After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts
Once again here is another installment of the keyboard shortcuts for After Effects. Learning the keyboard shortcuts for every piece of After Effects, or any program for the matter, is next to impossible. What I recommend doing is learn the shortcuts that you find most useful and apply to your daily workflow. So if you read the last segment of the After Effects shortcuts I gave you some shortcuts for the timeline. These shortcuts are for navigating your windows in After Effects. I found the best way to see if you will use the shortcut is to try them all and see which ones pertain to you. So, try these and make your workflow go much smoother and quicker.
1. Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through open windows
2. ' (apostrophe): Display/hide Title-Action Safe zones
3. Alt + ' (apostrophe): Display/hide proportional grid
4. Ctrl + Alt + \: Center active window
5. Caps Lock: Suspend window updates
6.Alt + 1, 2, 3, or 4: Display channel (RGBA)
7.Alt + Shift + 1, 2, 3, or 4: Display channel (RGBA) in color
8.Shift + click channel icon: Display channel in color
9.Shift + click alpha channel icon: Display unmatted color channels
10.Tab: Display/hide all palettes
11.Ctrl + W; Close active tab or window
12. Ctrl + Shift + W: Close active window (all tabs)
13.Ctrl + Alt + W: Close all windows except Project window
