by Plugin Everything·Motion Graphics
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Earns its place in the Toolfarm library for turning live text, shapes, and masks into extruded geometry in a single click while staying compatible with After Effects' own cameras and text animators.
Plugin Everything Extrude turns live text layers, shapes, and masks into extruded geometry in After Effects with a single click. It offers three modes: Directional, Vanishing, and 3D Camera, and the 3D extrude mode works with After Effects cameras. It is compatible with After Effects' inbuilt text animators and path-aligned text.
Shading can be solid or gradient, controlled through a gradient color wheel and a radial gradient editor that supports up to 32 colors, and non-interpolating gradients produce flat shading. Inner extrusion transitions between outer and inner, and you can control the pivot anchor with individual front and back extrusion parameters. Performance is GPU accelerated, with inbuilt anti-aliasing for hi-fidelity results and robust handling of intersecting and overlapping paths across merge paths and mask modes. It is 32bpc MFR capable and Apple silicon native.
A few limitations apply: motion blur is generated as a post-process with CC Force Motion Blur, shape layer primitives must be converted from parametric to bezier paths before extruding, and only the Merge Paths and Transform shape effectors are supported. It runs on After Effects releases from CC 2017 through 2026 and pairs with Path Visualizer.
Plugin Everything Extrude is best for animated typography and 3D text in After Effects, plus extruding shape layers and masks for detailed control.
Plugin Everything Extrude is completely free to download and use.
Plugin Everything Extrude supports After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, along with the CC 2019, CC 2018, and CC 2017 releases. That range spans both current and several older versions, so it fits into most existing After Effects setups. If you work across multiple machines or older projects, check that your specific build falls within that list before installing.
Plugin Everything Extrude includes a 3D Camera mode whose 3D transforms and shading are compatible with native After Effects cameras, so extruded text and shapes react to your scene camera. One limitation to keep in mind is that 3D Camera Mode does not render depth of field. If your composition relies on camera-based depth of field, plan to handle that separately from the extrusion.
Plugin Everything Extrude does not render motion blur directly on the extrusion. Motion blur must be generated as a post-process using CC Force Motion Blur, applied after the extruded result. If your animated typography or 3D text needs motion blur, add that step at the end of your effect stack rather than expecting the extrusion to produce it on its own.
Plugin Everything Extrude can extrude shape layers, but shape layer primitives such as Polygon and Rounded Rectangle need to be converted from parametric to bezier paths before they can be extruded. For shape effectors, Merge Paths and Transform are supported, while others like Wiggle Paths and Pucker & Bloat are not. Its robust path intersection also works with merge paths and mask modes including add, subtract, and difference.
Plugin Everything Extrude is listed as free in this catalog. For the most current licensing details and any conditions, check the developer's page from Plugin Everything. The tool covers directional, vanishing, and 3D extrusion modes, solid or gradient shading with up to 32 colors, GPU-accelerated performance, and 32bpc MFR with Apple silicon support, so you can evaluate whether it fits your needs before committing.
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