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March 31, 2013
Question

Shape layer content keyboard shortcut

  • March 31, 2013
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Is there a keyboard shortcut or any other fast way to access contents of Shape layer? Its pain to always use mouse for clicking multiple times to access stroke, path or other options.

    5 replies

    Known Participant
    October 24, 2017

    Hi,

    You can create one shape layer, add a rectangle, convert to bezier, delete 2 points (keep a line), add a stroke.

    Select all the properties you want to keep in the future, and then add a new animation preset.

    You can then give it a key to evoke it, or use an external plugin (kbar for instance) where you keep all these tools in a neat toolbar.

    Hope that helps.

    Cheers

    Joao

    www.joaomonteiro.tv

    P.M.B
    Legend
    October 15, 2017

    When I started using the timeline search field my life got so much easier.

    ~Gutterfish
    Participant
    March 30, 2017

    i hit:

    UU

    then shift+e (which hides the whole effect list)

    if You then just close and open the main content triangle, all hidden attributes under contents appear

    Dave Hell
    Participating Frequently
    August 4, 2015

    Would be nice to be able to access at least the transform properties of a shape layers using shortcuts. Feature request?

    Feature Request/Bug Report Form

    Gerhard_Draws
    Known Participant
    May 27, 2016

    Hi, I agree... would have been nice to have a shortcut.

    What I do: Just hit "G" to select your path tool. Then click on one of the points, then toggle back to "V" for pointer and then you can transform your points. It's the quickest way if you have multiple shapes and you need to transform them frequently...

    Known Participant
    May 27, 2016

    Thanks for answering this old post. Super helpful, didn`t know this trick!

    Todd_Kopriva
    Inspiring
    March 31, 2013

    There's no keyboard shortcut. What I do is type 'path' in the search field at the top of the Timeline panel to expose paths, etc.

    Known Participant
    March 31, 2013

    thanks, really helpful hint!