Adobe After Effects macOS Popular Shortcut Set
Keyboard shortcuts for Adobe After Effects on Mac. Covers layers, keyframes, masks, text, and the Timeline panel on macOS.
General
- Select all
- Cmd+A
- Duplicate the selectionWorks on layers, masks, effects, text selectors, animators, puppet meshes, shapes, render items, output modules, or compositions.
- Cmd+D
- Undo
- Cmd+Z
- Redo
- Cmd+Shift+Z
Projects
- Open project
- Cmd+O
Panels, viewers, workspaces, and windows
- Open or close Effect Controls panel for selected layer
- F3orCmd+Opt+T
Activate tools
- Activate Selection tool
- V
Compositions and the work area
- New composition
- Cmd+N
Time navigation
Previews
- Start or stop the preview
- SpaceorNum 0orShift+Num 0
Footage
- Import one file or image sequence
- Cmd+I
Saving, exporting, and rendering
- Save project
- Cmd+S
- Add active composition or selected items to render queue
- Cmd+Shift+/
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