by Plugin Everything·Motion Graphics
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AutoFill earns its place for cutting the tedious masking and keyframing usually needed to fill a layer, then backing it with MFR-native rendering, GPU acceleration and an on-the-fly caching system for stable previews.
AutoFill is an After Effects plugin from Plugin Everything that fluidly fills the bounds of a layer, replacing the hours of tedious masking and keyframing the effect would otherwise take. Version 2.0.2 adds compute caching and native Multi-Frame Rendering compatibility.
On the rendering side, AutoFill is MFR native and supports distributed rendering across multiple cores and threads. Its caching system delivers smooth previews without resimulating, and the developer describes rock solid stability. The plugin is GPU accelerated and Apple Silicon native, with an auto pipeline that prioritises the GPU and falls back to the CPU when needed, plus separate CPU and GPU pipelines for render farms.
Beyond fills, AutoFill includes a Style Builder multitrack compositing solution, RGBA gradients with a gradient editor, quality settings such as supersampling, adaptive resolution and smart anti-aliasing, and AutoFill Bridges to connect disconnected elements. It runs on After Effects 2021 through 2026, and version 2.0.2 was released on December 13, 2024. A demo video is available.
AutoFill is best for after Effects artists who want to fill the bounds of a layer without manual masking and keyframing, and who benefit from MFR-native rendering, GPU acceleration and cached previews.
AutoFill is completely free to download and use.
AutoFill lists compatibility with After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021, so recent releases are covered. The current version is 2.0.2, updated on December 13, 2024, which fixed a caching bug affecting an upstream continuously rasterised vector layer and an error that could crash Adobe Media Encoder on startup. If you run one of the listed After Effects versions, you should be able to install and use it; for anything outside that range, check the developer's page for the latest supported versions.
AutoFill is MFR native, supporting After Effects' Multi-Frame Rendering for distributed rendering across multiple cores and threads. It also includes a compute caching system that lets you preview on the fly without resimulating, and the developer notes rock solid stability. Alongside MFR, AutoFill offers CPU and GPU pipelines suited to render farms with CPU fallback. These render and caching features arrived with version 2.0.0 and have been refined in later updates.
AutoFill is GPU accelerated and Apple Silicon native, and version 2.0.1 added an auto pipeline that is now the default. This pipeline prioritises the GPU but falls back to the CPU when needed, and that same update fixed a compatibility issue with Intel HD GPUs. For render farm setups, AutoFill provides both CPU and GPU pipelines. So while it takes advantage of a GPU, the CPU fallback means one isn't strictly required.
AutoFill is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing terms can change over time, so for current pricing and any licensing conditions, check the developer's page on aescripts. The plugin comes from Plugin Everything, and its most recent release, version 2.0.2, dates to December 13, 2024. A demo video is also available if you want to see more before installing.
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