Adobe Animate Shortcuts

Adobe Edge Animate CC includes handy and powerful keyboard shortcuts. These tools help you in two different ways while you develop in the Edge animate environment:

·         Save time by selecting commands instantly instead of picking through menus.

·         Stay focused on your work by keeping your mouse pointer on the Stage.

Adobe Animate Shortcuts are as Follows

Tools

A = Arrow/Cursor

T = Text Tool

P = Pen Tool

Y = Pencil Tool

I = Ink Bottle

B = Paint Brush

U = Paint Bucket

E = Eraser

D = Dropper

M = Magnifier

L = Lasso

H = Hand Tool

Spacebar (hold) = Toggle Hand Tool

 

Frames

F5 = Add Frame

Shift F5 = Delete Frame

F6 = Add Keyframe

Shift F6 = Clear Keyframe

F7 = Add Blank Keyframe

 

Timeline

Enter = Play

Command/Control 0 (zero) = Rewind

< = Previous Frame

> = Next Frame

Home = Go to First Scene

End = Go to Last Scene

Page Up = Go to Previous Scene

Page Down = Go to Next Scene

 

 

File

Command/Control R = Import Image/Sound/etc...

Command/Control Shift R = Export to .swf/.spl/.gif/, and so on

Command/Control Shift O = Open as Library

 

 

View

Command/Control 1 = View movie at 100% size

Command/Control 2 = Show Frame

Command/Control 3 = Show All

 

 

Windows

Command/Control L = Show/Hide Library

Command/Control M = Modify Movie Properties

Command/Control E = Toggle between edit Movie and Edit Symbol Mode

Command/Control Shift L = Show/Hide Timeline

Command/Control Shift W = Show/Hide Work Area

 

Modify and Edit

Command/Control A = Select All

Command/Control Shift A = Deselect All

Command/Control G = Group

Command/Control U = Ungroup

F8 = Make Symbol

Command/Control B = Break Apart

Command/Control D = Duplicate

Command/Control Shift V = Paste in Place

 

Command/Control Shift O = Optimize Curves

 

Command/Control K = Align Window

 

Command/Control Shift S = Scale and rotate

Command/Control Shift Z = Remove Transform

 

Command/Control Up Arrow = Move Forward

Command/Control Down Arrow = Move Behind

Command/Control Shift Up Arrow = Bring to Front

Command/Control Shift Down Arrow = Send to Back

 

Command/Control T = Modify Front

Command/Control Shift T = Modify Paragraph

Command/Control Left Arrow = Narrower Letterspacing (kerning)

Command/Control Right Arrow = Wider Letterspacing (kerning)

 

Other Tricks

With the Arrow Cursor:

Control + Drag = Duplicate Shape

Press the control key first (Mac OS and Windows) and drag a selected shape or group of shapes to duplicate those shapes where you release the mouse button.

 

With the Arrow Cursor:

Command/Control Click Keyframe = Move Frame

Command/Control clicking a frame in the timeline switches the cursor to a slider. It allows you to drag that frame to a new place in the timeline within that same layer. This function is useful for editing the positioning of tweens, and so on, in the timeline.

 

With the Magnifier Tool:

Shift + Click = Select a color for both fill and outline tools

Clicking a red fill does the same thing, giving you the bucket tool, and switching fill colors to red. But the outline tool colors are not changed. Clicking text switches the text tool to that color, and gives you the text tool. Shift clicking with the dropper makes the color you click active for all tools. It doesn't automatically switch you to any tool. It leaves the dropper active.

This shortcut is one of the least known for Adobe Animate. It's the only way to use the dropper on an outline for example, and then switch to the fill tool and have that color automatically active.