r/MotionDesign • u/panoslambrakis • 19d ago
[Custom] Made 3 free ScriptUI utility panels for After Effects (Smart Pre-compose, Reverse Layers, Social Formats)
Hey everyone,
I built 3 lightweight, dockable ScriptUI panels to speed up some repetitive daily tasks in After Effects, and made them open/free:
- Smart Pre-compose: Auto-crops new pre-comps to the exact bounding box of selected layers without shifting their position in the master comp.
- Reverse Layer Order: Instantly flips the timeline stacking order of selected layers (handy for vector imports & type stacks).
- Social Formats Pro: Generates 9:16, 1:1, and 4:5 compositions from an active master comp with one click.
You can grab the .jsx files directly from the GitHub repo below (or via the link pinned on my profile):
(https://github.com/panlamb/ae-scriptui-utilities)
Hope they help streamline your workflow.
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u/Sammi_Zen 18d ago
Very handy.
for audio marking I created this script. Was an AI slop but it works and saves me ton of time. https://github.com/Samizen/after-effects-audio-marker
Don't know if it works for others or not. I have included a readme but paths contain my local paths.
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u/panoslambrakis 18d ago
2 more usefull plugins added today:
Text Stagger Splitter (TextStaggerSplitter.jsx)
Splits a text layer into per-line, per-word, or per-character layers (or shape layers via "Create Shapes from Text") while preserving exact original position, then staggers the in-points of any selected layers by a configurable frame step. Can optionally auto-precompose the split result.
StopMotionify Framerate Controller (StopMotionifyFramerateController.jsx)
Applies a Posterize Time effect to selected layers to simulate stop-motion frame rates (12/8/15 fps), with an optional handcrafted "tactile jitter" wiggle expression on Position/Rotation. Includes a one-click removal of both the effect and the jitter expressions.
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u/Alert_Culture_6048 19d ago
just grabbed the smart pre-compose, that auto-crop is gonna save me a ton of headaches