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Keyboard Shortcuts for Effects
How can I assign keyboard shortcuts to effects? Like command-L for levels or cmd-M for curves (like in Photoshop). I can’t seem to find the effects in the preferences shortcut file.
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There are not shortcuts for specific effects.
If you want the ability to assign shortcuts to specific effects, you should submit a feature request:
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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Since you mention Command and not Control I’m assuming you’re on a Mac.
Using the Keyboard Preferences on a Mac you can assign any keyboard shortcut you want.
Just make sure you disable “Use System Shortcut Keys” in After Effects General Prefs.
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You might check the UIPanel “Quick_Fx_Pallette”. I think it’s on aescripts.com. It puts a trim button pallet in your workspace that you can modify (in the code) with the effects you most often use.
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[Dave LaRonde] “I may not be the brightest candle in the chandelier, but that “use system shortcut keys” workaround sounds like a easy way to get into trouble very quickly.
Just for my own enlightenment, I’d be curious to know about the advantages of using it. I presume it would be useful under limited circumstances, I just can’t think of any.
“Its not as dangerous as it sounds.
This only disables the Mac OS Keyboard shortcuts when After Effects is the application with keyboard focus. For example, Command + M on the Mac minimizes the foreground application – the system shortcut key = Command + M. If you wish to assign Command + M to After Effects “Add to Render Queue” then you would disable using system shortcuts in favour of using the shortcut you assign to After Effects.
And Dave, your candle burns brightly here, you’ve saved my bacon many times with your advice.
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Thanks everybody! I will put in a feature request. For now, I am using Ridley’s trick and it works great!
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