Adobe After Effects - Tutorial tip
Adding an "adjustment layer" shortcut to AFX
by "Nightmare Kinetics"

I never ceases to amaze me how often I use this AFX feature and still there's no shortcut Well look no further, as a solution is here!

There is a shortcuts file hidden deep down in your PC that can be edited to add this shortcut to your application

1 - First go to Tools-->folder-options-->View
then scroll down to "Hidden files and folder" and check the option "show hidden files and folders"

2 - hit apply, OK

3 - Navigate to: Documents and settings\Owner\application data\Adobe\after effects\8.0\Adobe After Effects 8.0 Shortcuts.txt

4- Open this document with the application "wordpad"

5- Find the section where it lists:

"NewDebugComp" = "(Shift+Alt+D)"
"NewLight" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L)"

now type this shortcut :

"NewEffectsLayer" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Y)"

and paste between like shown:

"NewDebugComp" = "(Shift+Alt+D)"
"NewEffectsLayer" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Y)"
"NewLight" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L)"

SAVE

Now when you open AFX, the adjustment layer will have a shortcut you can access!


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