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USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
User interface
Last updated 12/21/2009
Keyboard shortcuts and mouse actions
New keyboard shortcuts
• Place the insertion point in the search field for the active panel: Ctrl+F (Windows) or Command+F (Mac OS). See
“Search and filter in the Timeline, Project, and Effects & Presets panels” on page 17.
• Open Composition Mini-Flowchart for active composition: Tap Shift. See “Compositions and the work area
(keyboard shortcuts)” on page 742.
• Activate the most recently active composition that is in the same composition hierarchy (network of nested
compositions) as the currently active composition: Shift+Esc. See
“Compositions and the work area (keyboard
shortcuts)” on page 742.
• New adjustment layer: Ctrl+Alt+Y (Windows) or Command+Option+Y (Mac OS). See “Layers (keyboard
shortcuts)” on page 746.
• Center selected layers in view (modifies Position property to place anchor points of selected layers in center of
current view): Ctrl+Home (Windows) or Command+Home (Mac OS). See
“Modifying layer properties (keyboard
shortcuts)” on page 749.
• Show only instances of missing effects in Timeline panel: FF. See “Showing properties and groups in the Timeline
panel (keyboard shortcuts)” on page 748.
• Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 1%: Ctrl+Alt++ (plus) or Ctrl+Alt+-
(minus) on numeric keypad (Windows); Control+Option++ (plus) or Control+Option+- (minus) on numeric
keypad (Mac OS). See
“Modifying layer properties (keyboard shortcuts)” on page 749.
• Increase or decrease Opacity (or Intensity for light layers) of selected layers by 10%: Ctrl+Alt+Shift++ (plus) or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad (Windows); Control+Option+Shift++ (plus) or
Control+Option+Shift+- (minus) on numeric keypad (Mac OS). See
“Modifying layer properties (keyboard
shortcuts)” on page 749.
Changed keyboard shortcuts
• Open Interpret Footage dialog box for selected footage item: Ctrl+Alt+G (Windows) or Command+Option+G
(Mac OS). Changed from Ctrl+F (Windows) and Command+F (Mac OS). See
“Footage (keyboard shortcuts)” on
page 745.
• Most commands that affect views and previews have been modified subtly so that—if a Composition viewer is
locked—the commands operate on the composition for which the Composition viewer is shown. See
“Edit this,
look at that (ETLAT) and locked Composition viewers” on page 16.
Mouse actions
• Temporarily activate Hand tool (when any tool other than Unified Camera tool is active): Hold down spacebar or
the middle mouse button. See
“Activate a tool” on page 16.
• Temporarily activate Orbit Camera, Track XY Camera, or Track Z Camera tool: With Unified Camera tool active,
hold the left, middle, or right mouse button. See
“Adjust a camera view or working 3D view” on page 192.
• Activate a view in a multi-view layout in the Composition panel without affecting layer selection: Click within the
view with the middle mouse button. See
“Choose a view layout and share view settings” on page 204.
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