Workflow for After Effects

Marker Conductor 3 is an After Effects plugin that automatically places markers at specified intervals of time or BPM. It offers Time and BPM tabs with a Duration field and customisable marker comment templates.

MASKit is an After Effects script that converts custom vector shapes into masks with as little as one click. It works on custom shapes made with the Pen Tool and can mask multiple shape layers at once.

Matte Tool 2 is a collection of 20 tools for working with mattes and layers in After Effects, including a responsive interface and utilities to merge and explode shape, text, and Ai layers.

Responsive Tools is an After Effects toolkit for making objects and compositions adaptive and responsive, with modes for auto-adapting text layers, anchor point locking, and locking layers to points of the composition.

Review Importer imports comments from video review sites directly into your After Effects timeline. Konstantin Reinhart's script reads an exported CSV and creates a text layer whose markers represent each review, with a color you choose.

Rotate Video Toolbar is a plugin for Premiere Pro and After Effects that rotates video with toolbar buttons. Select one or more clips from your timeline or composition, then click to set orientation.

Set Parent To Structure is a script for After Effects that automatically creates parent-child links between layers and a character skeleton. Version 0.5 adds Duik17 support and includes a button to disconnect links.

Shy Bar is an After Effects script panel for showing, hiding, and selecting layers by type and attribute. It groups layers through dedicated windows and search modes to filter what appears in a composition.

skinAnchor is an After Effects tool for adjusting layer anchor points across your timeline. It offers nine anchor point positions and customisable skins to style the panel to your liking.

SLCTR is an After Effects script for re-timing comps by selecting layers based on the play-head position. It selects by layer type scope, restricts to the Workspace, and shifts selected layers together.

Stacker is an After Effects script that organizes layers to the bottom, top, left, or right sides, with options for layer alignment, fixed starting position, and keyframes.

Sticky-Web is a Stoij tool for After Effects that lets you parent and anchor layers directly in the comp. Draw the parent chain, move anchors, and rig characters faster.

ToothPaste is an After Effects tool for pasting SVGs directly from the clipboard. It handles embedded raster images, keeps layer structure close to the original design, and can paste groups as precomps.

TurboLayers is an After Effects panel that creates new layers above the currently selected layer in the composition. It builds Adjustment, Camera, Light, Null, Shape, Solid and Text layers with no settings to configure.

3D to 2D ScreenSpace is an After Effects tool by Julian Herrera that takes a 3D position and creates an animated 2D null in its relative 2D screen-space.

Add Edit Markers is a script for After Effects, from Lloyd Alvarez, that adds Layer or Comp markers at the in and out points of the layers you select in a comp.

ChronoKeys is a Freshmograph script for After Effects that syncs keyframes to layers to adjust the duration of layers and precomps while preserving keyframe precision, and nudges neighboring layers and keyframes to fine-tune timing.

COMP-O-RAMA is an After Effects script for batch-creating compositions from presets or custom templates. Add items to a queue, hit create, and generate every comp you need in one pass.

Compstronaut adds browser-style back and forward navigation to After Effects, letting you jump to previously visited compositions and timeline positions. A live panel tracks your navigation trail with comp names and timecodes.

Control Groups is an After Effects panel for grouping layers and saving timeline bookmarks, driven by global keyboard controls built around fast layer recall and navigation within and between compositions.

Control LMFX is an After Effects panel for managing layer and effect groups. It bundles tools for composition duplication, frame-rate editing, keyframe recoloring, file sorting and palette management inside one panel.

Control Suite is an interconnected ecosystem for After Effects focused on faster layer grouping, shortcuts, selections, and navigation. It brings shared controls and consistent feedback together across its tools.

Cult Translator is an After Effects localization tool that automates text-layer translation without external apps, spreadsheets, or copy-paste. It provides context-aware AI translations, preserves formatting, and supports over 100 languages for video localization.

Deep Comp is an After Effects script for navigating a project's comps and unfolding any precomp within the main comp, editing its layers live with instant feedback while browsing the comps tree.