by Motion by Nick·Workflow
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Shape Shifters stands out in the aescripts library as a plugin that leans into wasting time rather than saving it: a Tamagotchi-style pet for After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Shape Shifters is a virtual pet plugin from Motion by Nick, running inside After Effects and Premiere Pro. The concept is Tamagotchi meets Adobe: a small companion for designers, positioned as the only plugin that wastes time instead of saving it.
Your pet gains levels as you play, up to a maximum level, with progress kept in a save file. Neglect it and the pet can die. An "Unlimited PTO" perk can be unlocked, and a recent fix stopped the pet from dying even when it's active.
Beyond After Effects and Premiere Pro, Shape Shifters lists compatibility with Illustrator 2025 and Photoshop 2021, and the current release is version 1.02, updated December 2025. A demo video is available on the developer's page.
Shape Shifters is best for designers who want a virtual pet running alongside their Adobe work.
Shape Shifters is completely free to download and use.
Shape Shifters lists compatibility with After Effects 2025, Premiere Pro 2025, Illustrator 2025, and Photoshop 2021. If you're on one of those versions, the plugin is supported across those apps. For other or older releases, the developer's page from Motion by Nick is the best place to confirm current compatibility before installing, since those are the versions documented for this release.
Shape Shifters is listed as free in this catalog, so you won't find a price figure on this page. For the current licensing terms and any conditions attached to the download, head to the developer's page from Motion by Nick. That's the authoritative source for how the plugin is distributed and whether anything has changed since this listing was written. If licensing has been updated since, the developer's own page will reflect it before this one does.
Shape Shifters version 1.02, released December 9, 2025, fixed a bug where your pet could die even with the "Unlimited PTO" perk unlocked. An earlier update addressed save file corruption when the pet reaches its maximum level and included the note "Removed Herobrine." The initial 1.0 release landed August 28, 2025. For the full history, the developer's page keeps the complete changelog.
Shape Shifters includes a pet that can die if it isn't looked after, in the spirit of a Tamagotchi. There's an "Unlimited PTO" perk you can unlock, and version 1.02 fixed a bug where the pet died even with that perk active. The pet also gains levels up to a maximum, and progress is stored in a save file so it persists between sessions.
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