1 00:00:00,730 --> 00:00:04,780 Hi guys I hope you're doing very well in this course until now. 2 00:00:04,900 --> 00:00:10,140 And if you have any questions please remember to post them in the Q Only section of the course. 3 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:16,970 I'll be happy to help you and get you to move very fast in After Effects So you do the animation and 4 00:00:16,970 --> 00:00:21,280 the visual effects you're looking for in this lecture. 5 00:00:21,370 --> 00:00:27,730 You are going to cover the keyboard shortcuts and it's very important that you discover new shortcuts 6 00:00:27,820 --> 00:00:34,690 the one you didn't know and to assign new shortcuts if you want to or if they are not working on your 7 00:00:34,690 --> 00:00:37,070 keyboard for example. 8 00:00:37,350 --> 00:00:43,440 Let's now bring up the shortcut keyboard and look at how we can work with it and learn even more about 9 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,490 shortcuts and comments. 10 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:51,180 In Windows you will go to Edit and you will find here keyboard shortcuts. 11 00:00:51,180 --> 00:00:58,230 If you are on the Mac you will go to after effects you see the first one and you go to keyboard shortcuts. 12 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,640 I think it's the third or fourth option. 13 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:04,580 Nevertheless on the Mac please try to find that between file and good. 14 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,450 Let's select the option here. 15 00:01:06,450 --> 00:01:12,780 Keyboard shortcuts which has a shortcut which is control alt apostrophe. 16 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:14,640 So what do we see here. 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,250 This is a replica of my keyboard. 18 00:01:17,250 --> 00:01:20,390 I can assure you the comfort of my keyboard and show you. 19 00:01:20,730 --> 00:01:27,340 But I have an extended keyboard with the numeric pad and actually these kids are exactly where they 20 00:01:27,340 --> 00:01:30,900 are on my keyboard so it's a natural representation. 21 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:36,540 You might have something else here you might not have the numeric keypad if your keyboard doesn't have 22 00:01:36,540 --> 00:01:39,650 any and maybe these ones are over here somewhere. 23 00:01:39,830 --> 00:01:43,920 Nevertheless it's supposed to give you a replica of your keyboard. 24 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:45,850 Now what are we looking at. 25 00:01:46,050 --> 00:01:54,060 We're looking at into the application the shortcut kids that are available or the purple ones are shortcuts 26 00:01:54,420 --> 00:02:01,950 and the one that's purple and green it has a double function depending where you are using it from. 27 00:02:01,970 --> 00:02:09,180 So the one that you are seeing now do not use any modifier keys as shift control or alt on the Mac it 28 00:02:09,180 --> 00:02:15,820 will be command an option so the key front is assigned to help the key. 29 00:02:15,820 --> 00:02:20,290 Why is assigned as a shortcut for the pan behind tool. 30 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:25,070 For example the Zed here or the z is the zoom tool. 31 00:02:25,890 --> 00:02:32,060 If you press shift now you will see empurpled the shortcut that require a shift. 32 00:02:32,090 --> 00:02:41,500 So actually going shift Q shift to de-select or keyframes shift 9 set keyframe 2 is it is. 33 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:49,620 And also you can look at the ones that use control and are very many here and the ones that use alt 34 00:02:49,830 --> 00:02:51,180 or option on the Mac. 35 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:52,610 There are very few. 36 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:53,910 Also you can combine this. 37 00:02:53,910 --> 00:03:01,140 You can use shift plus control and see in purple and green purple to have double function all the commands 38 00:03:01,140 --> 00:03:03,280 that have been assigned a short. 39 00:03:03,390 --> 00:03:04,530 This is simple. 40 00:03:04,530 --> 00:03:07,480 You can use the three of them if you want. 41 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:11,280 So let's say here rotate it is w. 42 00:03:11,370 --> 00:03:16,570 But with the shift it becomes nothing with the control it has another function with the eyes and so 43 00:03:16,570 --> 00:03:16,710 on. 44 00:03:16,740 --> 00:03:18,960 OK this is very complicated. 45 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:25,580 The best way to discover what is assigned to a key on your keyboard is to click on it. 46 00:03:25,590 --> 00:03:26,330 Here you are. 47 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,020 Now this is what happened here. 48 00:03:28,050 --> 00:03:31,600 Is this key w multiple comments assigned. 49 00:03:31,860 --> 00:03:33,930 Well the first one is none. 50 00:03:33,930 --> 00:03:42,200 Meaning you didn't use any modifier key such as a shift control or command and alt option. 51 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:46,710 It is rotate so you pick the rotation tool with control. 52 00:03:46,710 --> 00:03:50,810 You do something else with alt that is alt w. 53 00:03:50,820 --> 00:03:54,620 You will pick the roto brush or the defined edge tool. 54 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,900 With the shift there is absolutely nothing. 55 00:03:57,990 --> 00:04:07,050 So you can come here and discover what are the shortcuts assigned to a key or what commands have a shortcut 56 00:04:07,290 --> 00:04:12,330 on this key fight on the left side here on the command. 57 00:04:12,330 --> 00:04:13,950 This is in application. 58 00:04:14,190 --> 00:04:16,310 You have all the command listed. 59 00:04:16,380 --> 00:04:23,880 If they have a shortcut or not you can change a shortcut or assign a new shortcut if you like you notice 60 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,410 that all these hard shortcuts. 61 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:33,170 But if I come to file for example the open D project doesn't have a shortcut you can assign a shortcut 62 00:04:33,170 --> 00:04:39,050 to any one of them that doesn't have a shortcut and you can change the assigned shortcut. 63 00:04:40,150 --> 00:04:44,230 So this is a discovery method and this is a search method if you like. 64 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:50,830 But actually this is not the way we think we want for example to center the anchor point in the middle 65 00:04:50,830 --> 00:04:51,950 of its own layer. 66 00:04:52,090 --> 00:04:55,300 It's not complicated we are going to use it in the next section. 67 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,350 So how do I discover which shortcut is to center the anchor point. 68 00:04:59,350 --> 00:05:00,500 Is there any shortcut. 69 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:06,180 So the best way is to come over here and search all right center find. 70 00:05:06,220 --> 00:05:07,330 So it just it for me. 71 00:05:07,330 --> 00:05:15,080 All the commands where the center wards exist and that's shortcuts that's making this a bit bigger area. 72 00:05:15,310 --> 00:05:23,040 So center layer in view is control home call the slide control and this is the home over here. 73 00:05:23,230 --> 00:05:27,210 It is when there is nothing no modifier key applied. 74 00:05:27,310 --> 00:05:29,240 I go to the start of the composition. 75 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:36,100 Now you know then with control so it's control home move insertion point the beginning of the extreme 76 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,110 fight with the others. 77 00:05:38,110 --> 00:05:41,530 Now it's a line selected text and so on. 78 00:05:41,530 --> 00:05:44,960 You notice that control alt room is over here. 79 00:05:44,970 --> 00:05:52,880 Control plus alt and the key is assigned to center anchor point in the layer that may fight. 80 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:54,550 So now it makes more sense. 81 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,440 For example if you want to look at the paragraph you want to format your paragraphs you want to see 82 00:05:59,770 --> 00:06:06,740 the shortcuts assigned to paragraph or you have to do is to search for paragraph. 83 00:06:06,830 --> 00:06:13,550 Now it's listed for you all the commands word the word paragraph exist for example character and paragraph 84 00:06:13,550 --> 00:06:15,380 balance it listed for you. 85 00:06:15,410 --> 00:06:23,700 All these supplements you have center left are right all about paragraph and maybe more. 86 00:06:23,990 --> 00:06:24,770 OK. 87 00:06:24,770 --> 00:06:30,860 You either are very many here for Balaga not just here that you are looking in the character and paragraph 88 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,390 balance come over the application. 89 00:06:33,530 --> 00:06:36,350 You can see character and paragraph banners. 90 00:06:36,410 --> 00:06:37,160 Here you are. 91 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:43,670 And in it is the shortcuts here are very few because they are mostly combined with shift and control 92 00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:46,250 and maybe Arlt something like this. 93 00:06:46,250 --> 00:06:46,760 OK. 94 00:06:46,910 --> 00:06:50,570 So you can discover all of them about paragraph within. 95 00:06:50,570 --> 00:06:51,790 Over here. 96 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:57,850 Let's go back to center and I'm coming back here because of the room. 97 00:06:58,130 --> 00:07:05,800 Now some keyboards go back to application or so some keyboards don't have the key within the main keyboard. 98 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:11,090 They don't even have it at all or it does other functions and there is a conflict between after effects 99 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,020 and the operating system. 100 00:07:14,030 --> 00:07:15,400 So how do you solve the problem. 101 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:20,700 You want to use Center anchor point content but the home is not working. 102 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:26,860 So the best way is to assign a shortcut for a center and in point. 103 00:07:26,990 --> 00:07:28,450 How do you do that for sure. 104 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:31,910 All you need to discover what shortcuts you can use. 105 00:07:31,910 --> 00:07:35,370 For example lets stick to control an art. 106 00:07:35,450 --> 00:07:41,180 I hope you guys on the mat are translating control into command and into options. 107 00:07:41,270 --> 00:07:42,470 Now if you look at it here. 108 00:07:42,650 --> 00:07:46,470 The purple one and purple and green are already assigned. 109 00:07:46,730 --> 00:07:52,250 But there is the cube over here or for example the X is better. 110 00:07:52,250 --> 00:07:54,830 It has no shortcut to any comment. 111 00:07:54,950 --> 00:07:57,910 So maybe we can use control at the next. 112 00:07:58,100 --> 00:08:04,940 When I click on it of course you have multiple command assigned for X and look none it does something. 113 00:08:04,970 --> 00:08:07,790 It does two things in fact control. 114 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:08,820 It's a cut. 115 00:08:08,930 --> 00:08:14,030 Of course you know control X or comment X but no control and art over here. 116 00:08:14,030 --> 00:08:15,380 It is not assigned. 117 00:08:15,530 --> 00:08:21,950 I could assign it to center point in the lay of content for that and come just next to it and click. 118 00:08:21,980 --> 00:08:24,040 So I made space for a new shortcut. 119 00:08:24,260 --> 00:08:31,610 And typically I'm going to type it on the keyboard I'm going to type Control alt and X. So I press control 120 00:08:32,030 --> 00:08:36,680 alt and X and here you are the shortcut is set. 121 00:08:36,740 --> 00:08:43,100 Fantastic Let's go back and really verify and you look you see Center anchor point here. 122 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:44,700 It has been a site. 123 00:08:44,810 --> 00:08:46,940 Now this is very practical. 124 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:51,890 So if your keyboard is making problem or you have a broken key for a shortcut that you need you can 125 00:08:52,130 --> 00:08:53,870 assign these shortcuts. 126 00:08:54,140 --> 00:08:59,600 Why are you 100 percent safe not to mess up after effects because that is what's happened here. 127 00:08:59,670 --> 00:09:06,740 Keyboard layout set is set now to custom before it was set to after effects default. 128 00:09:06,950 --> 00:09:09,770 Now it has changed directly to custom. 129 00:09:09,860 --> 00:09:11,540 I have one that is modified. 130 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:18,020 Now there is a new one that's custom if you like this one you can save it and just click OK here and 131 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:23,270 you'll start using the new shortcut that you have a site now. 132 00:09:23,290 --> 00:09:28,780 Thank you very much for listening and I hope you'll come over to the keyboard shortcut using the shortcut 133 00:09:29,170 --> 00:09:34,210 and try to assign new shortcuts discover the shortcuts that you don't know. 134 00:09:34,330 --> 00:09:40,000 And if your keyboard or mentioned the shortcut that's not working with you you can just assign it if 135 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,940 you have any questions please ask me and I will try to help you the best possible. 136 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:45,770 Thank you. 137 00:09:45,790 --> 00:09:46,990 I'll see you in the next lecture.