Adobe After Effects CS5 Keyboard Shortcuts

SHORTCUT	ACTION
General (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+A	Select all
F2 or Ctrl+Shft+A	Deselect all
Enter on main keyboard	Rename selected layer, composition, folder, effect, group, or mask
Enter on numeric keypad	Open selected layer, composition, or footage item
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow	Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items down (back) or up (forward) in stacking order
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Up Arrow	Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to bottom (back) or top (front) of stacking order
Shft+Down Arrow	Extend selection to next item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel
Shft+Up Arrow	Extend selection to previous item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel
Ctrl+D	Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions
Ctrl+Q	Quit
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Shft+Z	Redo
Ctrl+Alt+/ (on numeric keypad)	Purge all
Esc	Interrupt running a script
Projects (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+Alt+N	New project
Ctrl+O	Open project
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+P	Open most recent project
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+N	New folder in Project panel
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+K	Open Project Settings dialog box
Ctrl+F	Find in Project panel
Alt-click bit-depth button at bottom of Project panel	Cycle through color bit depths for project
Click bit-depth button at bottom of Project panel	Open Project Settings dialog box
Preferences (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+Alt+; (semicolon)	Open Preferences dialog box
Hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shft while starting After Effects	Restore default preferences settings
Panels, viewers, workspaces, and windows (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+0	Open or close Project panel
Ctrl+Alt+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
F3 or Ctrl+Shft+T	Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer
Ctrl+F11	Open Flowchart panel for project flowchart
Shft+F10, Shft+F11, or Shft+F12	Switch to workspace
Ctrl+W	Close active viewer or panel (closes content first)
Ctrl+Shft+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+Alt+Shft+N	Split the frame containing the active viewer and create a new viewer with opposite locked/unlocked state
` (accent grave)	Maximize or restore panel under pointer
Ctrl+\ (backslash)	Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.)
Ctrl+Alt+\ (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.)
\ (backslash)	Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current composition
Shft+, (comma) or Shft+. (period)	Cycle to previous or next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions)
Alt+Shft+, (comma) or Alt+Shft+. (period)	Cycle to previous or next panel in active frame (for example, cycle through open Timeline panels)
click with middle mouse button	Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection
Activating tools (keyboard shortcuts)
Alt-click tool button in Tools panel	Cycle through tools
V	Activate Selection tool
H	Activate Hand tool
Hold down spacebar or the middle mouse button.	Temporarily activate Hand tool
Z	Activate Zoom In tool
Alt (when Zoom In tool is active)	Activate Zoom Out tool
W	Activate Rotation tool
Alt+W	Activate Roto Brush tool
C	Activate and cycle through Camera tools (Unified Camera, Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, and Track Z Camera)
Y	Activate Pan Behind tool
Q	Activate and cycle through mask and shape tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star)
Ctrl+T	Activate and cycle through Type tools (Horizontal and Vertical)
G	Activate and cycle through pen tools (Pen, Add Vertex, Delete Vertex, and Convert Vertex)
Ctrl	Temporarily activate Selection tool when a pen tool is selected
Ctrl+Alt	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+B	Activate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools
Ctrl+P	Activate and cycle through Puppet tools
Alt (in shape layer)	Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool
Ctrl (in shape layer)	Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool
Compositions and the work area (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+N	New composition
Ctrl+K	Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition
B or N	Set beginning or end of work area to current time
Ctrl+Alt+B	Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration
Tap Shft	Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for active composition
Shft+Esc	Activate the most recently active composition that is in the same composition hierarchy (network of nested compositions) as the currently active composition
Time navigation (keyboard shortcuts)
Alt+Shft+J	Go to specific time
Shft+Home or Shft+End	Go to beginning or end of work area
J or K	Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, marker, work area beginning or end)
Home or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow	Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item
End or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow	Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item
Page Down or Ctrl+Right Arrow	Go forward 1 frame
Shft+Page Down or Ctrl+Shft+Right Arrow	Go forward 10 frames
Page Up or Ctrl+Left Arrow	Go backward 1 frame
Shft+Page Up or Ctrl+Shft+Left Arrow	Go backward 10 frames
I	Go to layer In point
O	Go to layer Out point
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Left Arrow	Go to previous In point or Out point
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Right Arrow	Go to next In point or Out point
D	Scroll to current time in Timeline panel
Previews (keyboard shortcuts)
spacebar	Start or stop standard preview
0 on numeric keypad*	RAM preview
Shft+0 on numeric keypad*	RAM preview with alternate settings
Ctrl-click RAM Preview button or press Ctrl+0 on numeric keypad*	Save RAM preview
Ctrl+Shft-click RAM Preview button or press Ctrl+Shft+0 on numeric keypad*	Save RAM preview with alternate settings
. (decimal point) on numeric keypad*	Preview only audio, from current time
Alt+. (decimal point) on numeric keypad*	Preview only audio, in work area
Drag or Alt-drag current-time indicator, depending on Live Update setting	Manually preview (scrub) video
Ctrl-drag current-time indicator	Manually preview (scrub) audio
Alt+0 on numeric keypad*	RAM preview number of frames specified by Alternate RAM Preview preference (defaults to 5)
/ (on numeric keypad)	Show current frame on video preview device
Ctrl+/ (on numeric keypad)	Toggle Output Device preference between Desktop Only and video preview device
Shft+F5, Shft+F6, Shft+F7, or Shft+F8	Take snapshot
F5, F6, F7, or F8	Display snapshot in active viewer
Ctrl+Shft+F5, Ctrl+Shft+F6, Ctrl+Shft+F7, or Ctrl+Shft+F8	Purge snapshot
Views (keyboard shortcuts)
Shft+/ (on numeric keypad)	Turn display color management on or off for active view
Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+3, Alt+4	Show red, green, blue, or alpha channel as grayscale
Alt+Shft+1, Alt+Shft+2, Alt+Shft+3	Show colorized red, green, or blue channel
Alt+Shft+4	Toggle showing straight RGB color
Alt+5	Show alpha boundary (outline between transparent and opaque regions) in Layer panel
Alt+6	Show alpha overlay (colored overlay on transparent regions) in Layer panel
Double-click Hand tool	Reset view in the Composition panel to 100% and center composition in the panel
. (period) on main keyboard	Zoom in in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
, (comma)	Zoom out in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
/ (on main keyboard)	Zoom to 100% in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
Shft+/ (on main keyboard)	Zoom to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
Alt+/ (on main keyboard)	Zoom up to 100% to fit in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel
Ctrl+J, Ctrl+Shft+J, Ctrl+Alt+J	Set resolution to Full, Half, or Custom in Composition panel
Ctrl+Alt+U	Open View Options dialog box for active Composition panel
= (equal sign) on main keyboard	Zoom in time
- (hyphen) on main keyboard	Zoom out time
; (semicolon)	Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units (Press again to zoom out to show entire composition duration.)
Shft+; (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.)
Caps Lock	Suspend image updates
' (apostrophe)	Show or hide safe zones
Ctrl+' (apostrophe)	Show or hide grid
Alt+' (apostrophe)	Show or hide proportional grid
Ctrl+R	Show or hide rulers
Ctrl+; (semicolon)	Show or hide guides
Ctrl+Shft+' (apostrophe)	Turn snapping to grid on or off
Ctrl+Shft+; (semicolon)	Turn snapping to guides on or off
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+; (semicolon)	Lock or unlock guides
Ctrl+Shft+H	Show or hide layer controls
Footage (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+I	Import one file or image sequence
Ctrl+Alt+I	Import multiple files or image sequences
Alt-double-click	Open movie in an After Effects Footage panel
Ctrl+/ (on main keyboard)	Add selected items to most recently activated composition
Ctrl+Alt+/ (on main keyboard)	Replace selected source footage for selected layers with footage item selected in Project panel
Alt-drag footage item from Project panel onto selected layer	Replace source for a selected layer
Ctrl+Backspace	Delete a footage item without a warning
Ctrl+Alt+G	Open Interpret Footage dialog box for selected footage item
Ctrl+Alt+C	Remember footage interpretation
Ctrl+E	Edit selected footage item in application with which it's associated (Edit Original)
Ctrl+H	Replace selected footage item
Ctrl+Alt+L	Reload selected footage items
Ctrl+Alt+P	Set proxy for selected footage item
Effects and animation presets (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+Shft+E	Delete all effects from selected layers
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+E	Apply most recently applied effect to selected layers
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+F	Apply most recently applied animation preset to selected layers
Layers (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+Y	New solid layer
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Y	New null layer
Ctrl+Alt+Y	New adjustment layer
0-9 on numeric keypad*	Select layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers)
Shft+0-9 on numeric keypad*	Toggle selection of layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers)
Ctrl+Down Arrow	Select next layer in stacking order
Ctrl+Up Arrow	Select previous layer in stacking order
Ctrl+Shft+Down Arrow	Extend selection to next layer in stacking order
Ctrl+Shft+Up Arrow	Extend selection to previous layer in stacking order
Ctrl+Shft+A	Deselect all layers
X	Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel
Shft+F4	Show or hide Parent column
F4	Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns
Alt-click solo switch	Turn off all other solo switches
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+V	Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for selected layers
Ctrl+Shft+V	Turn off Video switch for all video layers other than selected layers
Ctrl+Shft+Y	Open settings dialog box for selected solid, light, camera, null, or adjustment layer
Ctrl+Alt+V	Paste layers at current time
Ctrl+Shft+D	Split selected layers (If no layers are selected, split all layers.)
Ctrl+Shft+C	Precompose selected layers
Ctrl+Shft+T	Open Effect Controls panel for selected layers
Double-click a layer	Open layer in Layer panel (opens source composition for precomposition layer in Composition panel)
Alt-double-click a layer	Open source of a layer in Footage panel (opens precomposition layer in Layer panel)
Ctrl+Alt+R	Reverse selected layers in time
Ctrl+Alt+T	Enable time remapping for selected layers
[ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket)	Move In point or Out point of selected layers to current time
Alt+[ (left bracket) or Alt+] (right bracket)	Trim In point or Out point of selected layers to current time
Alt-click stopwatch	Add or remove expression for a property
Double-click effect selection in Effects & Presets panel	Add an effect (or multiple selected effects) to selected layers
Ctrl+Shft+, (comma) or Ctrl+Alt+, (comma)	Set In point or Out point by time-stretching
Alt+Home	Move In point of selected layers to beginning of composition
Alt+End	Move Out point of selected layers to end of composition
Ctrl+L	Lock selected layers
Ctrl+Shft+L	Unlock all layers
Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Shft+U, or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+U	Set Quality to Best, Draft, or Wireframe for selected layers
Shft+ - (hyphen) or Shft+= (equal sign) on the main keyboard	Cycle forward or backward through blending modes for selected layers
Ctrl+F	Find in Timeline panel
Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+F	Find in Timeline panel
Ctrl+` (accent grave)	Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties
Ctrl-click triangle to the left of the property group name	Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties
A	Show only Anchor Point property (for lights and cameras, Point Of Interest)
L	Show only Audio Levels property
F	Show only Mask Feather property
M	Show only Mask Path property
TT	Show only Mask Opacity property
T	Show only Opacity property (for lights, Intensity)
P	Show only Position property
R	Show only Rotation and Orientation properties
S	Show only Scale property
RR	Show only Time Remap property
FF	Show only instances of missing effects
E	Show only Effects property group
MM	Show only mask property groups
AA	Show only Material Options property group
EE	Show only expressions
UU	Show only modified properties
PP	Show only paint strokes, Roto Brush strokes, and Puppet pins
LL	Show only audio waveform
U	Show only properties with keyframes or expressions
SS	Show only selected properties and groups
Alt+Shft-click property or group name	Hide property or group
Shft+property or group shortcut	Add or remove property or group from set that is shown
Alt+Shft+property shortcut	Add or remove keyframe at current time
Showing properties in the Effect Controls panel (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+` (accent grave)	Toggle expansion of selected effects to show all properties
Ctrl-click triangle to the left of the property group name	Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties
Modifying layer properties (keyboard shortcuts)
Drag property value	Modify property value by default increments
Shft-drag property value	Modify property value by 10x default increments
Ctrl-drag property value	Modify property value by 1/10 default increments
Ctrl+Alt+O	Open Auto-Orientation dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Shft+O	Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Shft+R	Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Shft+P	Open Position dialog box for selected layers
Ctrl+Home	Center selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of current view)
arrow key	Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position)
Shft+arrow key	Move selected layers 10 pixels at current magnification (Position)
Alt+Page Up or Alt+Page Down	Move selected layers 1 frame earlier or later
Alt+Shft+Page Up or Alt+Shft+Page Down	Move selected layers 10 frames earlier or later
+ (plus) or - (minus) on numeric keypad	Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 1º
Shft++ (plus) or Shft+- (minus) on numeric keypad	Increase or decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10º
Ctrl+Alt++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+- (minus) on numeric keypad	Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1%
Ctrl+Alt+Shft++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+- (minus) on numeric keypad	Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10%
Ctrl++ (plus) or Alt++ (plus) on numeric keypad	Increase Scale of selected layers by 1%
Ctrl+- (minus) or Alt+- (minus) on numeric keypad	Decrease Scale of selected layers by 1%
Ctrl+Shft++ (plus) or Alt+Shft++ (plus) on numeric keypad	Increase Scale of selected layers by 10%
Ctrl+Shft+- (minus) or Alt+Shft+- (minus) on numeric keypad	Decrease Scale of selected layers by 10%
Shft-drag with Rotation tool	Modify Rotation or Orientation in 45º increments
Shft-drag layer handle with Selection tool	Modify Scale, constrained to footage frame aspect ratio
Double-click Rotation tool	Reset Rotation to 0º
Double-click Selection tool	Reset Scale to 100%
Ctrl+Alt+F	Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+H	Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+G	Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer
3D layers (keyboard shortcuts)
F10	Switch to 3D view 1 (defaults to Front)
F11	Switch to 3D view 2 (defaults to Custom View 2)
F12	Switch to 3D view 3 (defaults to Active Camera)
Esc	Return to previous view
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+L	New light
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+C	New camera
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+\	Move the camera and its point of interest to look at selected 3D layers
F	With a camera tool selected, move the camera and its point of interest to look at selected 3D layers
Ctrl+Shft+F	With a camera tool selected, move the camera and its point of interest to look at all 3D layers
Alt+Shft+C	Turn Casts Shadows property on or off for selected 3D layers
Keyframes and the Graph Editor (keyboard shortcuts)
Shft+F3	Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes
Click property name	Select all keyframes for a property
Ctrl+Alt+A	Select all visible keyframes and properties
Shft+F2 or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+A	Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups
Alt+Right Arrow or Alt+Left Arrow	Move keyframe 1 frame later or earlier
Alt+Shft+Right Arrow or Alt+Shft+Left Arrow	Move keyframe 10 frames later or earlier
Ctrl+Alt+K	Set interpolation for selected keyframes (layer bar mode)
Ctrl+Alt+H	Set keyframe interpolation method to hold or Auto Bezier
Ctrl-click in layer bar mode	Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or Auto Bezier
Ctrl+Alt-click in layer bar mode	Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or hold
F9	Easy ease selected keyframes
Shft+F9	Easy ease selected keyframes in
Ctrl+Shft+F9	Easy ease selected keyframes out
Ctrl+Shft+K	Set velocity for selected keyframes
Alt+Shft+property shortcut	Add or remove keyframe at current time (For property shortcuts, see Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts).)
Text (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+T	New text layer
Ctrl+Shft+L, Ctrl+Shft+C, or Ctrl+Shft+R	Align selected horizontal text left, center, or right
Ctrl+Shft+L, Ctrl+Shft+C, or Ctrl+Shft+R	Align selected vertical text top, center, or bottom
Shft+Right Arrow or Shft+Left Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one character to right or left in horizontal text
Ctrl+Shft+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Shft+Left Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one word to right or left in horizontal text
Shft+Up Arrow or Shft+Down Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one line up or down in horizontal text
Shft+Right Arrow or Shft+Left Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one line to right or left in vertical text
Ctrl+Shft+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Shft+Down Arrow	Extend or reduce selection one word up or down in vertical text
Shft+Up Arrow or Shft+Down Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one character up or down in vertical text
Shft+Home or Shft+End	Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of line
Home or End	Move insertion point to beginning or end of line
Double-click text layer	Select all text on a layer
Ctrl+Shft+Home or Ctrl+Shft+End	Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of text frame
Shft-click	Select text from insertion point to mouse click point
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 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
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	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
Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click with Type tool	Select word, line, paragraph, or entire text frame
Ctrl+Shft+K	Turn All Caps on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+K	Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Shft+= (equals)	Turn Superscript on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+= (equals)	Turn Subscript on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Shft+X	Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+X	Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+A	Auto leading for selected text
Ctrl+Shft+Q	Reset tracking to 0 for selected text
Ctrl+Shft+J	Justify paragraph; left align last line
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+J	Justify paragraph; right align last line
Ctrl+Shft+F	Justify paragraph; force last line
Ctrl+Shft+, (comma) or Ctrl+Shft+. (period)	Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 2 units
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+, (comma) or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+. (period)	Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 10 units
Alt+Down Arrow or Alt+Up Arrow	Increase or decrease leading by 2 units
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow	Increase or decrease leading by 10 units
Alt+Shft+Down Arrow or Alt+Shft+Up Arrow	Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2 units
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Up Arrow	Decrease or increase baseline shift by 10 units
Alt+Left Arrow or Alt+Right Arrow	Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20 units (20/1000 ems)
Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow	Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 100 units (100/1000 ems)
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+T	Toggle paragraph composer
Masks (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+Shft+N	New mask
Alt-click mask	Select all points in a mask
Alt+` (accent grave) or Alt+Shft+` (accent grave)	Select next or previous mask
Double-click mask with Selection tool or select mask in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T	Enter free-transform mask editing mode
Esc	Exit free-transform mask editing mode
Ctrl-drag	Scale around center point in Free Transform mode
arrow key	Move selected path points 1 pixel at current magnification
Shft+arrow key	Move selected path points 10 pixels at current magnification
Ctrl+Alt-click vertex	Toggle between smooth and corner points
Ctrl+Alt-drag vertex	Redraw Bezier handles
Ctrl+Shft+I	Invert selected mask
Ctrl+Shft+F	Open Mask Feather dialog box for selected mask
Ctrl+Shft+M	Open Mask Shape dialog box for selected mask
Paint tools (keyboard shortcuts)
X	Swap paint background color and foreground colors
D	Set paint foreground color to black and background color to white
Alt-click	Set foreground color to the color currently under any paint tool pointer
Ctrl+Alt-click	Set foreground color to the average color of a 4-pixel x 4-pixel area under any paint tool pointer
Ctrl-drag	Set brush size for a paint tool
Ctrl-drag, then release Ctrl while dragging	Set brush hardness for a paint tool
Hold Shft while beginning stroke	Join current paint stroke to the previous stroke
Alt-click	Set starting sample point to point currently under Clone Stamp tool pointer
Ctrl+Shft	Momentarily activate Eraser tool with Last Stroke Only option
Alt+Shft-drag with Clone Stamp tool	Show and move overlay (change Offset value of aligned Clone Stamp tool or change Source Position value of unaligned Clone Stamp tool)
3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 on the main keyboard	Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset
Alt-click the button for the preset	Duplicate a Clone Stamp tool preset in Paint panel
Digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)*	Set opacity for a paint tool
. (decimal) on numeric keypad*	Set opacity for a paint tool to 100%
Shft+a digit on numeric keypad (for example, 9=90%, 1=10%)*	Set flow for a paint tool
Shft+. (decimal) on numeric keypad*	Set flow for a paint tool to 100%
Ctrl+Page Up or Ctrl+Page Down (or 1 or 2 on the main keyboard)	Move earlier or later by number of frames specified for stroke Duration
Shape layers (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+G	Group selected shapes
Ctrl+Shft+G	Ungroup selected shapes
Select Path property in Timeline panel and press Ctrl+T	Enter free-transform path editing mode
Page Up when dragging to create shape	Increase star inner roundness
Page Down when dragging to create shape	Decrease star inner roundness
Up Arrow when dragging to create shape	Increase number of points for star or polygon; increase roundness for rounded rectangle
Down Arrow when dragging to create shape	Decrease number of points for star or polygon; decrease roundness for rounded rectangle
Hold spacebar when dragging to create shape	Reposition shape during creation
Left Arrow when dragging to create shape	Set rounded rectangle roundness to 0 (sharp corners); decrease polygon and star outer roundness
Right Arrow when dragging to create shape	Set rounded rectangle roundness to maximum; increase polygon and star outer roundness
Shft when dragging to create shape	Constrain rectangles to squares; constrain ellipses to circles; constrain polygons and stars to zero rotation
Ctrl when dragging to create shape	Change outer radius of star
Markers (keyboard shortcuts)
* (multiply) on numeric keypad	Set marker at current time (works during RAM preview and audio-only preview)
Alt+* (multiply) on numeric keypad	Set marker at current time and open marker dialog box
Shft+0-9 on main keyboard	Set and number a composition marker (0-9) at the current time
0-9 on main keyboard	Go to a composition marker (0-9)
Alt-click the markers or keyframes	Display the duration between two layer markers or keyframes in the Info panel
Ctrl-click marker	Remove marker
Motion tracking (keyboard shortcuts)
arrow key	Move feature region, search region, and attach point 1 pixel at current magnification
Shft+arrow key	Move feature region, search region, and attach point 10 pixels at current magnification
Alt+arrow key	Move feature region and search region 1 pixel at current magnification
Alt+Shft+arrow key	Move feature region and search region 10 pixels at current magnification
Saving, exporting, and rendering (keyboard shortcuts)
Ctrl+S	Save project
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+S	Increment and save project
Ctrl+Shft+S	Save As
Ctrl+Shft+/ (on main keyboard)	Add active composition or selected items to render queue
Ctrl+Alt+S	Add current frame to render queue
Ctrl+Shft+D	Duplicate render item with same output filename as original