After Effects plugins — Page 20

Plugins and scripts for Adobe After Effects: effects, particles, tracking, character animation and tools that speed up a motion designer's day. The catalog lists 1,375 plugins, 5 of them free or with a free version.

Motion GraphicsVFXParticlesSimulationRenderingModelingAnimationRiggingColor GradingTransitionsTrackingKeying & CompositingScattering & VegetationUV UnwrappingMaterials & ShadersLightingCameraText & TitlesAudioPresets & TemplatesAssets & LibrariesRetiming & SpeedNoise ReductionImport & ExportInterface & UIWorkflow
2DFbend

2DeadFrog

Slices a layer into segments and curves it into bends or circular layouts in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Auto Audio Mixer

KiwiVFX

Automatically mixes all audio layers in an After Effects comp, including nested compositions.

FreeAfter Effects
Zoetrope PATTR

Zoetrope Software (FxFactory)

Pattern generator, luma mask and alpha transition effect with over 120 tiling styles for After Effects and Premiere Pro.

FreeAfter EffectsPremiere Pro
Automatic Duck Ximport AE

Automatic Duck (FxFactory)

Imports Final Cut Pro X .fcpxml timelines into After Effects CS6 or CC.

FreeAfter Effects
Motion Upscaler

Rezi Chemia

Local AI upscaler for After Effects that handles PNG sequences with alpha, image batches and video.

FreeAfter Effects
Automatic Whiteboard

Chris Zwar

Script that turns After Effects text layers and masks into hand-drawn whiteboard write-on animations.

FreeAfter Effects
MeltFlow Blur

grape design

GPU-accelerated melting-style blur for After Effects with turbulence maps and wind direction.

FreeAfter Effects
aw-Autosaver

MotionLand

Replaces After Effects auto save with configurable manual and automatic .aep backups and versions.

FreeAfter Effects
TimePilot Pro

Adolfochs

Timeline navigation panel for After Effects with jump modes, a live radar track and trimming tools.

FreeAfter Effects
MoTi-Wizard

Ti Nyain

CEP extension that updates and swaps Illustrator and Photoshop artwork in animated After Effects comps.

FreeAfter Effects
AE Work Manager

Power Robot

Panel for logging time per task and producing cost reports inside After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
AEFocus

Fan Creative, Inc.

Standalone app that hides every floating After Effects panel with one hotkey and brings them back on demand.

FreeAfter Effects
YY_HexTex

Andrew Yang

Generates animatable tiled hexagon grid textures directly in an After Effects layer.

FreeAfter Effects
CornerPinner

Daniel Fredley

Script that adds, converts, mattes, rounds, inverts and precomps corner pins across many After Effects effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Strokes Font Family

Highground

Four graffiti-style all-caps brush typefaces for After Effects and Premiere Pro titling.

FreeAfter EffectsPremiere Pro
Easy Arrows

Modio

Script that runs built-in or custom arrows along a path in After Effects, with adjustable stroke and styling.

FreeAfter Effects
Effect Matte

Plugin Everything

Adds a sized, feathered matte straight onto an After Effects layer without a separate track matte layer.

FreeAfter Effects
Duplicate Frame Remo

Lloyd Alvarez

Detects and removes duplicate frames in After Effects footage, with optional retiming to the original length.

FreeAfter Effects
Randomatic 2

Romain Cousin

Adds random and wiggle animation to 2D, 3D and color properties in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Physarum

Zaebects

Native After Effects plugin that simulates organic, slime-mold-style growth and reacts to comp layers.

FreeAfter Effects
Find My AEP

Mograph Mindset

Reveals the current After Effects project file in Finder or Explorer, including cloud-synced folders.

FreeAfter Effects
Breeze

aeHamid

Creates wavy, wind-like motion on masks or whole layers in After Effects with presets and four directions.

FreeAfter Effects
Co-Dependencies

Andrew Hildebrand

Script that keeps needed project files and removes unneeded ones in After Effects, filtering by extension, path or size.

FreeAfter Effects
Duplicate & Rename

Poly Artboard

Duplicates After Effects layers with search-and-replace renaming, repositioning, flipping and label colors.

FreeAfter Effects
Nice Curves

Nick Hill

Generates smooth rounded paths driven by null controllers in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
OrganizerPro

JB Noel

One-click script that sorts and standardizes the After Effects project panel into render and resource folders.

FreeAfter Effects
Handy Particles Pro

PENCIL Park

Builds particle systems from shapes in After Effects and exports them to Rive.

FreeAfter Effects
TextFlex

Lotfi Jilal

Text animation panel for After Effects that animates by character, word or line without keyframing.

FreeAfter Effects
xCloner

EFEKT

Fast layer cloning plugin for After Effects with five modes and path and object cloning.

FreeAfter Effects
Random Roller

Rob Barrett

Script for random layer selection, ordering and grouping in After Effects comps.

FreeAfter Effects
LutLens

itefanstudio

LUT browser for After Effects with 25 categories and over 600 looks, plus a before and after slider.

FreeAfter Effects
MotionSpice 2

InovativeWorks

Preset and asset manager for After Effects with 110+ motions and tools to save your own compositions as assets.

FreeAfter Effects
Orbit Script

Hugo Castetbon

Attaches keyframe-ready orbital motion to any After Effects layer with radius, speed, angle and look-at controls.

FreeAfter Effects
SoundBox

Eje in Motion

Sound effect library panel for After Effects with 90 SFX, custom folders and one-click placement.

FreeAfter Effects
expressCode

Jordan Steele

Brings a VS Code-style editor to After Effects expressions with completion, error checking and TypeScript.

FreeAfter Effects
Loop This! Wiggle

Gregor Urabl

Creates seamless, seeded wiggle loops on any numeric property in After Effects, as expressions or baked keys.

FreeAfter Effects
POP Captions

L22Design

Animates pop-style captions from a text layer in After Effects, with all controls on one layer.

FreeAfter Effects
Copy Face

Blace Plugins

Local AI face swapping for After Effects that works on realistic and stylized faces with flicker-free video output.

FreeAfter Effects
mirAI

nebulaf

AI assistant for After Effects that turns written prompts into scripts, expressions and particle motion.

FreeAfter Effects
ClipToAE

Conde Pablo

Imports Clip Studio Paint animations into After Effects, including layer interpretation and animation folders.

FreeAfter Effects
Project Doctor

Medhat Mounier Fayez

Panel that relinks missing footage, removes duplicate assets and organizes media in After Effects projects.

FreeAfter Effects
Aquon

grape design

GPU-accelerated 2D water-like fluid simulation for After Effects with inlets, gravity and mask walls.

FreeAfter Effects
Cadence

Étienne Brûlé

Uses WhisperX to place a frame-accurate marker on every spoken word of an audio layer in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Mobo Super Suite

Motion Boutique

Bundle of seven Motion Boutique After Effects tools including Newton 4, Connect Layers PRO and Pastiche 2.

FreeAfter Effects
RetroBounce

loophouse

Creates bouncing-logo screensaver and gravity bounce animations in After Effects with one click.

FreeAfter Effects
LAYERQ

TOKI Projects

Saves layer visibility sets per comp in After Effects and batch renders every variation, including nested precomps.

FreeAfter Effects
Caption Engine

Dorian's lab

CEP panel that imports SRT, WebVTT and TTML captions into a reusable After Effects subtitle rig.

FreeAfter Effects