All After Effects Macros
Explore all macro categories for After Effects. Click a category to see all available shortcuts.
Animation
Easy Ease
Instantly smooths keyframes to create natural motion without manual graph editing.
F9
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Reveal Animated Properties
Shows only the properties of a layer that have keyframes or expressions.
U
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Set Work Area to Selection
Sets the work area start and end points to match the duration of selected layers.
CtrlAltB
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Expressions
Layers
Split Layer
Splits the selected layer into two at the current playhead position.
CtrlShiftD
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Trim Comp to Work Area
Crops the composition duration to match your current work area.
Right-Click
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Toggle Shy Layers
Hides or shows layers marked as 'shy' in the timeline.
F9Switch
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Vfx
Pre-compose
Groups selected layers into a new composition.
CtrlShiftC
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Open Motion Tracker
Opens the Tracker panel to begin motion tracking footage.
Window Menu
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Replace Layer Source
Replaces the source of a layer while keeping all its transformations and effects.
AltDrag
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