From the course: After Effects Weekly

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Move between comps

Move between comps

- [Instructor] Hello, everyone. Good to see you again. Although I can't really see you, I know you are here and this means the world to me. That's why I'm going to share with you two of my most used keyboard shortcuts in After Effects, and also how you can customize them. The first one will allow you to toggle between open compositions, in fact, between all open panels in the same frame, and the second will help you to quickly move the focus between the comp and the timeline viewer. So let's start by toggling to the next comp. I already have the timeline panel selected, and if I want to go to the next panel in the frame, so the next comp, I need to hold down the shift plus the option, this will be the Alt on Windows, and then press on the period key. And this is going to take me to the next paneling frame. I'll press the same keyboard combination again, shift + option + period, and then I'm moving to the next panel. If…

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