by Mooviemakers·Workflow
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Pluck earns its spot in the aescripts library by targeting a specific chore: grabbing just the comps you need from another project instead of importing everything, with dependency handling and clean exports built in.
Pluck is an After Effects plugin from Mooviemakers for pulling individual comps out of other project files. Instead of importing whole projects, you drag and drop the comps you need, and Pluck resolves their dependencies automatically, bringing precomps and footage along. Existing footage is relinked rather than duplicated, and broken expression references are flagged before import.
Before importing, Pluck shows a full comp list with dimensions, fps and duration, plus search and filter by name, so you can select one comp or many and see everything before you import anything. Imported items can mirror the source folder structure, auto-sort by type, land flat in a single folder, or go into a custom sub-folder, with a label colour applied and an option to open the comp in the timeline afterward.
On the export side, Pluck writes selected comps as clean, self-contained project files, either as a standalone .aep with footage alongside or a single .zip. Custom filenames use tokens for comp name, project name and date. Version 1.5 adds per-layer imports and libraries for organising favourites.
Pluck is best for motion designers who regularly reuse work, share scenes, or need to deliver tidy project files to clients or teams.
Pluck is completely free to download and use.
Pluck supports After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 and 2022. It can also read any .aep without opening it in After Effects, and projects saved by very old versions of After Effects now load correctly rather than showing zero comps in the panel. If you run a version outside this list, check the developer's page for the latest compatibility details before installing.
Pluck 1.5 introduces per-layer imports, called Pluck It: click the arrow on any comp, tick the layers you want, and Pluck brings in a slimmed-down copy containing just those layers, with parents, track mattes and expression-linked layers included automatically. The update also adds libraries for organising favourites, letting you create multiple libraries, assign favourites, switch between one library or everything, and relink all favourites at once if a project file moves. Several fixes are included, dated July 10, 2026.
Pluck offers an option to copy and relink assets, so you can edit artwork files without affecting your original project. It also handles footage carefully by relinking existing items rather than duplicating them, mirrors the source folder structure when you want it to, and flags broken expression references before import. For exports, it produces self-contained project files with all dependencies included, either as a standalone .aep with footage alongside or a single .zip.
Pluck is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing terms can change over time, so check the developer's page on aescripts for current details before you rely on it for client or team work. A demo video is also available on YouTube if you want to see how it handles comp imports, dependency resolution and exports before installing. When in doubt about current terms, the developer's aescripts listing is the authoritative source.
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