Table of Contents:
- General
 - Projects
 - Preferences
 - Panels, Viewers, Workspaces, and Windows
 - Activating Tools
 - Compositions Work Area
 - Time Navigation
 - Previews
 - Views
 - Footage
 - Effects and Animation Presets
 - Layers
 - Properties and Groups in Timeline Panel
 - Properties in the Effect Controls Panel
 - Modifying Layer Properties
 - 3D Layers
 - Keyframes and Graph Editor
 - Text
 - Masks
 - Paint Tools
 - Shape Layers
 - Markers
 - Motion Tracking
 - Saving, Exporting, and Rendering
 
| 1. General | |
|---|---|
| Command+A | Select all | 
| Command+Shift+A/F2 | 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 | 
| Command+Option+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items down (back) / up (forward) in stacking order | 
| Command+Option+Shift+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Move selected layers, masks, effects, or render items to bottom (back) / top (front) of stacking order | 
| Shift+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Extend selection to next item / previous item in Project panel, Render Queue panel, or Effect Controls panel | 
| Command+D | Duplicate selected layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions | 
| Command+Q | Quit | 
| Command+Z | Undo | 
| Command+Shift+Z | Redo | 
| Command+Option+[/ on numeric keypad | Purge all | 
| Esc | Interrupt running a script | 
| 2. Projects | |
|---|---|
| Command+Option+N | New project | 
| Command+O | Open project | 
| Command+Option+Shift+P | Open most recent project | 
| Command+Option+Shift+N | New folder in Project panel | 
| Command+Option+Shift+K | Open Project Settings dialog box | 
| Command+F | Find in Project panel | 
| Option+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 | 
| 3. Preferences | |
|---|---|
| Command+Option+; | Open Preferences dialog box | 
| Hold down Command+Option+shift while starting After Effects | Restore default preferences settings | 
| 4. Panels, Viewers, Workspaces, and Windows | |
|---|---|
| Command+0 (zero) | Open or close Project panel | 
| Command+Option+0 (zero) | Open or close Render Queue panel | 
| Command+1 | Open or close Tools panel | 
| Command+2 | Open or close Info panel | 
| Command+3 | Open or close Preview panel | 
| Command+4 | Open or close Audio panel | 
| Command+5 | Open or close Effects and Presets panel | 
| Command+6 | Open or close Character panel | 
| Command+7 | Open or close Paragraph panel | 
| Command+8 | Open or close Paint panel | 
| Command+9 | Open or close Brushes panel | 
| F3/Command+Shift+T | Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer | 
| Command+F11 | Open Flowchart panel for project flowchart | 
| Shift+f10, shift+f11, /Shift+F12 | Switch to workspace | 
| Command+W | Close active viewer window or panel (closes content first) | 
| Command+Shift+W | Close all active viewer wwindow or panels | 
| Command+Option+Shift+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 | 
| Command+\ | Resize application window or floating window to fit screen. (Press again to resize window so that contents fill the screen.) | 
| Command+Option+\ | 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.) | 
| \ | Toggle activation between Composition panel and Timeline panel for current composition | 
| Shift+,/. | Cycle to previous / to next item in active viewer (for example, cycle through open compositions) | 
| Option+Shift+,/. | Cycle to previous / to 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 | 
| 5. Activating Tools | |
|---|---|
| Option+click tool button in Tools panel | Cycle through tools | 
| V | Activate Selection tool | 
| H | Activate Hand tool. To temporarily activate Hand tool: Hold down spacebar or the middle mouse button and press h | 
| Z | Activate Zoom In tool. Add option/Option to zoom out | 
| W | Activate Rotation tool | 
| C | Activate and cycle through Camera tools | 
| Y | Activate Pan Behind tool | 
| Q | Activate and cycle through Mask and Shape tools | 
| G | Activate and cycle through Pen tools. Add command/Command to temporarily activate Selection tool when pen tool is selected | 
| Command+Option | 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) | 
| Command+B | Activate and cycle through Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser tools | 
| Command+T | Activate and cycle through Type tools | 
| Command+P | Activate and cycle through Puppet tools | 
| Option+W | Activate Roto Brush tool | 
| Option (in shape layer) | Temporarily convert Selection tool to Shape Duplication tool | 
| Command (in shape layer) | Temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool | 
| You can activate some tools only under certain circumstances. For example, you can activate a camera tool only when the active composition contains a camera layer. To momentarily activate a tool with a single-letter keyboard shortcut, hold down the key; release the key to return to the previously active tool. To activate a tool and keep it active, press the key and immediately release it. | |
| 6. Compositions Work Area | |
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| Command+N | New composition | 
| Command+K | Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition | 
| B/N | Set beginning or end of work area to current time | 
| Command+Option+B | Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration | 
| tap on shift | Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for active composition | 
| Shift+Esc | Activate the most recently active composition that is in the same composition hierarchy as currently active composition | 
| 7. Time Navigation | |
|---|---|
| Option+Shift+J | Go to specific time | 
| Shift+Home/End | Go to beginning / to end of work area | 
| J/K | Go to previous / to next visible item in time ruler | 
| Home/End/Command+Option+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Go to beginning / to end of composition, layer, or footage item | 
| Page Down/page up or Command+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Go forward 1 frame / backward 1 frame | 
| Shift+Page Down/page up or Command+Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Go forward 10 frames / backward 10 frames | 
| I | Go to layer In point | 
| O | Go to layer Out point | 
| Command+Option+Shift+Arrow Left/arrow/right | Go to previous / to next In point or Out point | 
| D | Scroll to current time in Timeline panel | 
| 8. Previews | |
|---|---|
| Space | Start or stop standard preview | 
| 0 (zero) on numeric keypad | RAM preview | 
| Shift+0 on numeric keypad | RAM preview with alternate settings | 
| Command+click RAM Preview button or press Command+0 on numeric keypad | Save RAM preview | 
| Command+Shift+click RAM Preview button or press Command+Shift+0 on numeric keypad | Save RAM preview with alternate settings | 
| . on numeric keypad | Preview only audio, from current time | 
| Option+. on numeric keypad | Preview only audio, in work area | 
| Drag /Option+drag current-time indicator, depending on Live Update setting | Manually preview (scrub) video | 
| Command+drag current-time indicator | Manually preview (scrub) audio | 
| Option+0 (zero) 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 | 
| Command+[/ on numeric keypad | Toggle Output Device preference between Desktop Only and video preview device | 
| Shift+F5/F6/F7/F8 | Take snapshot | 
| F5/F6/F7/F8 | Display snapshot in active viewer | 
| Command+F5/F6/F7/F8 | Purge snapshot | 
| 9. Views | |
|---|---|
| Shift+[/ on numeric keypad | Turn display color management on or off for active view | 
| Option+1/2/3/4 | Show red / green / blue / alpha channel as grayscale | 
| Option+Shift+1/2/3 | Show colorized red / green / blue channel | 
| Option+Shift+4 | Toggle showing straight RGB color | 
| Option+5 | Show alpha boundary (outline between transparent and opaque regions) in Layer panel | 
| Option+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 | 
| ./, | Zoom in / zoom out in Composition, Layer, or Footage panel | 
| / | Zoom to 100% | 
| Shift+/ | Zoom to fit | 
| Option+/ | Zoom up to 100% | 
| Command+J/Command+Shift+J/Command+Option+J | Set resolution to Full / Half / Custom in Composition panel | 
| Command+Option+U | Open View Options dialog box for active Composition panel | 
| =/- | Zoom time in / out | 
| ;/Shift+; | Zoom in / zoom out Timeline panel to single-frame units (Press again to zoom out to show entire composition duration.) | 
| Caps Lock | Suspend image updates | 
| ' | Show or hide safe zones | 
| Command+' | Show or hide grid | 
| Option+' | Show or hide proportional grid | 
| Command+R | Show or hide rulers | 
| Command+; | Show or hide guides | 
| Command+Shift+' | Turn snapping to grid on or off | 
| Command+Shift+; | Turn snapping to guides on or off | 
| Command+Option+Shift+; | Lock or unlock guides | 
| Command+Shift+H | Show or hide layer controls | 
| 10. Footage | |
|---|---|
| Command+I | Import one file or image sequence | 
| Command+Option+I | Import multiple files or image sequences | 
| Option-double-click | Open movie in an After Effects Footage panel | 
| Command+/ | Add selected items to most recently activated composition | 
| Command+Option+/ | Replace selected source footage for selected layers with footage item selected in Project panel | 
| Option+drag footage item from Project panel onto selected layer | Replace source for a selected layer | 
| Command+Backspace | Delete a footage item without a warning | 
| Command+Option+G | Open Interpret Footage dialog box for selected footage item | 
| Command+Option+C | Remember footage interpretation | 
| Command+E | Edit selected footage item in application with which it’s associated (Edit Original) | 
| Command+H | Replace selected footage item | 
| Command+Option+L | Reload selected footage items | 
| Command+Option+P | Set proxy for selected footage item | 
| 11. Effects and Animation Presets | |
|---|---|
| Command+Shift+E | Delete all effects from selected layers | 
| Command+Option+Shift+E | Apply most recently applied effect to selected layers | 
| Command+Option+Shift+F | Apply most recently applied animation preset to selected layers | 
| 12. Layers | |
|---|---|
| Command+Y | New solid layer | 
| Command+Option+Y | New adjustment layer | 
| Command+Option+Shift+Y | New null layer | 
| 0...9 on numeric keypad | Select layer (1-999) by its number (enter digits rapidly for two-digit and three-digit numbers) | 
| Shift+0...9 on numeric keypad | Toggle selection of layer (1-999) by its number | 
| Command+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Select next layer / previous layer in stacking order | 
| Command+Shift+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Extend selection to next / previous layer in stacking order | 
| Command+Shift+A | Deselect all layers | 
| X | Scroll topmost selected layer to top of Timeline panel | 
| Shift+F4 | Show or hide Parent column | 
| F4 | Show or hide Layer Switches and Modes columns | 
| Option+click solo switch | Turn off all other solo switches | 
| Command+Option+Shift+V | Turn Video (eyeball) switch on or off for selected layers | 
| Command+Shift+V | Turn off Video switch for all video layers other than selected layers | 
| Command+Shift+Y | Open settings dialog box for selected solid, light, camera, null, or adjustment layer | 
| Command+Option+V | Paste layers at current time | 
| Command+Shift+D | Split selected layers (If no layers are selected, split all layers.) | 
| Command+Shift+C | Precompose selected layers | 
| Command+Shift+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) | 
| Option-double-click a layer | Open source of a layer in Footage panel (opens precomposition layer in Layer panel) | 
| Command+Option+R | Reverse selected layers in time | 
| Command+Option+T | Enable time remapping for selected layers | 
| [/] | Move In point / Out point of selected layers to current time | 
| Option+[/] | Trim In point / Out point of selected layers to current time | 
| Option+click stopwatch | Add or remove expression for a property | 
| Double-click effect selection in Effects and Presets panel | Add an effect (or multiple selected effects) to selected layers | 
| Command+Shift+,/Command+Option+, | Set In point or Out point by time-stretching | 
| Option+Home/End | Move In point / move Out point of selected layers to beginning of composition | 
| Command+L | Lock selected layers | 
| Command+Shift+L | Unlock all layers | 
| Command+U/Command+Shift+U/Command+Option+Shift+U | Set Quality to Best / Draft / Wireframe for selected layers | 
| Shift+-/[+] | Cycle forward / cycle backward through blending modes for selected layers | 
| Command+F | Find in Timeline panel | 
| Note: Some operations do not affect shy layers. | |
| 13. Properties and Groups in Timeline Panel | |
|---|---|
| Command+F | Find in Timeline panel | 
| Command+` (accent grave) | Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties | 
| Command+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 | 
| Option+Shift+click property / group name | Hide property or group | 
| Shift+property / group shortcut | Add or remove property or group from set that is shown | 
| Option+property shortcut | Add or remove keyframe at current time | 
| 14. Properties in the Effect Controls Panel | |
|---|---|
| Command+` (accent grave) | Toggle expansion of selected effects to show all properties | 
| Command+click triangle to the left of the property group name | Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties | 
| 15. Modifying Layer Properties | |
|---|---|
| Drag property value | Modify property value by default increments | 
| Shift+drag property value | Modify property value by 10x default increments | 
| Command+drag property value | Modify property value by 1/10 default increments | 
| Command+Shift+O | Open Opacity dialog box for selected layers | 
| Command+Shift+R | Open Rotation dialog box for selected layers | 
| Command+Shift+P | Open Position dialog box for selected layers | 
| Command+Option+O | Open Auto-Orientation dialog box for selected layers | 
| Command+Home | Center selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of current view) | 
| Arrow Keys | Move selected layers 1 pixel at current magnification (Position) | 
| Shift+Arrow Keys | Move selected layers 10 pixels at current magnification (Position) | 
| Option+Page Up/Page Down | Move selected layers 1 frame earlier / 1 frame later | 
| Option+Shift+Page Up/Page Down | Move selected layers 10 frames earlier / 10 frames later | 
| [+]/- on numeric keypad | Increase / decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 1° | 
| Shift+[+]/- on numeric keypad | Increase / decrease Rotation (Z Rotation) of selected layers by 10° | 
| Command+Option+[+]/- on numeric keypad | Increase / decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1% | 
| Command+Option+Shift+[+]/- on numeric keypad | Increase / decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10% | 
| Command+[+]/-/Option+[+]/- on numeric keypad | Increase / decrease Scale of selected layers by 1% | 
| Command+[+]/-/Option+Shift+[+]/-on numeric keypad | Increase / decrease Scale of selected layers by 10% | 
| Shift+drag with Rotation tool | Modify Rotation or Orientation in 45° increments | 
| Shift+drag layer handle with Selection tool | Modify Scale, constrained to footage frame aspect ratio | 
| Double-click Rotation tool | Reset Rotation to 0° | 
| Double-click Selection tool | Reset Scale to 100% | 
| Command+Option+F | Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition | 
| Command+Option+Shift+H | Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition width, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer | 
| Command+Option+Shift+G | Scale and reposition selected layers to fit composition height, preserving image aspect ratio for each layer | 
| 16. 3D Layers | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 
| Command+Option+Shift+L | New light | 
| Command+Option+Shift+C | New camera | 
| Command+Option+Shift+\ | 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 | 
| Command+Shift+F | With a camera tool selected, move the camera and its point of interest to look at all 3D layers | 
| Option+Shift+C | Turn Casts Shadows property on or off for selected 3D layers | 
| 17. Keyframes and Graph Editor | |
|---|---|
| Shift+F3 | Toggle between Graph Editor and layer bar modes | 
| Click property name | Select all keyframes for a property | 
| Command+Option+A | Select all visible keyframes and properties | 
| Shift+F2/Command+Option+Shift+A | Deselect all keyframes, properties, and property groups | 
| Option+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Move keyframe 1 frame later / earlier | 
| Option+Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Move keyframe 10 frames later / earlier | 
| Command+Option+K | Set interpolation for selected keyframes (layer bar mode) | 
| Command+Option+H | Set keyframe interpolation method to hold or Auto Bezier | 
| Command+click in layer bar mode | Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or Auto Bezier | 
| Command+Option+click in layer bar mode | Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or hold | 
| F9 | Easy ease selected keyframes | 
| Shift+F9 | Easy ease selected keyframes in | 
| Command+Shift+F9 | Easy ease selected keyframes out | 
| Command+Shift+K | Set velocity for selected keyframes | 
| Option+Shift+property shortcut | Add or remove keyframe at current time (For property shortcuts, see Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts).) | 
| 18. Text | |
|---|---|
| Command+Option+Shift+T | New text layer | 
| Command+Shift+L | Align selected horizontal or vertical text left | 
| Command+Shift+C | Align selected horizontal or vertical text center | 
| Command+Shift+R | Align selected horizontal or vertical text right | 
| Arrow Keys | Move insertion point one character left/right/up/down | 
| Command+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Move insertion point one word left / one word right | 
| Command+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Move insertion point one paragraph up / one paragraph down | 
| Home/End | Move insertion point to beginning / to end of line | 
| Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Extend / reduce selection by one character to right/left in horizontal text (or one/down in vertical text) | 
| Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Extend / reduce selection by one line up/down in horizontal text (or right/left in vertical text) | 
| Command+Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Extend / reduce selection by one word to right/left in horizontal text (or up/down in vertical text) | 
| Shift+Home/End | Select text from insertion point to beginning / to end of line | 
| Command+Shift+Home/End | Select text from insertion point to beginning / to end of text frame | 
| Shift+click | Select text from insertion point to mouse click point | 
| Double-click text layer | Select all text on a layer | 
| Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, / quintuple-click with Type tool | Select word, line, paragraph, or entire text frame | 
| Command+Shift+K | Turn All Caps on or off for selected text | 
| Command+Option+Shift+K | Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text | 
| Command+Shift+= | Turn Superscript on or off for selected text | 
| Command+Option+Shift+= | Turn Subscript on or off for selected text | 
| Command+Shift+X | Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected text | 
| Command+Option+Shift+X | Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text | 
| Command+Option+Shift+A | Auto leading for selected text | 
| Command+Shift+Q | Reset tracking to 0 for selected text | 
| Command+Shift+J | Justify paragraph; left align last line | 
| Command+Option+Shift+J | Justify paragraph; right align last line | 
| Command+Shift+F | Justify paragraph; force last line | 
| Command+Shift+,/. | Decrease / increase font size of selected text by 2 units | 
| Command+Option+Shift+,/. | Decrease / increase font size of selected text by 10 units | 
| Option+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Increase / decrease leading by 2 units | 
| Command+Option+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Increase / decrease leading by 10 units | 
| Option+Shift+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Decrease / increase baseline shift by 2 units | 
| Command+Option+Shift+Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Decrease / increase baseline shift by 10 units | 
| Option+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Decrease / increase kerning or tracking 20 units (20/1000 ems) | 
| Command+Option+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Decrease / increase kerning or tracking 100 units (100/1000 ems) | 
| Command+Option+Shift+T | Toggle paragraph composer | 
| 19. Masks | |
|---|---|
| Command+Shift+N | New mask | 
| Option+click mask | Select all points in a mask | 
| Option+` (accent grave) /Option+Shift+` | Select next / select previous mask | 
| Double-click mask with Selection tool / select mask in Timeline panel and press Command+T | Enter free-transform mask editing mode | 
| Esc | Exit free-transform mask editing mode | 
| Command+drag | Scale around center point in Free Transform mode | 
| Arrow Keys | Move selected path points 1 pixel at current magnification | 
| Shift+Arrow Keys | Move selected path points 10 pixels at current magnification | 
| Command+Option+click vertex | Toggle between smooth and corner points | 
| Command+Option+drag vertex | Redraw Bezier handles | 
| Command+Shift+I | Invert selected mask | 
| Command+Shift+F | Open Mask Feather dialog box for selected mask | 
| Command+Shift+M | Open Mask Shape dialog box for selected mask | 
| 20. Paint Tools | |
|---|---|
| X | Swap paint background color and foreground colors | 
| D | Set paint foreground color to black and background color to white | 
| Option+click | Set foreground color to the color currently under any paint tool pointer | 
| Command+Option+click | Set foreground color to the average color of a 4-pixel x 4-pixel area under any paint tool pointer | 
| Command+drag | Set brush size for a paint tool | 
| Command+drag, then release Command while dragging | Set brush hardness for a paint tool | 
| Hold shift while beginning stroke | Join current paint stroke to the previous stroke | 
| Option+click | Set starting sample point to point currently under Clone Stamp tool pointer | 
| Command+Shift | Momentarily activate Eraser tool with Last Stroke Only option | 
| Option+Shift+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…7 | Activate a specific Clone Stamp tool preset | 
| Option+click the button for the preset | Duplicate a Clone Stamp tool preset in Paint panel | 
| 1…9 on numeric keybaord | Set opacity for a paint tool (e.g. 1=10%, 9=90%) | 
| . on numeric keybaord | Set opacity for a paint tool to 100% | 
| Shift+1…9 on numeric keybaord | Set flow for a paint tool (e.g. 1=10%, 9=90%) | 
| Shift+. on numeric keybaord | Set flow for a paint tool to 100% | 
| Command+Page Up/Page Down | Move to earlier / move to later by number of frames specified for stroke Duration (alternatively use 1/2) | 
| 21. Shape Layers | |
|---|---|
| Command+G | Group selected shapes | 
| Command+Shift+G | Ungroup selected shapes | 
| Select Path property in Timeline panel and press Command+T | Enter free-transform path editing mode | 
| Page Up/page down when dragging to create shape | Increase / decrease star inner roundness | 
| Arrow Up/arrow down when dragging to create shape | Increase / decrease number of points for star or polygon; increase / decrease roundness for rounded rectangle | 
| Hold spacebar when dragging to create shape | Reposition shape during creation | 
| arrow left when dragging to create shape | Set rounded rectangle roundness to 0 (sharp corners); decrease polygon and star outer roundness | 
| arrow right when dragging to create shape | Set rounded rectangle roundness to maximum; increase polygon and star outer roundness | 
| shift when dragging to create shape | Constrain rectangles to squares; constrain ellipses to circles; constrain polygons and stars to zero rotation | 
| Command when dragging to create shape | Change outer radius of star | 
| 22. Markers | |
|---|---|
| * on numeric keypad | Set marker at current time (works during RAM preview and audio-only preview) and/or open marker dialog box | 
| Shift+0...9 | Set and number a composition marker (0-9) at the current time | 
| 0...9 | Go to composition marker 0-9 | 
| Option+click the markers / keyframes | Display the duration between two layer markers or keyframes in the Info panel | 
| Command+click marker | Remove marker | 
| 23. Motion Tracking | |
|---|---|
| Arrow Keys | Move feature region, search region, and attach point 1 pixel at current magnification | 
| Shift+Arrow Keys | Move feature region, search region, and attach point 10 pixels at current magnification | 
| Option+Arrow Keys | Move feature region and search region 1 pixel at current magnification | 
| Option+Shift+Arrow Keys | Move feature region and search region 10 pixels at current magnification | 
| 24. Saving, Exporting, and Rendering | |
|---|---|
| Command+S | Save project | 
| Command+Option+Shift+S | Increment and save project | 
| Command+Shift+S | Save As | 
| Command+Shift+/ | Add active composition or selected items to render queue | 
| Command+Option+S | Add current frame to render queue | 
| Command+Shift+D | Duplicate render item with same output filename as original | 
