Vector Paint keyboard shortcuts (PB only)Important: To enable Vector Paint keyboard shortcuts, Vector Paint must be selected in the Effect Controls window and the Composition window must be active. General Ctrl + Z (Windows) or Command + Z (Mac OS): Undo Right-click (Windows) or Control + click (Mac OS): Open Vector Paint contextual menu Alt + right-click (Windows) or Control + Option + click (Mac OS): Open general contextual menu for After Effects Tools V: Toggle between paint or erase tool and the selection tool C: Temporarily switch to Eyedropper tool Ctrl + drag (Windows) or Command + drag (Mac OS): Set Radius and Feather for Brush Settings. Shift + painting: QuickPaint (in mode selected in the Vector Paint contextual menu) Esc: Cancel an Eyedropper color selection, a stroke selection made by dragging, or a value setting changed by dragging. Ctrl + click Eyedropper tool (Windows) or Command + click Eyedropper tool (Mac OS): Select 3-x-3-pixel color sample (average) Shift + drag Eyedropper tool: Select multiple-pixel color sample (average) Stroke selection Ctrl + A (Windows) or Command + A (Mac OS): Select all strokes Shift + L: Select last-painted stroke Shift + W: Select visible strokes Shift + T: Select current time F2; or Ctrl + Shift + A (Windows) or Command + Shift + A (Mac OS): Deselect strokes Shift + select: Toggle selection Ctrl + select (Windows) or Command + select (Mac OS): Select by rectangular marquee Backspace or Delete: Delete selected strokes Ctrl + C (Windows) or Command + C (Mac OS): Copy selected stroke as keyframe Setting strokes in time [ (left bracket): Set start time of selected strokes to current time ] (right bracket): Set end time of selected strokes to current time Alt + ] (right bracket): Set duration of selected strokes to current time Alt + Page Up (Windows) or Option + Page Up (Mac OS): Move selected strokes to previous frame. Alt + Page Down (Windows) or Option + Page Down (Mac OS): Move selected strokes to next frame. Shift + Alt + Page Up (Windows) or Shift + Option + Page Up (Mac OS): Move selected strokes 10 frames earlier on the Timeline. Shift + Alt + Page Down (Windows) or Shift + Option + Page Down (Mac OS): Move selected strokes 10 frames later on the Timeline. Drawing strokes Shift + B: Blend selected strokes Shift + I: Draw sequential blend strokes on intermediate frames between selected strokes that were drawn on different frames Shift + J: Close selected stroke (connect start and end points) Shift + 2: Create stroke sequence in the order in which the selected strokes were drawn Scale selected strokes Alt + plus sign (+) on the numeric keypad (Windows) or Option + plus sign (+) on the numeric keypad (Mac OS): Scale up by 1%. Alt + minus sign (-) on the numeric keypad (Windows) or Option + minus sign (-) on the numeric keypad (Mac OS): Scale down by 1%. Alt + Alt + Alt + Alt + Rotate selected strokes + (on the numeric keypad): Rotate clockwise by 1°. - (on the numeric keypad): Rotate counterclockwise by 1°. Reposition selected strokes
Amplifying transformations
Combine the Scale, Rotate, and Reposition keyboard shortcuts with the following keys to alter the transformation: |