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Parental Controls earns its place in the aescripts library for a narrow, well-defined function: parenting to path, shape, or text data instead of a whole layer. The 2.0 update rounded it out with batch processing and a responsive interface.
Parental Controls addresses a specific parenting task in After Effects: rather than parenting to a layer as a whole, it attaches layers to the actual path, shape, or text of parent layers.
Version 2.0, released November 2022, introduced a responsive UI, retina icons, and support for separate dimensions. It added batch processing and a button to remove controls, along with various bug fixes. Version 2.0 remains its most recent update, following the initial 1.0 that shipped in June 2022.
Compatibility spans a broad range of After Effects releases, from 2020 through 2025, covering both older and current versions. A demo video is available. Listed here as free, Parental Controls stays focused on one job: linking layers to the path, shape, or text of their parents.
Parental Controls is best for after Effects users who need to attach layers to the path, shape, or text of parent layers rather than to the whole layer.
Parental Controls is completely free to download and use.
Parental Controls is listed as compatible with After Effects 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. That range covers both long-standing installs and the most recent versions, so it can slot into an existing setup without forcing an upgrade. Version 2.0, dated November 2022, is the release these compatibility details refer to. If you run a version outside this list, check the developer's page for the most current compatibility information before installing.
Parental Controls is listed as free in this catalog. Since licensing terms can change over time, the developer's page is the best place to confirm current pricing and any usage conditions before you download. The listing here reflects a free entry, but it does not replace the official source for the latest details. If you plan to use it in commercial work, review the developer's terms there to be sure of what the free listing covers.
Parental Controls 2.0, released on November 2, 2022, introduced a responsive UI and retina icons, along with support for separate dimensions. The update also added batch processing and a new button to remove controls, and it included various bug fixes. This built on the initial 1.0 release from June 3, 2022. Version 2.0 is the most recent update, so those are the features you can expect from a current install of the tool.
Parental Controls added batch processing in its 2.0 release. That same update brought support for separate dimensions, a responsive UI, retina icons, and a new button to remove controls, plus various bug fixes. These features arrived together in the version dated November 2, 2022, which followed the initial 1.0 release on June 3, 2022. Version 2.0 is the most recent update, and a demo video is available.
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