ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7.0
User Guide
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Keys for viewing panels
You can find most keyboard shortcuts in menu commands and tool tips. Additional shortcuts appear in the table
below.
*If there is content in the Composition, Layer, Footage, or Effect Controls panel, this shortcut closes the content
before closing the panel.
Replace a selected layer’s source
footage in Composition panel
with selected footage
Ctrl + Alt + / Command + Option + /
Replace a selected layer’s source
footage item or composition in
the Timeline panel
Alt-drag footage item from
Project panel into composition
Option-drag footage item from
Project panel into composition
Delete a footage item without a
warning dialog box appearing
Ctrl + Backspace Command + Delete
Result Windows Mac OS
Display/hide title-or action- safe
zones
‘ (apostrophe) ‘ (apostrophe)
Display/hide proportional grid Alt + ‘ (apostrophe) Option + ‘ (apostrophe)
Suspend image updates Caps Lock Caps Lock
Take multiple (up to four) snap-
shots
Shift + F5, F6, F7, and F8 Shift + F5, F6, F7, and F8
Display snapshot in active panel F5, F6, F7, and F8 F5, F6, F7, and F8
Display channel (RGBA) Alt + 1, 2, 3, or 4 Option + 1, 2, 3, or 4
Display channel (RGBA) in color Alt + Shift + 1, 2, 3, or 4 Option + Shift + 1, 2, 3, or 4
Close active tab or panel Ctrl + W* Command + W*
Toggle Graph Editor Shift + F3 Shift + F3
Display footage file name in Info
panel
Ctrl + Alt + E Command + Option + E
Maximize panel Tilde (don’t press the Shift key) Tilde (don’t press the Shift key)
Reset view in the Composition
panel to 100% and center compo-
sition in the panel
Double-click Hand tool Double-click Hand tool
Zoom in . (period) or Ctrl + = on main
keyboard
. (period) or Command + = on
main keyboard
Zoom out , (comma) or Ctrl + - (hyphen) on
main keyboard
, (comma) or Command + -
(hyphen) on main keyboard
Zoom to 100% / (on main keyboard) / (on main keyboard)
Resize application window or
floating window to fit screen.
(Press again to resize window so
that contents fill the screen.)
Ctrl + \ (backslash) Command + \ (backslash)
Result Windows Mac OS