Learn Adobe After Effects keyboard shortcuts
Practice Adobe After Effects 2025 keyboard shortcuts with timed drills. Memorize all 387 hotkeys and keybindings faster through interactive exercises.
Top shortcuts
- Ctrl+Alt+N — New Project
- Ctrl+O — Open Project
- Ctrl+Alt+O — Open Most Recent Project
- Ctrl+S — Save Project
- Ctrl+Shift+S — Save As
- Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — Increment and Save
- Ctrl+I — Import File
- Ctrl+Alt+I — Import Multiple Files
- Ctrl+M — Add to Render Queue
- Ctrl+Alt+M — Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue
- Ctrl+Shift+W — Close Project
- Ctrl+Q — Quit After Effects
- Ctrl+Z — Undo
- Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
- Ctrl+X — Cut
- Ctrl+C — Copy
- Ctrl+V — Paste
- Delete — Clear (Delete)
- Ctrl+D — Duplicate
- Ctrl+A — Select All
- Ctrl+Shift+A — Deselect All
- Ctrl+Shift+D — Split Layer
- Enter — Rename Selected Layer / Item
- Ctrl+E — Edit Original
- Ctrl+F — Find
- Ctrl+Alt+Semicolon — Preferences
- Space — Play / Pause
- Numpad0 — RAM Preview
- Shift+Numpad0 — RAM Preview (Shift - custom settings)
- PageDown — Step Forward One Frame
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