All After Effects Macros

Explore all macro categories for After Effects. Click a category to see all available shortcuts.

Animation

Instantly smooths keyframes to create natural motion without manual graph editing.

Reveal Animated Properties

Shows only the properties of a layer that have keyframes or expressions.

Set Work Area to Selection

Sets the work area start and end points to match the duration of selected layers.

Expressions

Add/Edit Expression

Adds an expression to a layer's property.

Convert Expression to Keyframes

Bakes an expression's result into standard keyframes.

Layers

Splits the selected layer into two at the current playhead position.

Trim Comp to Work Area

Crops the composition duration to match your current work area.

Toggle Shy Layers

Hides or shows layers marked as 'shy' in the timeline.

Vfx

Groups selected layers into a new composition.

Open Motion Tracker

Opens the Tracker panel to begin motion tracking footage.

Replace Layer Source

Replaces the source of a layer while keeping all its transformations and effects.