After Effects: Navigate Keyframes on Selected Layers & Properties

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After Effects CC 2023: Navigate Keyframes on Selected Layers & Properties

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**Description:
**This tutorial will show you the keyboard shortcuts to navigate (jump to) keyframes on all layers or only on selected layers or properties in Adobe After Effects CC 2023.

**Keyboard Shortcuts:
**U: Tap ‘u’ key to show all keyframes
K: Move to next keyframe (forward)
J: Move to the previous keyframe (reverse direction)
Shift + K: Move to next keyframe on a selected layer or property (forward)
Shift + J: Move to the previous keyframe on a selected layer or property (reverse direction)

**Chapters:
**00:00 Intro: About the Tutorial
00:15 AE Version Required (23.0.0 or later)
00:23 Keyboard Shortcut: All Layers (J,K)
01:04 Jump To Keyframes on Selected Layers
01:26 Select Layer Properties (Shift + J,K)
01:56 What if you have multiple layers & properties selected?
02:25 Recap: Summary of Keyboard Shortcuts

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**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2023 (Click To Try or Buy)

To Jump from Keyframe to Keyframe (All Layers):

1. Press ‘K’ to move to the next keyframe (forward)
2. Press ‘J’ to move to the previous keyframe (reverse direction)

To Jump from Keyframe to Keyframe (Selected Layers):

1. Select a layer or multiple layers
2. Press ‘Shift + K’ to move to next keyframe on selected layer(s) (forward)
3. Press ‘Shift + J’ to move to previous keyframe on selected layer(s) (reverse direction)

To Jump from Keyframe to Keyframe (Selected Layer Property):

1. Select a layer property or multiple layer properties (ex. Position, Scale, Rotation, etc)
2. Press ‘Shift + K’ to move to next keyframe on selected properties (forward)
3. Press ‘Shift + J’ to move to previous keyframe on selected properties (reverse direction)

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