Wide range of useful after effects scripts
Motion designers often face the challenge of rendering individual layers from a composition for client reviews, asset delivery, or pipeline integration. Manually duplicating comps, soloing layers, and setting render queue outputs can be tedious and error-prone. The script you’ve shared elegantly solves this problem by automating the entire process. Let’s break down how it works,…
Mastering Text Animation in After Effects: Introducing SY_TextSplitter.jsx As motion designers, we constantly seek tools that streamline our workflow and unleash creative potential. One such gem is SY_TextSplitter.jsx, a powerful After Effects script developed by Zain Aldin (aka Sphiment) that transforms how we handle text animations. This script allows you to effortlessly split text layers…
Here is another useful After Effects script that adds a marker-style highlight to selected text. This script is an improved version of SY HIGHLIGHT and still under progress.
1. User Presets Folder (ffx files) After Effects looks in your user profile for presets: Windows path: Make sure that you select Explorer Folders from Effects&Presets panel. 2. Extensions (zxp files) 3. Scripts (JavaScript / JSX / JSXBIN) Example (Photoshop 2025): 4. ScriptUI Panels (JSX + .xml for UI) Example (Photoshop 2025):
If you’re a motion designer, you know the feeling. You’ve got a killer animation idea and the perfect track to go with it. You import the music into After Effects, start dropping keyframes on the beat, and then… you hit the wall. Your keyframes land on frame 12.5, 16.67, or some other sub-frame nightmare. Your once-perfect rhythm now feels sloppy, and your workflow grinds to a halt as you fight against the timeline. Syncing frame-based animation to time-based audio is one of the most common, yet frustrating, challenges in motion graphics. But what if you could eliminate the guesswork? What if you had a tool that did all the math for you, telling you exactly how to make your music and your animation dance together in perfect harmony?
Supercharge Your After Effects Workflow: The Ultimate Marker Script If you work in After Effects, you know that markers are your best friend. They are the unsung heroes of complex timelines, helping you sync animations to audio, note key moments, or simply keep your project organized. But let’s be honest: placing them manually, one by one, is tedious and time-consuming. What if you could add dozens of precisely-timed, color-coded markers to your composition or layers with just a few clicks?
Setting multiple features: Here are some other settings: Here are the set of functions available for text styling in After Effects expressions (all used on the style object): Function Purpose setFont(fontName, [startIndex], [endIndex]) Set font by PostScript/system name setFontSize(size, [startIndex], [endIndex]) Set font size setFauxBold(boolean, [startIndex], [endIndex]) Enable/disable faux bold setFauxItalics(boolean, [startIndex], [endIndex]) Enable/disable faux italics…
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…