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AE Toolkit

After Effects JavaScript License Contributions

A powerful collection of open-source ScriptUI panels and utilities designed to accelerate your Adobe After Effects workflow.

🌐 View the official toolkit website


🎬 The Tools

This repository contains 12 dockable utility scripts designed to solve daily pain points for motion designers.

Workflow & Organization

  • Project Auto-Organizer: Scans the project bin and automatically files items into neat folders (Audio, Images, Video, Comps, Solids) based on file extensions.
  • Slideshow Builder: Instantly arranges layers into a sequential slideshow with custom durations, fades, and complex transitions.

Animation & Keyframing

  • Layer Randomizer: Randomly shifts the start times of selected layers to create organic, staggered animations.
  • Advanced Sequencer: Staggers or sequences layers back-to-back with precise frame offsets and ordering controls.
  • Expression Injector: A quick panel to inject common expressions (Wiggle, Loop Out, Inertia Bounce) into selected properties without typing.
  • Expression Baker: Automatically finds every single property running an expression on selected layers and natively bakes them into standard keyframes.

Layout & Design

  • Anchor Point Manager: A 3x3 grid UI that snaps layer anchor points to 9 different sectors without moving the layer's visual position.
  • Auto Text Box: Creates a dynamic shape layer that perfectly wraps behind your selected text, automatically resizing when the text changes. - WORK IN PROGRESS

Text & Subtitles

  • Text Splitter: Takes a single text layer and duplicates it into separate layers based on individual words or lines.
  • Subtitle Importer: Reads a standard .srt file and generates a text layer with Hold keyframes perfectly synced to the timestamps.

Color & Styling

  • Master Color Controller: Links all color properties in selected layers to a single Master Color Null via expressions for global brand updates.
  • Color Palette Extractor: Samples colors from an image layer and generates a clean 5-color solid shape palette in your composition.

📦 Installation

  1. Download the .jsx file of the tool you want to use.
  2. Place the script inside your After Effects ScriptUI Panels folder:
    • Windows: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects <version>\Support Files\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels\
    • Mac: /Applications/Adobe After Effects <version>/Scripts/ScriptUI Panels/
  3. Restart After Effects.
  4. Open the tool by navigating to the Window menu at the top of the screen and selecting the script name.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page if you want to contribute or request a new tool.

👤 Author

JoeMighty


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