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Shortcuts not working.

Engaged ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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Hi!

I am currently following all of the tutorials here: https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/after-effects/tutorials.html, and unfortunately, a lot of shortcuts don't work for me.

For example, in this tutorial Compréhension de la création de compositions à l'aide de calques, it says that option + { will move the endpoint of the layer to the current time indicator.

The problem is,  { isn't a keyboard key! In order to type this symbol, I have to do option + 8.

Same thing with this: Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties: Command+` (accent grave)

` is not a key!

What am I not understanding?

Also, other shortcuts as shift + / don't work either...

Thanks!

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Community Expert ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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I've heard of this before, and I think this is an issue with the keyboard layout. What is your keyboard layout when using AE?

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Engaged ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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Here is my keyboard:

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Thanks!

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Community Expert ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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Guess I meant what language/locale is your keyboard set at?

Did you try switching your keyboard layout to English when using After Effects to see if that fixes it:

How to change your keyboard layout on Mac OS X - The Typing Cat

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Engaged ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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My keyboard is set at French Canadian.

I tried both Canadian English and US English, and none of those shortcuts work.

Thank you.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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Oh, try this. Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, and change the layout to "fr".

If that doesn't work, you can create your own custom shortcuts for the commands you're trying to use in that editor and save as your own custom layout.

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Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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Also found this thread:

More info here: How to access the Tilde key with a French Keyboard?

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Engaged ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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I tried setting the keyboard to FR in After Effects' keyboard shortcuts. It's no good for me because French Canadian keyboards are QWERTY and not AZERTY.

I also set the keyboard to EN in After Effects' keyboard shortcuts (along with an English OS keyboard), and nothing still works.

I started to change a lot of my After Effects shortcut, but I can't find a lot of them in the keyboard shortcuts window...

Thank you!

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 20, 2019 Jun 20, 2019

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Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. Keyboard shortcuts can be customized as per your need.

` is not a key!
  • I could find the ` (accent grave) key in the screenshot attached.

Also, other shortcuts as shift + / don't work either...

  • Please make sure you are using the keys as mentioned in the article

Let us know if this helps.

Thanks,

Shivangi

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