Tools for Motion Designers, by a Motion Designer
I’m not sure when, but at some point I picked up just enough knowledge to start building my own set of tools. Some are simple presets, others more complex rigging systems, most somewhere in-between, all built out of a personal need. I hope they’re useful to you.
Conigs Mixtape is a collection of presets for Adobe After Effects. Each one was born out of a need from a project I’ve worked on and assembled with custom controls. Buy now and get updates and additions for free.
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10 Presets
After Effects CC2014 (v13.2)+
*Some presets may require a newer version of AE.
Key Cloner is a script panel which lets you easily clone and/or reverse selected keyframes across multiple properties or layers in After Effects! No more hoping you can paste multiple keyframes without getting duplicated effects or layers. And on the off-chance it does work, time-reversing those keyframes only to have to retime those keys anyway.
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ScriptUI Panel
After Effects CC (v12.2)+
*Untested with earlier versions of AE.
Nudge is a script panel for After Effects that provides the ability to move selected layers and keyframes together as a group. It's really handy when you need to retime entire compositions for client changes—especially when you have layers that need to follow keys on other layers. You can also move layers or keys by a specific number of frames.
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ScriptUI Panel
After Effects CC2018+
Wayfinder is a script for After Effects which allows you to attach and guide artwork along shapes layers... even complicated or animated ones! Select your shape layer, press a button, and get nulls attached to the outline of the shape! Each null has controls for position and offset. The main shape layer gains controls for trim and offset.
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ScriptUI Panel
After Effects CC2014+
You’ve done it a million times. You set position keyframes and adjust the handles just right, then set the next keyframe only to have an extra handle pop out, leaving you to eyeball the handle to get a straight line. With Zero Tangents, a single click will set the in, out, or both tangent handles to 0 for the selected position keyframes. It’s both a ScriptUI panel and a KBar script that will make you and your keyframes happy.
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ScriptUI Panel
After Effects CC (v12.2)+
*Untested with earlier versions of AE.
Get more control over your color keyframes by releasing to individual Hue, Saturation, Luminance or Red, Green, Blue controls. Just select your color properties and either hit the HSL or RGB buttons, or run with no cluttering UI from the Script menu, ft-Toolbar, or KBar.
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ScriptUI Panel
After Effects CC (v12.2)+
*Untested with earlier versions of AE.
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