After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts

Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item: Home, or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow (Win) or Command+Option+Left Arrow (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item: End, or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow (Win) or Command+Option+Right Arrow (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Scroll to current time in Timeline panel: Press D. #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Start or stop preview: Spacebar, 0 on numeric keypad, Shift+0 on numeric keypad. #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Hold Ctrl or Command to temporarily convert Selection tool to Direct Selection tool. #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

New composition: Ctrl+N (Win) or Command+N (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Open Composition Settings dialog box for selected composition: Ctrl+K (Win) or Command+K (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Set beginning or end of work area to current time: B or N. #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Set work area to duration of selected layers or, if no layers are selected, set work area to composition duration: Ctrl+Alt+B (Win) or Command+Option+B (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for active composition: Tab (Win) or Tab (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Activate the most recently active composition that is in the same composition hierarchy (network of nested compositions) as the currently active composition: Shift+Esc (Win) or Shift+Esc (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Trim Composition to work area: Ctrl+Shift+X (Win) or Command+Shift+X (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Go to specific time: Alt+Shift+J (Win) or Option+Shift+J (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Go to beginning or end of work area: Shift+Home or Shift+End (Win) or Shift+Home or Shift+End (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Go to previous or next visible item in time ruler (keyframe, layer marker, work area beginning or end): J or K. #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

To zoom in or out of the sequence, press the - (minus) or = (equal) keys next the zero on the keyboard (not on the numeric keypad). #dailyshortcut #premierepro #video #editing #tutorial

Go to beginning of composition, layer, or footage item: Home, or Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow (Win) or Command+Option+Left Arrow (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Go to end of composition, layer, or footage item: End, or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow (Win) or Command+Option+Right Arrow (Mac). #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Go forward 1 frame: Page Down, or Ctrl+Right Arrow (Win) or Command+Right Arrow (Mac). Add Shift for 10 frames. #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial

Go backward 1 frame: Page Up, or Ctrl+Left Arrow (Win) or Command+Left Arrow (Mac). Add Shift for 10 frames. #dailyshortcut #aftereffects #video #editing #tutorial