After Effects plugins — Page 22

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
Camera Instancer

Blurrypixel Software

Creates cameras in After Effects that mirror the active camera of another composition.

FreeAfter Effects
Power Sphere

CROSSPHERE .Koizumi

3D sphere plugin for After Effects with elliptic distortion, unfolding, shading, reflections and depth of field.

FreeAfter Effects
versionUp

Jeremy Cox

Cycles through versions of footage in After Effects with arrow clicks, supporting stills, movies and sequences.

FreeAfter Effects
Isomatic FX

Fremox

Builds isometric graphics in After Effects using either faked 2D isometry or true 3D.

FreeAfter Effects
Wind

Ebberts + Zucker

Animates text, vector, video and shape layers in and out like blown by wind in native After Effects 3D space.

FreeAfter Effects
Beatnik

Ebberts + Zucker

One-click audio-driven edits, speed ramps and retimings for After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Lazy 2

Plugin Play

Distributes layers and keyframes along an adjustable bezier curve with keyframe pinching in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Monospacer

Plugin Everything

Makes variable-width text animate evenly in After Effects, with native Apple silicon and MFR support.

FreeAfter Effects
The Power of Expression Book

François Lefebvre

Learning resource that teaches After Effects expressions, as a hardcover book or downloadable eBook.

FreeAfter Effects
Swatcheroo

Zack Lovatt

Color swatch panel for After Effects that keeps a history palette you can apply, lock and remove.

FreeAfter Effects
Easy Clones 2

Shorts & Tales

Cloning system for 2D bitmap, vector, shape and precomp layers with spacing, delay and wiggle controls.

FreeAfter Effects
Screen Mapper

James Ronan

Sets up multi-screen display templates and bento grid layouts in After Effects for animation and export.

FreeAfter Effects
Quick Menu 3

Edgar Huanca

Keyboard-triggered launcher for After Effects that searches effects, scripts, presets, extensions and commands.

FreeAfter Effects
Masks to Cropped Layers II

Chris Zwar

Copies each mask of a multi-mask After Effects layer to its own cropped solid or precomp.

FreeAfter Effects
Smart Key Reverse 2

Creative Motion

Reverses complex keyframe animation in After Effects with one click and several reverse modes.

FreeAfter Effects
Coco Color CoWorker

LetsMotion

Color panel for After Effects with a picker, smart palette generator and importable palette libraries.

FreeAfter Effects
Textyle Studio

MotionDesk

Preset-driven After Effects text animation tool with 550+ title animations and 30+ styles.

FreeAfter Effects
Magic Switcher PRO

Script-Fighter

Toggles layer styles, effects and adjustment layers, or audio, on and off across an entire After Effects project.

FreeAfter Effects
Pixel Pusher

KiwiVFX

Nudges selected After Effects layers by a set pixel amount using keyboard shortcuts.

FreeAfter Effects
LoopMaster

NirinA

Script for building seamless loops from keyframes, media, wiggle, spin and orbit in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Plotter

Motion Boutique

Converts footage and images into editable vector art in After Effects with SVG export.

FreeAfter Effects
ColorSwap

Jeroen Krielaars

Finds and replaces colors across a composition, selection or entire After Effects project, including keyframed colors.

FreeAfter Effects
Faux Parent

Freshmograph

Script that sets how strongly a parent layer influences its child in After Effects, with batch delay and influence.

FreeAfter Effects
Relativity

Freshmograph

Arranges and offsets After Effects layers into rows, columns, grids and circles with randomization tools.

FreeAfter Effects
Auto Backup

HanaYuki

Script that saves a backup copy every time you save an After Effects project.

FreeAfter Effects
Color Shift

Haligonian

Remaps hue and intensity to a color gradient in After Effects to give footage a new palette.

FreeAfter Effects
Slice It 3D

MotionCodes

Cuts layers into slices with simulated 3D depth using 2D masks in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
SoundXtract - Yearly

Jonathan

Beat detection plugin for After Effects and Premiere Pro that generates markers and syncs clips to music.

FreeAfter EffectsPremiere Pro
Smooth Rounder

grape design

Creates super ellipse style smooth rounded shapes on After Effects shape layers with keyframeable controllers.

FreeAfter Effects
Cell Division 2

Pixcode

Turns shape layers into transparent droplets in After Effects with 21 styles.

FreeAfter Effects
Marker Maestro Pro

Rob Womack

Panel listing every comp and layer marker in After Effects with direct editing and batch tools.

FreeAfter Effects
Path Selection Mode 2

Terrible Junk Show

Tool for selecting After Effects path points with a single click or double click.

FreeAfter Effects
WIR3D

mograph.tools

Generates 3D wireframe shapes from a single shape layer in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
TypeMonkey 3D

Ebberts + Zucker

Converts TypeMonkey text into 3D inside After Effects, with automatic environment light setup.

FreeAfter Effects
FontShaper

GothLab

Lets you use Google Fonts or a local font folder in After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop without installing them.

FreeAfter Effects
Graph Master 3

Prizrak_KD

Builds animated bar, line, pie, radar and other graphs in After Effects from a quick data entry form.

FreeAfter Effects
Volume n' Tricks 2

PENCIL Park

Faux-3D isometric extrusion toolset for After Effects with shadows, rotation and Lottie compatibility.

FreeAfter Effects
Polka Dots Maker

grape design

Panel that generates animated polka dot patterns in After Effects with circle or square dots.

FreeAfter Effects
Match

PENCIL Park

Expression and scripting helper for After Effects: property paths, easing functions, formatting and baking.

FreeAfter Effects
Super Shine

aeHamid

Adds customizable light sweep and shine effects to layers in After Effects with marker timing and mirror mode.

FreeAfter Effects
Real Ease

grape design

Generates physically accurate smooth easing from two keyframes in After Effects with one click.

FreeAfter Effects
Mask & Layer Splitter

Poly Artboard

Script that splits masks into separate layers, renames them and crops precomps in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
3D Letters Animator

MotionDesk

Builds animated 3D titles in After Effects with 120+ letter animations, materials and lighting options.

FreeAfter Effects
Counter Pro 2

Md Mahadi

Creates animated number counters in After Effects, compatible from CC 2014 to 2025.

FreeAfter Effects
Motion Tweaks

Motion Design School

Collection of everyday motion design scripts for After Effects, including Create Cube, Shape Waves and Wiggle.

FreeAfter Effects
Burner Font Family

Highground

Layered wildstyle graffiti type system with five styles and a color OpenType version for After Effects and Premiere Pro.

FreeAfter EffectsPremiere Pro
Hextractor

YB Motion

Extracts hex colors from text, layers and images into palettes, guide layers and swatches in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects