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A curated list of awesome resources, plugins, scripts, tutorials, and more for Adobe After Effects. 😎🚀
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- Adobe After Effects - Official website.
- Adobe After Effects Help and Support - Official documentation and support.
- Reddit - r/AfterEffects - The After Effects subreddit for community discussions and sharing.
- Creative COW - After Effects Forum - Community forum for After Effects users.
- After Effects Scripting Guide - A very useful resource with scripting documentation and
- Twitter - #AfterEffects - Follow the latest After Effects discussions on Twitter.
- After Effects Facebook Group - Join the After Effects community on Facebook.
- Nexrender Discord - Community of people specializing in scripting and video generation automation.
- Mister Horse - Awesome High-quality presets, templates and tools to help you create stunning animated videos with ease.
- AEJuice - Free and premium motion presets, transitions, and effects packs installable directly via a panel inside After Effects.
- LottieFiles - Platform for creating, previewing, and sharing Lottie animations exported from After Effects.
- Motion Array - Subscription library of After Effects templates, motion graphics presets, stock footage, and plugins.
- Mixkit - Free After Effects templates, transitions, and titles with no attribution or sign-up required.
- Ease and Wizz - A script that simplifies the process of creating complex easing and animation curves.
- Motion 2 - A powerful script for streamlining motion graphics and animation tasks.
- Duik Bassel - A comprehensive rigging and animation toolset for character animation.
- Overlord - A script for easily transferring shapes between Illustrator and After Effects.
- Flow - A script that simplifies the process of creating animation curves and paths.
- RailCut - Multi-track clip editing directly in After Effects with NLE-style tools like ripple edit, rolling edit, slip, and slide.
- Bodymovin - Exports After Effects animations to JSON format for playback on web and mobile using the Lottie library.
- Auto Crop - Automatically crops compositions to fit their contents, analyzing the full duration of the animation.
- True Comp Duplicator - Duplicates entire composition hierarchies including sub-comps while preserving folder structure and references.
- KBar - Creates custom toolbar panels with one-click buttons for scripts, effects, expressions, and presets.
- GifGun - Exports animated GIFs, WebP, and WebM files directly from After Effects via a one-click render queue workflow.
- Explode Shape Layers - Splits a shape layer into individual layers per shape, or merges multiple shape layers into one, with Illustrator conversion support.
- Rift - Shifts, sequences, staggers, and randomizes layer in/out points, keyframes, and markers across multiple properties in a single operation.
- AEVIEWER - Free media browser for previewing and importing After Effects project files and assets without leaving the application.
- BG Renderer Max - Renders compositions in the background using the After Effects engine with multiprocessing, MP4/ProRes output, and notification integrations.
- Motion Bro - Extension panel for browsing, previewing, and applying animation preset packs and transitions directly within After Effects.
- BeatEdit - Detects beats in audio tracks and generates markers or keyframes to sync animations to music.
- Move Anchor Point 4 - Repositions layer anchor points to any corner, edge midpoint, or center without shifting the layer's position in the composition.
- pt_OpenSesame - Imports compositions and footage items from one After Effects project into another via a plain-text manifest file.
- Red Giant Universe - A collection of GPU-accelerated video effects and transitions for After Effects.
- Trapcode Suite - A set of 3D motion graphics and visual effects plugins for After Effects.
- Element 3D - A powerful 3D plugin for After Effects that allows you to import and animate 3D models.
- Saber - A free, highly customizable lightsaber plugin for creating epic visual effects.
- Optical Flares - A plugin for adding realistic lens flares and other optical effects to your videos.
- Rubberhose 2 - Shape-layer-based IK limb rigging system for fast character animation with one-click rig creation.
- Joysticks 'n Sliders - Pose-based rigging tool for character and facial animation using joystick and slider controllers.
- Limber - Flexible, shape-based limb rigging with IK/FK switching, auto-rotating hands, and over 100 presets.
- Ray Dynamic Color - Expression-linked color palette system for unified color management across entire projects.
- Squash & Stretch Pro - Behavior-based animation assistant with handcrafted motion presets and an integrated sound effects library.
- Newton 4 - 2D physics engine that simulates realistic collisions, gravity, and joint constraints for After Effects layers, baking results as standard keyframes.
- Deep Glow - GPU-accelerated glow plugin with physically accurate light falloff, HDR thresholding, and image-based glow.
- TextBox 2 - Creates automatically resizing shape backgrounds behind text layers without expressions or parenting.
- Shadow Studio 3 - Ray tracing-based plugin for simulating global illumination, ambient occlusion, and subsurface scattering driven by layer alpha channels.
- Sapphire - Suite of 270+ GPU-accelerated VFX effects with integrated Mocha tracking and a custom effect and transition builder.
- Stardust - Modular 3D particle system with a node-based interface supporting volumetric rendering, 3D geometry instances, and VDB file import.
- AutoFill 2 - Automates animated stroke and fill effects with a multi-layered style builder for compositing, blending, and displacement.
- Twixtor - Per-pixel motion-estimation plugin for high-quality speed changes, slow motion, and frame-rate conversion.
- Lockdown - Plugin for tracking and compositing onto deforming, non-rigid surfaces using mesh-based warp tracking.
- Mocha Pro - Planar tracking and rotoscoping plugin with object removal, stabilization, and PowerMesh organic warp tracking.
- Magic Bullet Suite - Color correction, film looks, and finishing plugin suite with GPU-accelerated grading and film emulation tools.
- AfterCodecs - Output module plugin for rendering H.264, ProRes, HAP, and HEVC files directly from the After Effects render queue without Media Encoder.
- ReelSmart Motion Blur - Adds natural-looking motion blur to footage by automatically tracking per-pixel motion.
- FX Console - Free quick-search command palette for applying effects, presets, and plugins without navigating menus.
- nexrender - 📹 Data-driven render automation for After Effects
- DataClay Templater - Simplifies and accelerates the process of creating customized videos.
- Anubis - Render management panel for exporting MP4 from After Effects and Premiere with automatic file naming and folder organization.
- Video Copilot - Andrew Kramer's Video Copilot is a treasure trove of After Effects tutorials and tips.
- Motion Design School - Offers a variety of courses and tutorials on motion design and animation.
- School of Motion - Provides a wide range of motion graphics and animation tutorials and courses.
- Mobox Graphics - Offers in-depth After Effects tutorials, especially in the field of motion design.
- Tuts+ - Tons of After Effects tutorials, articles, and courses on various topics.
- "Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book" - A comprehensive guide to mastering After Effects.
- "After Effects Apprentice" - A hands-on course in motion graphics with After Effects.
- "Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects" - A classic book on motion graphics and animation.
- "The After Effects Illusionist" - Explore advanced visual effects techniques.
- "After Effects Expressions" - Master expressions in After Effects.
- LinkedIn Learning - After Effects Courses - Various After Effects courses on LinkedIn Learning.
- Udemy - After Effects Courses - A wide selection of After Effects courses on Udemy.
- Coursera - Motion Graphics Courses - Explore motion graphics courses on Coursera.
- Skillshare - After Effects Classes - Creative classes and tutorials, including many on After Effects.
- Pluralsight - After Effects Courses - Professional After Effects training on Pluralsight.
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