And Preview
New Composition⌘N
Composition Settings⌘K
PreviewSpace
RAM PreviewNumpad0
Fit Up To 100 Percent⇧/
Zoom In.
Zoom Out,
Show Grid⌘'
Set work area start or end to current timeBN
Fit work area to selected layers or composition⌘⌥B
Open active composition mini-flowchartTab
Activate most recent related composition⇧Esc
Fast Preview: Off⌘⌥1
Fast Preview: Adaptive Resolution⌘⌥2
Fast Preview: Draft⌘⌥3
Fast Preview: Fast Draft⌘⌥4
Fast Preview: Wireframe⌘⌥5
Toggle straight RGB color display⌥⇧4
Show alpha boundary in Layer panel⌥5
Show alpha overlay in Layer panel⌥6
Show Refine Edge X-ray⌥X
Open composition View Options⌘⌥U
Toggle single-frame timeline zoom;
Toggle full-composition timeline zoom⇧;
Toggle rulers⌘R
Toggle guides⌘;
Toggle snapping to guides⌘⇧;
Lock or unlock guides⌘⌥⇧;
Toggle layer controls⌘⇧H
Layers
New Solid⌘Y
Duplicate Selected Layers⌘D
Split Layer⌘⇧D
Pre-compose⌘⇧C
Reveal PositionP
Reveal ScaleS
Reveal RotationR
Reveal OpacityT
Remove all effects from selected layers⌘⇧E
Apply the most recent effect⌘⌥⇧E
Apply the most recent animation preset⌘⌥⇧F
Create null layer⌘⌥⇧Y
Create adjustment layer⌘⌥Y
Select next layer in stacking order⌘↓
Select previous layer in stacking order⌘↑
Extend selection to next stacked layer⌘⇧↓
Deselect all layers⌘⇧A
Set selected layers to Best/Bilinear sampling⌥B
Toggle video visibility for selected layers⌘⌥⇧V
Open selected layer settings⌘⇧Y
Paste layers at current time⌘⌥V
Open Effect Controls for selected layers⌘⇧T
Reverse selected layers in time⌘⌥R
Enable time remapping for selected layers⌘⌥T
Move selected layers to composition start⌥Home
Move selected layers to composition end⌥End
Lock selected layers⌘L
Show only Anchor Point or Point of InterestA
Show only Audio LevelsL
Show only Mask PathM
Show only Mask OpacityTT
Show only Time RemapRR
Show only missing effectsFF
Show only Effects groupE
Show only mask property groupsMM
Show only Material OptionsAA
Show only expressionsEE
Show only modified propertiesUU
Show only audio waveformLL
Show only selected properties and groupsSS
Open Auto-Orientation settings⌘⌥O
Open layer Opacity settings⌘⇧O
Open layer Rotation settings⌘⇧R
Open layer Position settings⌘⇧P
Center selected layers in view⌘Home
Center anchor point in visible content⌘⌥Home
Move layers one frame earlier or later⌥PageDown⌥PageUp
Move layers ten frames earlier or later⌥⇧PageDown⌥⇧PageUp
Fit selected layers to composition⌘⌥F
Create light⌘⌥⇧L
Create camera⌘⌥⇧C
Toggle Casts Shadows for selected 3D layers⌥⇧C
Extend word selection in horizontal text⌘⇧←⌘⇧→
Move caret left in horizontal text←
Move caret up in vertical text↑
Reset vertical text scale to 100%⌘⌥⇧X
Apply automatic text leading⌘⌥⇧A
Reset text tracking to zero⌘⌃⇧Q
Justify paragraph with last line left aligned⌘⇧J
Adjust text leading by two units⌥↓⌥↑
Adjust baseline shift by two units⌥⇧↓⌥⇧↑
Adjust kerning or tracking by 20 units⌥←⌥→
Adjust kerning or tracking by 100 units⌘⌥←⌘⌥→
Create mask⌘⇧N
Invert selected mask⌘⇧I
Open Mask Shape settings⌘⇧M
Set mask mode to NoneN
Group selected shapes⌘G
Ungroup selected shapes⌘⇧G
Timeline
Move To BeginningHome
Move To EndEnd
Move One Frame BackPageUp
Move One Frame ForwardPageDown
Set In Point[
Set Out Point]
Add Marker*
Reveal KeyframesU
Go to a specific time⌥⇧J
Go to previous or next timeline itemJK
Go forward 10 frames⇧PageDown
Go backward 10 frames⇧PageUp
Go to layer Out pointO
Go to previous layer In or Out point⌘⌥⇧←
Go to next layer In or Out point⌘⌥⇧→
Select visible keyframes and properties⌘⌥A
Move keyframes one frame earlier or later⌥←⌥→
Move keyframes ten frames earlier or later⌥⇧←⌥⇧→
Set keyframe interpolation in layer bar mode⌘⌥K
Toggle Hold and Auto Bezier interpolation⌘⌥H