
AFTER EFFECTS CS3
User Guide
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Shortcuts for working with paint tools
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.
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Swap paint background color and
foreground colors
XX
Set paint foreground color to
black and background color to
white
DD
Set foreground color to the color
currently under any paint tool
pointer
Alt-click Option-click
Set foreground color to the
average color of a 4-pixel x 4-pixel
area under any paint tool pointer
Ctrl+Alt-click Command+Option-click
Set a paint tool’s brush size Ctrl-drag Command-drag
Set a paint tool’s brush hardness Ctrl-drag, then release Ctrl while
dragging
Command-drag, then release
Command while dragging
Join current paint stroke to the
previous stroke
Hold Shift while beginning stroke Hold Shift while beginning stroke
Set starting sample point to point
currently under Clone Stamp tool
pointer
Alt-click Option-click
Momentarily activate Eraser tool
with Last Stroke Only option
Ctrl+Shift Command+Shift
Show and move overlay. (Change
aligned Clone Stamp tool’s Offset
value or change unaligned Clone
Stamp tool’s Source Position
value.)
Alt+Shift-drag with Clone Stamp
tool
Option+Shift-drag with Clone
Stamp tool
Duplicate a Clone Stamp tool
preset in Paint panel
Alt-click the preset Option-click the preset
Set a paint tool’s opacity Digit on numeric keypad (e.g.,
9=90%, 1=10%)*
Digit on numeric keypad (e.g.,
9=90%, 1=10%)*
Set a paint tool’s opacity to 100% . (decimal) on numeric keypad* . (decimal) on numeric keypad*
Set a paint tool’s flow Shift+a digit on numeric keypad
(e.g., 9=90%, 1=10%)*
Shift+a digit on numeric keypad
(e.g., 9=90%, 1=10%)*
Set a paint tool’s flow to 100% Shift+. (decimal) on numeric
keypad*
Shift+. (decimal) on numeric
keypad*
Move earlier or later by number of
frames specified for stroke Dura-
tion
Ctrl+Page Up or Ctrl+Page Down Command+Page Up or
Command+Page Down
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