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Adobe After Effects CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts

on Jan 6th 2010 with 55 comments

Denis Klepcha has compiled a convenient chart showing the most used keyboard shortcuts for After Effects. You can download and print this cheat sheet out for your wall to save you from always having to stop what you’re doing and go through the “help” files.

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  • Anton

    TU!

  • Nick

    Straight onto my wallpaper!

  • http://www.rafaelbraga.com Rafael Braga

    Very useful …

  • ckRED

    very nice thank you!

  • Eldad Bar-Eli

    nice thanks

  • http://www.tripodbg.com Stefoto

    Very handy! Thanks :)

  • http://behance.net/pedrof2 Pedro Ferreira

    Thanks! Very usefull.

  • http://www.arcapnd.com Fernando Araya

    Awesome thank you very much for this, I will print it and place it at my desk….. always to view…..

  • http://www.crulation.com michiel

    That is helpful, but a pdf-file is better printable.

  • http://www.irvingling.com Irving

    I recommend downloading the official Adobe Shortcut application. its free and has shortcuts for every adobe application.

    http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/marketplace/index.cfm?event=marketplace.offering&marketplaceid=1&offeringid=15241

  • http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0 Todd Kopriva

    There’s a handy little AIR application for searching and browsing keyboard shortcuts for all Adobe applications:
    http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2009/08/keyboard-shortcuts-air-applica.html

    Of course, the complete list of shortcuts is here:
    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a9d3c597-7987a.html

  • Twocifer

    This is nice…one comment…I would have made this a bit larger, as in a full 8.5×11 or 11×17 page. Text is a bit small when you print out…even resizing it to fit those pages it gets a bit distorted.

    Great work though!!!

  • Jonas Haugen

    Thanks!!!

  • http://www.zeecret.com/ zee

    my new wallpaper wahooo!!

  • AlesTemple

    Thanks!

  • Konrad

    How to make a full screen by shortcut?

    • http://www.vimeo.com/everettoptions Adam Everett Miller

      Hit ” ‘ “

  • LD

    Thanks!

  • http://www.Davi-T.com Davi-T

    Argggh! PC Shortcuts!!!!!

  • Josué

    aren’t there the shortcuts for mac??? please!!!!

    • http://qzyxya.deviantart.com Elliot Tower

      No, these are for PC. Im 99% sure that to change them, you just have to do the apple or command key instead of the windows logo, and the option key instead of the alt key. Also return is enter, but same key.

  • Ibantxo

    Beautiful! but other user need a shortcut for after effects cs4 on mac. Can you upload this? Thanks!

  • Azril

    would be happy if you guys can make it for photoshop and illustrator too :D

  • http://jhaygamba.com Jhay Gamba

    Awesome!!! Thanks

  • Nicolò Rebughini

    Very useful!
    Maybe you can add the shortcut SPACEBAR+drag click as a temporary hand tool.
    By the way, thanks for putting these together!

    • http://qzyxya.deviantart.com Elliot Tower

      How? Is it possible to change the shortcuts? I really need a way to us the hand tool more easily.
      I like how in photoshop (CS5 extended…), you can do controll + scroll, and alt + scroll to do left/right and up/down.
      Also, i hate how in AE, you scroll normally to zoom, and not alt scroll to zoom.

      sorry, actually you do control and shift i think for up/side.

      But is there a way to change the controls? Is it in some obvious menu that I haven’t looked at?

  • krizZz

    WHO needs PC shortcuts ; )

    not me!

    *just kidding* : )

  • AcesHigh87

    most of the shortcuts are exactly the same anyway. Just replace Ctrl with command and you basically have it. I downloaded the Adobe Air version which is mac or PC but I can see why this would be more convenient as a desktop background rather ten having to open the Air Application.

    In any case, I’m rambling. Good list of shortcuts, would be cool to see illustrator and Photoshop ones as well.

  • http://www.creativesurfer.net Omar Ghomrawi

    thank y broo

  • denis
    Author

    photoshop cs4 , first link http://tinyurl.com/yzp6guq
    illustrator cs4, first link again http://tinyurl.com/yesjxxs

  • eathan

    Awesooome! thanks man! huge help. :))

  • kami

    That’s interesting for user.Thanks a lot :-)

  • reint

    something you also can use if you don’t know every shortcut for after effects

    http://www.editorskeys.com/after-effects-professional-keyboard-set.html

    i think i’m going to buy it

  • http://www.pharmacytechnicianblog.com/ pharmacy tech

    Keep posting stuff like this i really like it

  • http://www.adidharma.com denir

    woohoo, nice post man…thx

  • http://www.bluefx.net BlueFx Gyorfi Szilard

    Hey Thanks

    I also made a video tut were I show my most used shortcuts in action, I made it in After Effects CS3

    http://www.bluefx.net/blog/first-creativecow-tutorial-ae-quick-tips-for-better-workflow-part-1/

    http://www.bluefx.net/blog/ae-quick-tips-for-better-workflow-part-2/

  • jugarte

    thanks a lot!!!
    regards from chile!

  • wee911

    aha，thank u buddy！ i tried to translate your great work into chinese.

  • http://www.danrholtdesign.com Dan Holt

    These are great references. It would be great to have something like this for Cinema 4D as well, in the CGtuts area.

  • http://www.dreamingat24fps.com Mr. Sifuentes

    sweet!

  • http://toddfooshee.com Todd Fooshee

    Hey, there is an error. The shape tool shortcut is “q” not “o” as designated on the cheat sheet.

  • aFleera

    My name is Dennis Terrasas

    Simply wished to start out by stating

    Thanks Admins !
    I am new member on this site and Thank You for providing such a wonderful community !

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    Very useful, thanks!!

  • http://dailyinquirer.myfirstrelease.com/ Daily Inquirer

    thanks dude. Keep posting stuff like this i really like it

  • Jack

    Nice. Thx

  • http://actroncp9190.com/ actron cp9190

    great post. but i want to know about cs 5. do you have it here? thanks

    • http://www.vimeo.com/everettoptions Adam Everett Miller

      not yet… but we could create an updated version, most everything is the same.

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    nice , post do you have for sc 5 thanks..

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    edius premiere

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    These shortcut will diffidently come in useful thanks.

  • gopi

    thanks dude…… very use full data

  • T.Ashok Nesaraj

    thanks a lot………. very very useful data for me……

  • http://www.mistersifuentes.com Mr. Sifuentes

    Do you have the After Effects CS6 version? Pretty sure the majority of this one is still relevant but I still want the new one xD. Thanks for sharing.

  • nagesh

    thank you