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AE Work Manager earns its place in the aescripts library by keeping time tracking and cost reporting inside After Effects, rather than in separate spreadsheets or timers.
AE Work Manager is a panel that handles time tracking and project cost reporting from inside After Effects, without spreadsheets, external timers or guessing. It logs time against specific activities — Editing, Tracking, Color Grading, VFX, Rendering and more — with a single click, so each phase of a project has its own recorded time.
The panel records silently in the background while you work. When a project wraps, one click produces a clean breakdown showing times and costs, along with a ready-to-export report.
Released as version 1.0.0, AE Work Manager runs across a wide range of After Effects versions, from CC 2014 through the 2026 release. It's listed here as free, and a demo video is available for a closer look at the panel.
AE Work Manager is best for after Effects users who need to track time and report project costs without spreadsheets or external timers.
AE Work Manager is completely free to download and use.
AE Work Manager supports a broad span of After Effects releases, covering CC 2014, CC 2015, CC 2015.3, CC 2017, CC 2018 and CC 2019, along with the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 versions. That range means the panel fits both long-standing installs and current setups. If you're unsure whether your specific build is covered, the developer's page lists the supported versions in full.
AE Work Manager records time directly inside After Effects, with no spreadsheets, external timers or guessing involved. You log time against specific activities — Editing, Tracking, Color Grading, VFX, Rendering and more — using a single click, and the panel then records silently in the background while you keep working. That approach keeps the tracking tied to the activities you're actually performing without pulling you out of your project.
AE Work Manager produces a report when a project wraps. A single click gives you a clean breakdown showing times and costs, presented as a ready-to-export report. Because the panel has been recording your logged activities in the background throughout the project, that final breakdown reflects the time spent across each activity you tracked. The report is ready to export once the project is complete.
AE Work Manager is listed here as free. For current licensing terms and any conditions attached to its use, check the developer's page on aescripts, which carries the up-to-date details. The version available is 1.0.0, released as the initial version, so confirming the latest status directly at the source is worth doing before you rely on it for client billing.
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