by NickolasM·Workflow
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Batch Comp Normalizer earns its place in the aescripts library by combining seven batch operations into a single toolset, with non-destructive duplicate comps and detailed change reports that make bulk edits easier to review. A demo video is available.
Batch Comp Normalizer is a collection of batch tools for building cleaner After Effects projects. Rather than editing one composition at a time, it works on selected compositions or entire selected folders, applying operations across many comps at once.
The initial release bundles seven batch tools: Normalize Size, Effect Sync, Text Sync, Text Find/Replace, Color Sync, Layer Cleanup, and Time Tools. Along the way it can scan the work area to account for animated content and auto-ignore full-frame backgrounds so crops focus on the subject. The Text Find/Replace tool targets text layers, matching layer names, or layer-name filters, with case-sensitive or whole-word replacement and optional auto-fit that preserves alignment.
To keep changes safe, Batch Comp Normalizer can create duplicate comps with suffixes for non-destructive tests, then modify originals once you're confident in the analyzed result. It skips locked layers and animated or expression-driven properties, and produces detailed reports covering what changed, what was skipped, and why. It's built for After Effects 2026, 2025, and 2024.
Batch Comp Normalizer is best for after Effects users who need to apply the same edits, from size normalization and text find/replace to effect, color, and time changes or layer cleanup, across many compositions or whole folders at once.
Batch Comp Normalizer is completely free to download and use.
Batch Comp Normalizer lists compatibility with After Effects 2026, 2025, and 2024, so a 2024 install is supported alongside the two newer releases. It arrived as version 1.0.0 on July 9, 2026, an initial release covering all three of those versions. If you're running a build of After Effects that isn't on that list, check the developer's page before installing, since support outside the stated versions isn't confirmed here.
Batch Comp Normalizer is listed as free in this catalog. It ships with aescripts licensing integration and is distributed as a protected JSXBIN file, so you'll go through the aescripts licensing flow when you set it up. Because licensing terms can change over time, check the developer's page on aescripts for current details before you rely on it in a project. The version listed here is 1.0.0, released as the initial version.
Batch Comp Normalizer can create duplicate comps with suffixes for non-destructive batch tests, letting you review changes before committing. When you're confident in the analyzed result, it can modify the originals instead. It also skips locked layers and animated or expression-driven properties where safety matters, and it produces detailed reports showing what changed, what was skipped, and why. Together those give you a way to test on copies first and understand each edit before applying it.
Batch Comp Normalizer includes a Text Find/Replace tool, one of its seven batch tools. It can target any text layer, matching layer names, or layer-name filters, and it supports case-sensitive or whole-word replacement when you need it. It can also optionally auto-fit replaced text and preserve alignment. These operations run across selected compositions or entire selected folders, so text edits can be applied in batches rather than one layer at a time.
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