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Fresh Squeezed Creative
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November 30, 2022
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Improvements to the keyboard shortcuts for "Go to previous/next keyframes..."

  • November 30, 2022
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I have a couple of (I reckon) cool idea around the keyboard shortcuts for

"Go to previous/next keyframes (J / K);"
I use this shortcut it ALLLL day every day as I imagine many of us do, and I think we could
improve upon it quite easily.

 

Here are my thoughts:
1) If no layer is selected - functions as it does now.

2) If a layer is selected, j/k takes you to the prev/next keyframe of THAT LAYER ONLY.

3) Add modifiers for Transform specific keyframe jumps.
e.g. Something like SHIFT+P+K takes you to the next POSITION keyframe of a selected layer, OR, if no layer is selected the next possible position keyframe on the timeline.

I think this would be really useful and save a heap of time, especially in and around detailed character rigs where there are tonnes of keyframes in short succession.

2 replies

JohnColombo17100380
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 23, 2025

@Fresh Squeezed Creative Yes, this was indeed released several years ago (apart from your third request for Transform-specific keyframe jumps). However, the added functionality of Shift+J/K does respect the selection of properties, so hopefully that will be of nearly-equal utility.

 

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

Fresh Squeezed Creative
Known Participant
November 30, 2022

Well, a colleague of mine has informed me this has already happened in 2023, kind of spooky as I haven't read any documentation on '23 at all. Nevertheless, I guess that's kinda awesome. I'll look forward to using it when i muster the courage to update, lol