Wide range of useful after effects scripts
Beyond Keyframes: Your Journey into After Effects Scripting (and Expressions!) Are you a motion designer looking to elevate your craft, automate tedious tasks, and create animations that seem magically complex? If so, diving into After Effects expressions and scripting is your next big leap. I know, the word “code” can be daunting, but think of…
Script Preset Manager for After Effects: The Ultimate Script & Extension Installer If you’ve ever managed multiple scripts, ScriptUI panels, and extensions for Adobe After Effects, you know the pain of navigating directories, copying files, and ensuring compatibility across different AE versions. The Script Preset Manager—an advanced After Effects script—solves all these headaches with an…
Script Launcher is a fully responsive and customizable ScriptUI panel for Adobe After Effects, designed to streamline your workflow by letting you launch your favorite scripts with a single click. Whether you’re a motion designer, VFX artist, or AE power user, this panel automatically detects .js, .jsx, and .jsxbin files in its dedicated Scripts folder…
This After Effects script thoroughly cleans your project by automatically removing all expressions from every layer and property within your compositions. It recursively scans through property groups, ensuring that even nested expressions are eliminated. With built-in error handling and detailed logging, the script not only reports the total number of expressions removed but also provides…
This script automates the process of creating multiple compositions in After Effects from a single template. Each line of text that you input will become its own composition. The script first validates that your project is open and then displays a user-friendly dialog for you to enter your text. It then searches your project for…
This script automates many of the repetitive tasks involved in creating transitions and setting up a composition, letting you focus on adjusting creative parameters as needed. Usage: To use the script, follow these steps:
When working with Adobe After Effects, you may need to identify property names for specific elements within a layer. This can be a crucial step in scripting and automation. The following script provides a way to recursively walk through the property chain of selected layer(s) and outputs the match names and display names directly to…
Here is a function to convert any shape path into a bezier path. Make sure that you selected the sub path under contents. Manually Convert Parametric Shapes into a Bezier Path In this short guide, I’ll demonstrate how to effortlessly transform any Parametric Shape into a Bezier Path within Adobe After Effects. Step 1: Choose…
This script sorts all layers in a composition by their Z position, moving them into order based on their depth in 3D space. It does the following:
When working with Adobe After Effects, you may sometimes need to resize a composition to match the bounding box of selected layers and center them within the resized composition. Performing this manually can be time-consuming, especially in projects with multiple layers. This script automates the entire process, making your workflow much more efficient. Script Overview…