by Kai Henthorn-Iwane·Motion Graphics
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MographAE earns its place in the toolfarm library by bundling three cloners and five effectors into one After Effects toolkit, with each tool backed by in-depth documentation.
MographAE, from developer Kai Henthorn-Iwane, is a toolkit for After Effects built to help create complex animations quickly. It ships with three cloners and five effectors that work together on layers.
The three cloners handle arrangement: Grid places layers into a grid, Array arranges them into a radial array, and Linear lines them up. Each has in-depth documentation on the developer's page.
The five effectors animate those layers. Field affects layer properties based on proximity, with fully custom remappable easing plus controls for randomness, delay, and field shape. Step influences properties by layer index for sequential animation. Inheritance morphs layer position and rotation between cloners for smooth transitions. Target repels layers and points them towards it, while Noise affects properties based on a random noise pattern. MographAE runs in After Effects 2022 through 2025.
MographAE is best for creating complex layer animations in After Effects using cloners and effectors.
MographAE is completely free to download and use.
MographAE is compatible with After Effects 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2022, and it lists those same versions as its requirements. If you run one of those releases, the toolkit's three cloners and five effectors are available to you. The most recent listed update, version 1.7 from December 2024, widened some buttons to fix a UI issue introduced by AE 2025 that made button text disappear. For versions outside this range, check the developer's page before installing.
MographAE is listed here as free. This catalog does not track specific pricing or license terms, so for current licensing details and any conditions, head to the developer's page. The toolkit itself includes three cloners — Grid, Array, and Linear — and five effectors — Field, Step, Inheritance, Target, and Noise — for building complex layer animations in After Effects. It supports After Effects 2022 through 2025, so confirm your version and the latest terms on the developer's page before installing.
MographAE's Field effector affects layer properties based on proximity, with fully custom remappable easing and controls for randomness, delay, and field shape. Its Step effector works differently, influencing layer properties based on layer index so you can animate sequentially. The toolkit also includes Inheritance, which morphs layer position and rotation between cloners, Target, which repels layers and points them towards it, and Noise, which affects properties from a random noise pattern.
MographAE has a demo video available on YouTube. Beyond the video, each of its three cloners and five effectors comes with in-depth documentation on the developer's page, covering Grid, Array, and Linear on the cloner side and Field, Step, Inheritance, Target, and Noise on the effector side. Between the demo and those written references, you have material to see and read how the toolkit's tools are configured before diving in.
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