Menu bar
The menu bar is a thin renderer. Labels, enabled state and shortcut hints
all come from the command registry, which means a greyed-out item is telling you
that command’s enabled() returned false right now — not that it is
unimplemented. Hovering between open groups switches menus, like a native menu
bar.
File
| Item | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New Project | Ctrl/⌘ + N |
| Open… | Ctrl/⌘ + O |
| Save | Ctrl/⌘ + S |
| Save As… | Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + S |
| Increment and Save | Ctrl/⌘ + Alt + Shift + S |
| Export… | — |
| Version History… | — |
| Close Project | — |
Edit
Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All, Deselect, Duplicate, Delete.
Cut and Copy act on selected keyframes if there are any, otherwise on selected layers. This is the single most useful thing to know about the Edit menu — it is how you move easing and timing between layers.
Composition
- Composition Settings… — Ctrl/⌘ + K. Name, width and height, frame rate, duration, background colour, and the pasteboard (canvas surround) colour under Environment. Frame rate and duration also write into the timeline controller, so the time domain stays consistent.
- Save Frame As PNG — writes the current frame to disk.
Layer
New → Text · Solid… · Camera · Light · Null Object · Adjustment Layer
Arrange → Bring to Front · Bring Forward · Send Backward · Send to Back
Pre-compose… — Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + C
Also registered and reachable from the command palette: Rig Logo for Animation, and Merge Paths: Union / Subtract / Intersect / Exclude.
Effect
Quick-add entries for the effects reached for most: Fast Box Blur, Glow, Brightness & Contrast, Contrast, Hue/Saturation, Grayscale, Sepia, Hue Rotate.
The full 37-effect palette lives in the Effects panel.
Animation
Keyframe Assistant → Easy Ease (F9) · Easy Ease In (Shift + F9) · Easy Ease Out (Ctrl + Shift + F9)
Keyframe Interpolation → Linear · Hold
View
Toggle Scene Panel · Toggle Inspector · Toggle Timeline · Toggle Grid · Toggle Rulers · Toggle Safe Areas · Reset Layout · Switch Theme (Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + K).
Window
Command Palette · Present (Preview) · Project · Effects · Render Queue · Graph Editor · Customize… · Plugins….
This is where panels that are registered but not currently docked come back from.
Help
Take a Tour · About Premation.
Examples
Two commands build complete demo scenes: Load: Nova AI — SaaS Ad and Load: Complex Showcase. Both replace the current scene, so both ask for confirmation first if the project has unsaved changes. They are a fast way to see what a finished project looks like from the inside.