Action | Description | Shortcut |
Essential Shortcuts | ||
Undo | Revert the last action. | ⌘ Z |
Redo | Reapply the last undone action. | ⌘ ⬆ Z |
Duplicate/Clone | Create a copy of the selected element. | ⌘ D |
Delete | Remove the selected element. | ⌘ delete |
Deselect | Unselect any currently selected elements. | esc |
Show rulers | Toggle the display of rulers on/off. | ⇧ R |
Delete guidelines | Remove all guidelines from the workspace. | delete |
Multi-selection | Select multiple elements by holding and clicking. | hold ⇧ click |
Multi-selection positioning (hold + click & move) | Move multiple selected elements together. | hold ⇧ click & move |
Text Formatting | ||
Bold (B) | Apply bold formatting to text. | ⌘ B |
Italic (I) | Apply italic formatting to text. | ⌘ I |
Underline (U) | Apply underline formatting to text. | ⌘ U |
Size & variant navigation | ||
Switch to next Size (→) | Move to the next size option. | ⇧ ↔ → |
Switch to previous Size (←) | Move to the previous size option. | ⇧ ↔ ← |
Switch to next Variant (↓) | Move to the next variant option. | ⇧ ↔ ↓ |
Switch to previous Variant (↑) | Move to the previous variant option. | ⇧ ↔ ↑ |
Video timeline | ||
Play/Pause (Spacebar): |
Play or pause the video timeline. | Spacebar |
Jump to the start of the timeline (HOME) | Go to the beginning of the timeline. | Home |
Jump to the end of the timeline (END): | Go to the end of the timeline. | End |
Jump to the start of a layer | Move to the beginning of the selected layer. | I |
Jump to the end of a layer | Move to the end of the selected layer. | O |
Zoom in your timeline | Magnify the timeline view. | , |
Zoom out your timeline | Shrink the timeline view. | . |
Jump to previous keyframe | Move to the previous keyframe. | J |
Jump to next keyframe |
Move to the next keyframe. | K |
Set layer start time to current time |
Set the layer's start at the current playhead position. | [ |
Set layer end time to current time | Set the layer's end at the current playhead position. | ] |
Toggle timeline | Show or hide the timeline. | ⇧ T |
Add a new keyframe | Insert a new keyframe at the current position. | ⇧ N |
Multi select keyframes to the left | Select all keyframes to the left of the current one | ⇧ J |
Multi select keyframes to the right | Select all keyframes to the right of the current one. | ⇧ K |
Select all keyframes | Highlight all keyframes in the timeline. | ⇧ A |
Deselect keyframes | Unselect any selected keyframes. | Esc |
Arrange layers | ||
Bring to the front |
Move the selected element to the top of the layer stack. | ⇧ ⌃ ] |
Bring forward | Bring the selected element one layer forward. | ⌃ ] |
Send backwards | Send the selected element one layer backward. | ⌃ [ |
Send to back | Move the selected element to the bottom of the layer stack. | ⇧ ⌃ [ |
Transform | ||
1 px position change (arrow keys) | Move the selected element by 1 pixel. | arrow keys |
10 px position change (Shift + arrow keys) | Move the selected element by 10 pixels. | ⇧ arrow keys |
Container scale (arrow keys) | Adjust the scale of the container element. | ⌥ ⇧ arrow keys |
Zoom | ||
Zoom in/out (scroll up/down) |
Magnify or reduce the view. | ⌘ + |
Zoom in (+): | Increase magnification | ⌘ + |
Zoom out (-): | Decrease magnification. | ⌘ - |
Zoom to fit (0): | Adjust the zoom to fit the entire workspace in view. | ⌘ 0 |
Zoom to 100% (1) | Set the zoom to actual size (100%). | ⌘ 1 |
Alignment | ||
Align to left (A): | Align selected elements to the left edge. | ⌘ ⇧ L |
Align to right (D): | Align selected elements to the right edge. | ⌘ ⇧ R |
Align to top (W): | Align selected elements to the top edge. | ⌘ ⇧ E |
Align to bottom (S): | Align selected elements to the bottom edge. | ⌘ ⇧ > |
Align vertically (V): | Center selected elements vertically. | ⌘ ⇧ < |
Align horizontally (H): | Center selected elements horizontally. | |
Distribute vertically (Shift + V): | Evenly space selected elements vertically. | |
Distribute horizontally (Shift + H): | Evenly space selected elements horizontally. | |
Text | ||
Text align left (L): | Align text to the left. | ⌘ ⇧ L |
Text align right (R): | Align text to the right. | ⌘ ⇧ R |
Text align center (E): | Center-align text. | ⌘ ⇧ E |
Increase text size (Shift + >) | Make the text larger. | ⌘ ⇧ > |
Decrease text size | Make the text smaller | ⌘ ⇧ < |