• Adobe After Effects

  keyboard shortcut for keyframing?

  Posted by Bobo007 on October 30, 2006 at 7:48 pm

  this question may be stupid but i cant seem to find out how to do it
  is there a keyboard shortcut for making a keyframe when on an attribute? I am tired of clicking the little yellow dot!

  I know that if I am on an attribute and then click the yellow dot and then progress down my timeline and then change the atttribute it will automatically make a keyframe. But is there a shortcut to make that first keyframe, so I dont have to click that yellow dot?

  thanks

  Michele Romano replied 10 years, 10 months ago 9 Members · 9 Replies
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  Broken

  November 1, 2006 at 7:01 pm

  The keyboard shortcut for setting a position keyframe is option-p on a mac; i think it’s control-p on a windows machine. For opacity, it’s option-t.

  There are a whole bunch more of them. I STRONGLY suggest that you look them up in AE Help. That’s why it’s there… to help, y’know?

  Dave LaRonde
  Sr. Promotion Producer
  KCRG-TV
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  Jim Kanter

  November 3, 2006 at 3:44 pm

  On Mac use the OPTION key with the property shortcut key.
  On Win use the ALT key with the property shortcut key.

  A Anchor Point
  P Position
  R Rotation
  S Scale
  T Opacity

  are the most common. Check AE help for more.

  Jim Kanter,
  Digital Film Institute
  http://www.dfilminst.com
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  Bobo007

  November 3, 2006 at 7:51 pm

  thanks!
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  Mathias Wolthuis

  June 7, 2012 at 11:00 am

  which is the property shortcut key?? does every keyboard have it??
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  David Cabestany

  January 15, 2014 at 10:22 pm

  What about a custom property, like a slider, for example?
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  Leon Earl

  January 11, 2015 at 12:19 am

  I’m having the same problem. What is the ‘property’ key on a Mac?
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  Erik Hill

  February 3, 2015 at 5:19 am

  Jim Kanter’s explanation is correct:

  On Mac use the OPTION key with the property shortcut key.
  On Win use the ALT key with the property shortcut key.

  A Anchor Point
  P Position
  R Rotation
  S Scale
  T Opacity

  For example, if you’re setting a keyframe for scale and you’re on a Mac press option + the S key, if you’re setting a keyframe for opacity on a Windows machine press Alt + the T key, etc.

  I was confused too but just happened to figure it out. Hope this helps!

  -Erik
  Video Beast
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  John Sollows

  April 17, 2015 at 12:15 pm

  alt + t just opens the edit menu on the top bar for me (adobe AE CC)
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  Michele Romano

  July 21, 2015 at 1:24 pm

  I had the same problem in finding the corresposponding hotkey in Windows.
  I realized that it is not alt+t/a/p/etc. but alt+shift+[the_needed_key].
  I hope this could help. It was a pain in the neck for me not beeing able to use it!

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