How to save time with these keyboard shortcuts (in After Effects)

Here’s a quick way to save some time when editing in Adobe After Effects. Let’s say you have a bunch of keyframes on different layers and you want to navigate between them and change one of the keyframes.

How to save time with these keyboard shortcuts in After Effects

You could click the small navigation buttons next to each property but it could be time-consuming if you have way more keyframes than this.

So, instead, toggle between all your keyframes by pressing the key J for left and the key K for right, and if you only want to move between keyframes in one specific layer, just select that layer and then hold down Shift while then pressing J or K.

⌨️ And to create your own keyboard shortcuts in After Effects, check this article.

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