by mamoworld·Motion Graphics
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Earns its place in the toolfarm library for turning complex layout expressions into two reusable concepts, with layouts that keep working even on systems where the plugin isn't installed.
mamoworld Pins & Boxes replaces complex layout expressions in After Effects with two concepts. Pins are shape layers attached to the boundaries of another layer, their mother layer; when the mother layer's size changes, the pins move with it. Parent any other layer to a pin to place it relative to the mother layer. Boxes are shape layers, solids or precomps that automatically resize so they always include their set of pins.
Boxes have controls for their borders, and animating them in or out uses built-in controls for scale, anchor and offset, all expressed as a percentage of the box size rather than absolute pixels. Shape layer boxes can also render a single line instead of an entire box. Because pins can be created for any layer, including box layers, you can nest pins and boxes to build complex hierarchies.
The layouts work inside Motion Graphics Templates and update automatically when you change the text of the template inside Premiere Pro, and they run on systems where Pins & Boxes is not installed. KBar support lets you execute any function from a button, and scripting support exposes its functions for your own Ae scripts and automated pipelines.
mamoworld Pins & Boxes is best for motion graphics artists and template developers building dynamic After Effects layouts that adjust automatically to changing text and resized elements.
mamoworld Pins & Boxes is completely free to download and use.
mamoworld Pins & Boxes supports a wide range of After Effects versions: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3 and CC 2015. The listed requirements match that same range, so if you're running any of those releases the plugin is compatible. The current version is 4.4.11, last updated on 2026-05-06. For anything outside that range, check the developer's page for the latest compatibility details.
mamoworld Pins & Boxes layouts also work inside Motion Graphics Templates. Once you build a template with it and change the text of that template inside Premiere Pro, the layout updates automatically to fit the new content. This makes it suited to developing mogrts where the layout needs to respond to editable text. For the full workflow, the developer's page and the available demo video cover more.
mamoworld Pins & Boxes produces dynamic layouts that continue to work on systems where the plugin is not installed. If you develop a template with it, the people using your template don't need to have Pins & Boxes installed for the layout to function. That means you can share templates without worrying about whether the people using them have the plugin on their machines.
mamoworld Pins & Boxes is listed as free in this catalog. We don't publish a specific price here, and licensing terms can change, so check the developer's page for current licensing and download details. Note that the changelog references online activation and an updated license framework, so it's worth confirming any activation requirements directly with the developer before relying on it.
mamoworld Pins & Boxes includes KBar support, so you can execute any Pins & Boxes function directly from a KBar button. It also offers scripting support, letting you call its functions from your own After Effects scripts for automated pipelines and custom workflow tools. If you already use KBar or build your own Ae tooling, these integrations let you trigger the plugin's functions directly.
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