
AFTER EFFECTS CS3
User Guide
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Shortcuts for working with footage
Shortcuts for using and modifying views
Result Windows Mac OS
Import one file or image sequence Ctrl+I Command+I
Import multiple files or image
sequences
Ctrl+Alt+I Command+Option+I
Open movie in an After Effects
Footage panel
Alt-double-click Option-double-click
Add selected items to most
recently activated composition
Ctrl+/ (on main keyboard) Command+/ (on main keyboard)
Replace selected layers’ source
footage with footage item
selected in Project panel
Ctrl+Alt+/ (on main keyboard) Command+Option+/ (on main
keyboard)
Replace a selected layer’s source Alt-drag footage item from
Project panel onto selected layer
Option-drag footage item from
Project panel onto selected layer
Delete a footage item without a
warning
Ctrl+Backspace Command+Delete
Open Interpret Footage dialog
box for selected footage item
Ctrl+F Command+F
Remember footage interpretation Ctrl+Alt+C Command+Option+C
Edit selected footage item in
application with which it’s associ-
ated (Edit Original)
Ctrl+E Command+E
Replace selected footage item Ctrl+H Command+H
Reload selected footage items Ctrl+Alt+L Command+Option+L
Set proxy for selected footage
item
Ctrl+Alt+P Command+Option+P
Scan for changed footage Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q Command+Option+Shift+Contro
l+Q
Result Windows Mac OS
Show red, green, blue, or alpha
channel as grayscale
Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+3, Alt+4 Option+1, Option+2, Option+3,
Option+4
Show colorized red, green, or blue
channel
Alt+Shift+1, Alt+Shift+2,
Alt+Shift+3
Option+Shift+1, Option+Shift+2,
Option+Shift+3
Toggle showing straight RGB color Alt+Shift+4 Option+Shift+4
Reset view in the Composition
panel to 100% and center compo-
sition in the panel
Double-click Hand tool Double-click Hand tool
Zoom in in Composition, Layer, or
Footage panel
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Zoom out in Composition, Layer,
or Footage panel
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