20 After Effects Shortcuts for Mac & Windows You Should Know

After Effects Shortcuts

These are my top 20 handy shortcuts for Adobe After Effects to help you become more efficient:

Mac Shortcuts

  1. Cmd + N: Create a new composition
  2. Ctrl + Alt + N: Create a new solid
  3. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N: Create a new null object
  4. Cmd + Shift + D: Duplicate selected layers, comps, and groups
  5. Cmd + Shift + H: Hide or show all layers except selected
  6. Cmd + /: Toggle visibility of selected layers
  7. Cmd + Opt + H: Collapse or expand selected layers, comps, and groups
  8. Cmd + Opt + Shift + H: Collapse all selected layers, comps, and groups
  9. Cmd + Opt + [ or ]: Move selected layers, comps, and groups up or down in stacking order
  10. Cmd + Opt + Shift + [ or ]: Move selected layers, comps, and groups to top or bottom of stacking order
  11. Cmd + Opt + /: Solo selected layers
  12. Cmd + Opt + Shift + /: Solo selected layers and turn off all other layers
  13. Cmd + R: Enable or disable layer’s switch for the current composition
  14. Cmd + Opt + R: Enable or disable layer’s switches for all compositions
  15. Cmd + T: Enable or disable layer’s transparency for the current composition
  16. Cmd + Opt + T: Enable or disable layer’s transparency for all compositions
  17. F3: Open or close the Effect Controls panel
  18. F4: Open or close the Layer panel
  19. F5: Open or close the Character panel
  20. F6: Open or close the Paragraph panel

After Effects Shortcut For Windows

  1. Ctrl + N: Create a new composition
  2. Alt + Ctrl + N: Create a new solid
  3. Alt + Ctrl + Shift + N: Create a new null object
  4. Ctrl + Shift + D: Duplicate selected layers, comps, and groups
  5. Ctrl + Shift + H: Hide or show all layers except selected
  6. Ctrl + /: Toggle visibility of selected layers
  7. Alt + Ctrl + H: Collapse or expand selected layers, comps, and groups
  8. Alt + Ctrl + Shift + H: Collapse all selected layers, comps, and groups
  9. Alt + Ctrl + [ or ]: Move selected layers, comps, and groups up or down in stacking order
  10. Alt + Ctrl + Shift + [ or ]: Move selected layers, comps, and groups to top or bottom of stacking order
  11. Alt + Ctrl + /: Solo selected layers
  12. Alt + Ctrl + Shift + /: Solo selected layers and turn off all other layers
  13. Ctrl + R: Enable or disable layer’s switch for the current composition
  14. Alt + Ctrl + R: Enable or disable layer’s switches for all compositions
  15. Ctrl + T: Enable or disable layer’s transparency for the current composition
  16. Alt + Ctrl + T: Enable or disable layer’s transparency for all compositions
  17. F3: Open or close the Effect Controls panel
  18. F4: Open or close the Layer panel
  19. F5: Open or close the Character panel
  20. F6: Open or close the Paragraph panel

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