by Hugo Castetbon·Motion Graphics
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Orbit Script earns its place in the aescripts library as a focused, single-purpose tool: attach orbital animation to a layer through a handful of clear controls. Its December 2025 release spans After Effects from 2020 to 2026, and the keyframe-ready output leaves room to adjust the motion by hand.
Orbit Script is an After Effects tool from Hugo Castetbon that attaches orbital animation to any layer. It centres on a set of controls: Radius, Speed, Angle and smart Look-At options, so you set up the orbit and the motion follows.
The animation it produces is described as clean, predictable and fully keyframe-ready, so you can refine the result through keyframes in your composition. It works across a broad range of After Effects releases, from 2020 through 2026, covering both older projects and current versions.
Released as version 1.0 on December 9, 2025, Orbit Script arrives as an initial release available through aescripts. Listed here as free, it offers a fast, flexible way to add orbital motion to a layer.
Orbit Script is best for adding orbital animation to layers in After Effects with control over radius, speed, angle and Look-At behaviour.
Orbit Script is completely free to download and use.
Orbit Script runs in After Effects across a wide range of releases: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. That span covers both older projects and current versions, so you can add it to an existing setup without changing your host software. It is currently at version 1.0, the initial release, published on December 9, 2025. For the definitive compatibility list and any future updates, check Hugo Castetbon's page on aescripts.
Orbit Script is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing terms can change over time, though, so Hugo Castetbon's page on aescripts is the place to confirm the current arrangement before you download. The script is at version 1.0, its initial release from December 9, 2025. If you plan to use it in commercial work, review any license details on that page directly rather than relying on this summary.
Orbit Script gives you control over Radius, Speed and Angle when attaching orbital animation to a layer, and it also includes smart Look-At options. The results are described as clean, predictable and fully keyframe-ready, which means the animation it creates can be adjusted through keyframes in your composition. These controls apply to any layer you attach the orbit to. For the full breakdown of each option, see the developer's page on aescripts.
Orbit Script is described as fully keyframe-ready, so the orbital animation it applies can be worked with as keyframes rather than a fixed effect. It attaches motion to any layer using Radius, Speed and Angle settings, along with smart Look-At options, and the output is described as clean and predictable. Beyond that, the specifics of how keyframes are exposed are best confirmed on Hugo Castetbon's page on aescripts.
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