After Effects

mousecut: every feature, listed

Updated 2026-10-31 · read from the panel's own code

An editor's timeline over the open After Effects comp: layers become clips on tracks, edited with Premiere-style tools, each edit one undo step. 42 tools, presets, styles, effects and actions in 7 groups. mousecut comes with mouzeclick: one plan with everything included, $25 a month.


Tools 10

  • Selection toolTool

    Selects, moves and trims clips; Ctrl-drag inserts, Alt-drag copies, Ctrl on an edge ripple trims.

  • Track select forwardTool

    Selects every clip from the clicked point onward on that track, or on all tracks with Shift.

  • Ripple edit toolTool

    Trims a clip edge and moves the following clips by the same amount.

  • Rolling edit toolTool

    Moves the cut between two touching clips on a track, lengthening one and shortening the other.

  • Rate stretch toolTool

    Drag a clip edge to change its length by making it play faster or slower.

  • Razor toolTool

    Cuts the clicked clip at that point; Shift-click cuts every unlocked clip there.

  • Slip toolTool

    Shifts which source frames a clip shows while keeping its place and length.

  • Slide toolTool

    Moves a clip while the neighbouring clips lengthen or shorten to fill around it.

  • Hand toolTool

    Drags the timeline view sideways and up and down.

  • Zoom toolTool

    Click zooms the timeline in at that point; Alt-click zooms out.

Options 2

  • SnappingAction

    Toggles snapping of drags and razor to cuts, playhead, In/Out, markers and the work area.

  • Ripple all tracksAction

    Toggles whether ripple trims and ripple deletes move clips on every track or only the edited track.

Edits 6

  • CutAction

    Cuts the selected clips at the playhead, or every unlocked clip under it when nothing is selected.

  • LiftAction

    Removes everything between In and Out on unlocked tracks, leaving a gap.

  • ExtractAction

    Removes everything between In and Out on unlocked tracks and closes the gap.

  • InsertAction

    Places Project panel footage or comps at the playhead on the target track, pushing later clips right.

  • OverwriteAction

    Places Project panel footage or comps at the playhead on the target track, over what is there.

  • UnlinkAction

    Splits a clip's picture and sound into two layers, or links a lined-up picture and sound again.

History 3

  • UndoAction

    Runs After Effects' own undo; each mousecut edit is one step.

  • RedoAction

    Runs After Effects' own redo.

  • Keyboard shortcutsAction

    Shows or hides the list of mousecut keys.

Keyboard edits 18

  • Cut every trackAction

    Ctrl+Shift+K cuts every unlocked clip under the playhead regardless of selection.

  • DeleteAction

    Delete removes the selected clips and leaves a gap.

  • Ripple deleteAction

    Shift+Delete removes the selected clips and moves what follows left.

  • Close gapsAction

    G slides clips left to close every gap, or only gaps before selected clips.

  • NudgeAction

    Alt+Left or Right moves the selected clips one frame, ten with Shift.

  • Set In / Set OutAction

    I and O set In and Out points at the playhead; Alt+X clears both.

  • Copy and pasteAction

    Ctrl+C copies clips; Ctrl+V pastes them at the playhead over what is there, within the same comp.

  • Paste insertAction

    Ctrl+Shift+V pastes copied clips at the playhead and pushes later clips right.

  • Group / UngroupAction

    Ctrl+G groups selected clips so clicking one selects all; Ctrl+Shift+G ungroups.

  • Select allAction

    Ctrl+A selects every clip.

  • Add markerAction

    M adds a comp marker at the playhead, refused where one already exists.

  • Play / stopAction

    Space plays or stops the preview in After Effects.

  • Move, insert or copy by dragAction

    Dragging clips overwrites, Ctrl-drag inserts and pushes right, Alt-drag drops a copy; dragging to another track reorders layers.

  • Playhead navigationAction

    Arrows step a frame (Shift: ten), Up/Down jump to previous/next cut, Home/End to comp start/end.

  • Zoom in, out, fitAction

    = and − zoom the timeline, \ fits the whole comp, Ctrl+wheel zooms at the pointer.

  • GuideAction

    F1 opens the guide explaining how to use every tool.

  • Scrub the rulerAction

    Click or drag the time ruler to move the playhead; it snaps when snapping is on.

  • Box selectAction

    Drag in empty timeline space to draw a box that selects clips; Shift adds to the selection.

Tracks 2

  • Track target (V1, V2…)Action

    Clicking a video track's name makes it the target for Insert and Overwrite.

  • Lock trackAction

    Locks a video track, or the sound-only clips on an audio lane, so edits leave them alone.

Footer 1

  • ZoomAction

    Slider that sets the timeline zoom level.

More in mousecut

Comp-specific targets, locks, groups and In/Out are remembered per comp. Waveforms and thumbnails come from the mouzeclick bridge. Clip label colours (17) follow After Effects label indices and are display only.

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