Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual

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AFTER EFFECTS CS3

User Guide

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Note: Some shortcuts are marked with an asterisk (*) to remind you to make sure that Num Lock is on when you use
the numeric keypad.

Shortcuts for showing properties in the Timeline panel

Note: This table contains double-letter shortcuts (for example, LL). To use these shortcuts, press the letters in quick
succession.

Move In point or Out point of
selected layers to current time

[ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket)

[ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket)

Trim In point or Out point of
selected layers to current time

Alt+[ (left bracket) or Alt+] (right
bracket)

Option+[ (left bracket) or
Option+] (right bracket)

Add or remove expression for a
property

Alt-click stopwatch

Option-click stopwatch

Add an effect (or multiple selected
effects) to selected layers

Double-click effect selection in
Effects & Presets panel

Double-click effect selection in
Effects & Presets panel

Set In point or Out point by time-
stretching

Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) or Ctrl+Alt+,
(comma)

Command+Shift+, (comma) or
Command+Option+, (comma)

Move In point of selected layers to
beginning of composition

Alt+Home

Option+Home

Move Out point of selected layers
to end of composition

Alt+End

Option+End

Lock selected layers

Ctrl+L

Command+L

Unlock all layers

Ctrl+Shift+L

Command+Shift+L

Set Quality to Best, Draft, or Wire-
frame for selected layers

Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Shift+U, or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U

Command+U,
Command+Shift+U,
Command+Option+Shift+U

Cycle forward or backward
through blending modes for
selected layers

Shift+ - (hyphen) or Shift+=
(equals sign) on the main
keyboard

Shift+ - (hyphen) or Shift+=
(equals sign) on the main
keyboard

Result

Windows

Mac OS

Toggle expansion of selected
layers to show all properties

Ctrl+` (accent grave)

Command+` (accent grave)

Toggle expansion of property
group and all child property
groups to show all properties

Ctrl-click triangle to the left of the
property group name

Command-click triangle to the left
of the property group name

Show only Anchor Point property
(for lights and cameras, Point Of
Interest)

A

A

Show only Audio Levels property

L

L

Show only Mask Feather property F

F

Show only Mask Path property

M

M

Show only Mask Opacity property TT

TT

Result

Windows

Mac OS

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