by Rowbyte·Motion Graphics
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Aura earns its place in the aescripts library for a specific take on procedural animation: rather than scattering particles, it generates vector-like waves in 3D space and can push hundreds of thousands of them at once. Recent updates keep it current with After Effects 2025 and Apple Silicon hardware.
Aura is a procedural plug-in for After Effects from Rowbyte that creates elegant geometric shapes in 3D space. It works much like a particle system, but instead of scattering small particles, it generates vector-like shapes, or waves, that change over time. The behaviour recalls the classic Radiowaves plug-in, and Aura can render hundreds of thousands of high-frequency waves to produce animated results.
The plug-in includes Multi-Frame Rendering support and SVG Export for sequences. A Dots Rendering Mode, Color Maps for gradients, Gradient Position Mode, and Camera Near/Far visibility settings are also part of the plug-in.
Aura runs on After Effects from CC 2017 through 2025 and supports Apple Silicon and M1 chips. Version 1.2.7, released in September 2025, addressed stability and compatibility issues in After Effects 2025 along with minor bug fixes. A demo video is available on the developer's page.
Aura is best for after Effects artists creating procedural, wave-based geometric animations in 3D space.
Aura is completely free to download and use.
Aura supports After Effects 2025 along with 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and CC 2019, CC 2018 and CC 2017. Version 1.2.7, released in September 2025, fixed stability and compatibility issues specifically in After Effects 2025, so recent releases of the host application are covered. If you run an older CC build, the plug-in still lists support back to CC 2017, giving a wide range across After Effects versions.
Aura added support for Apple Silicon and M1 chips in version 1.2.5, released in December 2021, which also fixed rendering issues on Intel GPUs. Alongside that, the plug-in supports Multi-Frame Rendering, which arrived in version 1.2.3. If you are working on a newer Mac, the Apple Silicon support means Aura is built to run on that hardware, and the current version 1.2.7 carries these fixes forward.
Aura is listed as free in this catalog, so you can add it to your After Effects setup without a price shown here. Licensing terms can change over time, so it is worth checking the developer's page on aescripts for the current details before you download. That page is also where you will find the demo video and the full changelog covering releases from the initial 1.0 through the current 1.2.7.
Aura includes SVG Export, which was introduced as a major feature in version 1.2.0, released in January 2020, and covers sequences. This sits alongside the plug-in's core function of generating vector-like waves in 3D space. If your workflow needs vector output from the waves Aura produces, the SVG Export sequences option is built into the current release, version 1.2.7. A demo video is also available on the developer's page.
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