Keyboard Shortcuts
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Written by Chris Boardman
Updated over a week ago

Tools

Pointer

V

Text

T

Rectangle

R

Oval

O

Line

L

Pen

P

Pen: Toggle bezier

cmd + click

Pen: Remove point

option + click

Timeline

Play

spacebar

Stop

spacebar, esc

Duplicate Layer

cmd + D

Move layer start to playhead

option + [

Move layer end to playhead

option + ]

Trim layer start to playhead

option + cmd + [

Trim layer end to playhead

option + cmd + ]

Nudge layer forward 1 frame

option + right arrow

Nudge layer forward 10 frames

option + shift + right arrow

Nudge layer backward 1 frame

option + left arrow

Nudge layer backward 10 frames

option + shift + left arrow

Send layer up one layer

option + up arrow

Send layer to front of all layers

option + shift + up arrow

Send layer down one layer

option + down arrow

Send layer to back of all layers

option + shift + down arrow

Move playhead to previous keyframe

j

Move playhead to next keyframe

k

Nudge selected keyframe(s) forward 1 frame

right arrow

Nudge selected keyframe(s) forward 10 frames

shift + right arrow

Nudge selected keyframe(s) backward 1 frame

left arrow

Nudge selected keyframe(s) backward 10 frames

shift + left arrow

Move playhead forward 1 frame

cmd + right arrow

Move playhead forward 10 frames

cmd + shift + right arrow

Move playhead backward 1 frame

cmd + left arrow

Move playhead backward 10 frames

cmd + shift + left arrow

Select layer above

cmd + up

Select layer below

cmd + down

Add layer above to current selection

cmd + shift + up

Add layer below to current selection

cmd + shift + down

Move playhead to beginning of work area

cmd + I

Move playhead to end of work area

cmd + O

Move playhead to beginning of selected layer

cmd + [

Move playhead to end of selected layer

cmd + ]

Toggle keyframe easing (Linear and Quad)

cmd + E

Create a new scene

shift + control + c

View

Zoom in

cmd +

Zoom out

cmd -

Zoom tool

Z

Zoom to fit

cmd + 0

Zoom to 100%

shift + 1

Open Asset Browser panel

option + L

Open Effects Browser panel

option + C

Selection

Select all layers

cmd + A

Copy

cmd + C

Cut

cmd + X

Paste

cmd + V

Duplicate

cmd + D

Group

cmd + G

Ungroup

cmd + shift + G

Lock axis while dragging

shift

Project

Save new snapshot

cmd + shift + S

Undo

cmd + Z

Note: Keyboard shortcuts are currently only for US-based keyboard layouts

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