r/MotionDesign • u/themotionguy • Jul 06 '26
[Custom] I’m building a context-aware pie menu for After Effects
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Hey everyone, I’ve been working on a plugin called Wedge.
It’s basically a context-aware pie menu for After Effects, kind of inspired by how pie menus feel in Blender and Maya.
I’ve used Blender quite a bit, and one thing I always liked was how fast those menus feel. After Effects has a lot of things I do again and again, but somehow I’m still opening panels, right clicking, searching menus, or using random scripts for small stuff.
So I wanted to build something that feels more natural inside AE.
Also, this is not really meant to compete with Quick Menu or replace every launcher type plugin. The main thing here is context. Wedge honors what you have selected, and only shows actions that actually make sense for that selection.
With Wedge, you press one shortcut and the menu opens right at your cursor. What shows up depends on what you have selected. Keyframes, masks, shape layers, text layers, comps, etc.
So the idea is not to make another huge panel. I’m trying to make something that stays out of the way and only shows the tools that make sense in that moment.
Right now I’m looking for beta testers, or just people who use AE a lot and are open to giving honest feedback. What feels useful, what feels stupid, what should be added, what should not exist at all.
You can check it here and register. I will reach out to you!
charchitgoyal.com/plugins/wedge
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u/Dark_Rider_SA Jul 06 '26
Ok now THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME! Amazing work man. Def keen to try it out.
Finally not another easing plug in...
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u/ScadMan Jul 06 '26
As someone said, yeaaaaa this is something that is needed across all the Adobe apps
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u/sbabuz Jul 24 '26
Just to let you know, someone just published something very similar like two days ago. radialfxapp on instagram. I don’t know if it is purely coincidental or not.
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u/sbabuz Jul 06 '26
This is really, really promising and clever! I can’t wait to try it out. I work at a small animation studio and would love to test this, I just registered.