After Effects plugins — Page 24

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
Set Parent To Structure

budum

Script that links layers to a character skeleton with automatic parent-child setup in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Sticky-Web

Stoij

Draw parent chains and anchors directly in the comp to rig characters faster in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Ticker

KiwiVFX

Builds on-screen tickers and crawls in After Effects from CSV, TSV or JSON templates in two clicks.

FreeAfter Effects
TypeToon

Pixflow

Pack of 64 retro-style animated 3D-look text titles for After Effects at Full HD.

FreeAfter Effects
Responsive Tools

Pixcode

Toolkit for building adaptive After Effects layouts with auto-fitting text and layer locking.

FreeAfter Effects
Nexa Bold

MotionLand

Animated Nexa Bold typeface for After Effects with marker-driven in and out animations and extrusion.

FreeAfter Effects
BtnHook

Terrible Junk Show

Creates shortcuts from script UI buttons inside After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Drive

Freshmograph

Links one After Effects property to another so a value on one layer controls a property on a different layer.

FreeAfter Effects
TypoKit

MotionCodes

Set of more than ten clean, modern animated typefaces for After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Ustav - Text layouts editor

Kabansky

Builds structured text layouts in After Effects with headers, lists, quotes, dividers and callouts.

FreeAfter Effects
voodoo

PENCIL Park

Pin animation tool for After Effects built around pin tracking and puppeteering controllers.

FreeAfter Effects
SLCTR

Tim Bywater

Selects layers relative to the play-head in After Effects and shifts them together for quick re-timing.

FreeAfter Effects
Stacker

KiwiVFX

Arranges After Effects layers to the top, bottom, left or right with alignment, parent options and saved settings.

FreeAfter Effects
breakdowns

PENCIL Park

Automatically labels, exports and organizes layer stacks in After Effects, including behind-the-scenes renders.

FreeAfter Effects
MASKit

LUN Studios

Converts custom Pen Tool vector shapes into masks in After Effects, often with one click.

FreeAfter Effects
Effect Remover Pro

Medhat Mounier

Extension that detects, removes, hides and reapplies effects across selected After Effects layers.

FreeAfter Effects
Extrudalizer

IVG Design

Extrudes 2D shape layers into virtual 3D in After Effects with Lottie-compatible export.

FreeAfter Effects
BackSpin Font Family

Highground

Three-font old school hip-hop graffiti set with bold blockbuster letters and embellishments for Adobe video apps.

FreeAfter EffectsPremiere Pro
Descent Font Family

Highground

Vertical-reading graffiti typeface in four fonts with mixable Classic and Contextual styles.

FreeAfter EffectsPremiere Pro
Randsomator

BasedFX

Generates ransom-note style cut-and-paste lettering from text in After Effects with one click.

FreeAfter Effects
Visual Slide Composer

MotionDesk

Assembles complete videos from pre-made slides and transitions in After Effects without working in the timeline.

FreeAfter Effects
NumberLink

Hype Stride Media

Creates number counting animations in After Effects by linking text to slider values.

FreeAfter Effects
Rotate Video Toolbar

Vakago Tools

Extension for Premiere Pro and After Effects that rotates selected clips with toolbar buttons.

FreeAfter EffectsPremiere Pro
Shy Bar

MonkyyJM

Script panel that shows, hides and selects After Effects layers by type and attribute.

FreeAfter Effects
Fade It

Matin Kazerooni

Applies a choice of fade in and fade out transitions to layers in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Photolapse

Aris Melachroinos

Builds a flash-cut photo montage effect in After Effects from a set of masked images.

FreeAfter Effects
Akuto - Animated Typeface

Animography

Humanist animated typeface for After Effects combining playful shapes with geometric precision.

FreeAfter Effects
Ferret Marker

Nicolas Dupouy-Manescau

Finds every point where a property reaches a target value and drops markers there in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
ToothPaste

Sergio Ribero

Pastes SVG artwork from the clipboard into After Effects, keeping structure, text and raster images.

FreeAfter Effects
skinAnchor

PENCIL Park

Nine-point anchor point positioning panel for After Effects with selectable skins.

FreeAfter Effects
Swappy

Hasan Atallah

Swaps fill and stroke colors, adds or deletes fills and strokes on After Effects shape layers.

FreeAfter Effects
Smart MediaComp Automator

AE Genius

Automates media and text placement across thousands of After Effects compositions and builds 4K videowalls.

FreeAfter Effects
QuickPortals

Marcos Medel

Adds portal-style transitions to videos in After Effects with NEON, SIGIL and PIXEL styles.

FreeAfter Effects
Curl The Path

François Lefebvre

Creates path curl animations in After Effects, released as version 1.0 in January 2025.

FreeAfter Effects
Vybe

Orrin Zucker

Procedural animator for After Effects that drives motion from waveforms.

FreeAfter Effects
Motion Reaction 2

Pixcode

Applies 14 core motion types to static objects, moving objects and text in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
MonkeySauce

Orrin Zucker

Automates sound effect triggering in After Effects with placement modes, marker sync and audio utilities.

FreeAfter Effects
LayerLUT Exporter

NT Productions

Exports a LUT from the look applied to any layer in After Effects, for reuse in other apps.

FreeAfter Effects
Light Patterns

aeHamid

Library of controllable light movement patterns in After Effects, all contained in one layer.

FreeAfter Effects
SplitGrid

Gary Reisman

Script that builds split screens, video grids and dividers in After Effects from rows and columns.

FreeAfter Effects
Middle Measure

Gary Reisman

Measures distances and finds midpoints between nulls, layers and edges in After Effects, in 2D or 3D.

FreeAfter Effects
Control Groups

Scott Black

Panel for grouping layers and saving timeline locations, with keyboard and Stream Deck control in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
Wonder Panel Pro

Back to Earth Digital

Toolbar for After Effects combining color palette, alignment, anchor point, keyframe and render tools.

FreeAfter Effects
Compstronaut

Scott Black

Browser-style back and forward navigation between compositions and timeline positions in After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects
The Positioner

Motion Embassy

Pins and auto-scales After Effects layers to composition or layer edges so layouts stay responsive.

FreeAfter Effects
Linkup Pro

Rizal Julizar

Adds a native web browser, AI assistant and task-executing AI agent inside After Effects.

FreeAfter Effects