u/Deep_Mango8943

18y AE vet here (hold for applause); There are a few functions in AE I wish had keyboard shortcuts that don't. Some include:

• toggle transparency grid on/off
• Fit (as in fit the viewer to the screen; how is there not a shortcut for this??)
• Go to time (a common shortcut in DAW and NLEs; hit the shortcut, enter the time, bam)
• Enter path/mask editing mode (instead of having to click the path/mask point manually, or twirling down to the mask or 'path' in a shape layer. I'm constantly nudging masks or paths with arrow keys but I have to click the mask first)

Any others you guys wish you had? Or even better, any shortcut ideas for my list??

—-EDITED with this idea—-
For the mask/shape layer thing: once a layer is selected, i wish i could just use option+down arrow to select the first mask or shape; then option+up down arrows to go to the next or previous mask in that layer. I already use cmd+up/down arrows to fly through my selected layers- if I could just option+down into the mask/paths I’d be unstoppable. This is an elegant solution!

What’s your opinion on doing magic tricks for people who are not expecting the “performance”? Like the guy selling the suit that keeps coming out of nowhere (complete with iron and hanger I think), and these workers watching their “customer” changing bills before they pay.. It’s fun to mesmerize and entertain, but when people are left confused or bewildered I always feel like the magician is being more unkind than impressive. Magic feels like an agreement where one party says I’d like to amaze and the other says I’d like to be amazed. Even impromptu street style magic still has that brief mutual agreement that we’re each participating in a brief performance. But sleights and gimmicks being passed off as ordinary life makes me cringe. What are your thoughts?