Adobe After Effects is one of the most used animation and creative compositing apps. Create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions, animate characters. Animate everyting. View or download Adobe After Effects via Adobe.com. Opacity Shortcut in After Effects Opacity is the antonym for transparency. If you want to increase or decrease opacity on layers or objects, use the following shortcuts: Ctrl+Alt+ (- or + on numeric keyboard, depends on if you want to decrease or increase it) if you have a Windows OS and Cmd+Opt+ (- or + on numeric keyboard) if you have an iOS.
A - Anchor Point
T – Opacity
U – All
P - Position
S – Scale
R – Rotation
Masks
MM - All Mask Settings
M – Mask Path
F - Mask Feather
TT - Mask Opacity
General Shortcuts
Cmnd + Z – Undo
Cmnd + N – New Composition
Cmnd + K – Composition Settings
Cmnd + I - Import
Cmnd + Y – New Solid
Opacity Hotkey After Effects Tutorial
Shift + Cmnd + Y = Solid Settings
Toolbar Shortcuts
Q – Shape Tool
G – Pen Tool
Y – Pan Behind Tool
Cmnd + T – Type Tool
Cmnd + B – Brush Tool/Clone Stamp Tool/Eraser Tool
Tips & Tricks
Opacity Hotkey After Effects
Shift + Drag – Snapping
B - Sets beginning of your workspace in the timeline based on the position of the playhead
N - Sets the end of your workspace in the timeline based on the position of the playhead
~ - Makes your current panel fullscreen. Press again and it will return to it's previous place in the workspace.
Press and hold the space bar to temporarily switch to the hand tool.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a vignette. Vignettes can be used to direct the viewer's eye by drawing attention away from the edges of a video and focusing on a specific area.
- In your composition, create a new solid above your footage by going to Layer > New > Solid, or by pressing Command Y. This solid will become your vignette - so keep that in mind when setting the solid color. Also, be sure to keep the Pixel Aspect Ratio and other presets similar to what you're working with in your main composition.
- Next, click and hold on the Shape Tool in the toolbar and select the Ellipse Tool (or whatever shape you want your vignette to be in).
- Then double click on the Ellipse Tool. It will automatically create a mask vignette that is the size of your composition.
- Next, in the Mask settings on the solid layer, click the drop down box that says Add and select Subtract instead (or click on the Inverted checkbox). This will move the solid layer to the outer edges of your composition.
- If you wish to resize or reshape the vignette, click on the red points to adjust the shape to your liking.
- Last, adjust the Mask Opacity (T) and the Mask Feathering (F) until the vignette is semitransparent and has the look you desire.