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alt+p for keyframe position not working
Hello guys,
Taking a course from Lynda in AE CS6. Everything’s been going very well. Today I encountered my first discrepancy with the instructions.
I’m on chapter 4 lesson two of After Effects CS6 Essential Training, relating to keyframes.
The instructor has me select 3 layers, place my cursor to the appropriate time and then press alt+p to set a keyframe for all the layers. Well, nothing happens. I have done a little research and haven’t found an answer yet. I am in the US on a US keyboard. As far as I can tell my alt key is working.
I came to you guys because you have NEVER let me down. This place rocks, thanks again. I hope you can help me figure this out.
Thank you
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16 Replies
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Try shift+alt+P
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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Evan,
It’s shift+alt+p …
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Hmmm…..alt + p works for me to add position keyframes.
alt + s for scale keyframe, alt + r for rotation keyframe.– Paul
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Thank you guys, very much, for the fast replies.
I won’t be at my computer until later tonight. I will post the results of shift+alt+p then. Also I will give you exact course name and chapter (I gave a basic description in first post, btw.)
Thanks again,
Evan
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Evan
Even is the Documentation, It is what you have seen the tutorial. I have a tutorial of motion graphics from Lynda.com and the instructor used Alt + P though it was not the same in my case. As mentioned above by others, Shift key is missing in the combination. Don’t know how it works for them.
From Adobe Documentation
Add or remove keyframe at current timeAlt+property shortcut
Option+property shortcut
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As others have said, it’s Alt+Shift+P.
There appears to be a mistake in the documentation that says that it’s just Alt+P.
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Glad we could help.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb. -
Okay, I just tried it and yes, shift+alt+p does work for the intended purpose of setting the position keyframe.
The exact course from Lynda which gave the wrong advice (amazingly) was: “After Effects CS6 Essential Training” with Ian Robinson, Chapter 4 lesson 2. The file name for the tutorial is: 04_02_Keyframes
Thanks again, guys. You are absolutely the best support on the web that I know of.
Evan
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He also makes another error in there saying alt+p for opacity keyframe when in reality it is shift+alt+p.
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I checked out that course, and yes, he definitely does say alt+p, but it totally works on my machine (a Mac running AE CS6: 11.0.2.11 and MacOS 10.7.5). If I have no layers selected, and press alt+p, it sets a position keyframe for all layers. If I have one or more layers selected, it sets a position keyframe for those layers. Same with alt+r for rotation, alt+t for opacity and alt+s for scale. Holding down shift achieves exactly the same result.
Seems very odd that we’re getting different results.
– Paul
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