Comments on: After Effects: Paste at the current time

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:35:42 +0000

Right Jeremiah. The problem with that method comes when you are pasting multiple layers. Hitting the [ key will bring all the layers back to start at the same time (at the current time indicator) and you lose the time offset that was setup before the layers were cut.

By: jeremiah

jeremiah — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:25:58 +0000

good to know, but you can also just hit cmd+v (because you’re used to it, you know you are) and then “[” to snap the layer to the current frame in the timeline. either way works, of course.

By: eric hinson

eric hinson — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:58:15 +0000

Nice little tidbit there, John. Love to see these simple shortcuts on your Twitter during my day – some come in very handy.

By: DD

DD — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:15:24 +0000

Cool shortcut tip
thanx

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:44:30 +0000

yes shortcut works also when you copy footage from PP time line and paste in AE, very usefull,thanks as always

By: William

William — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:34:27 +0000

Oh, Good Lord. I feel like a dope. Been goin’ the long way ’round the barn for years! Thanks for the timesaver, John.

By: Leon Grant Bussinger

Leon Grant Bussinger — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:52:49 +0000

So simple, I’ve been looking for this shortcut forever! Thank you!

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:47:14 +0000

yes, it’s these kinds of shortcuts that can mean less making and more designing.

By: illd

illd — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:34:14 +0000

Great timesaver! I was looking for this since months – thanks a lot.