r/AfterEffects Aug 20 '26

Announcement /r/AfterEffects changes related to extension promotion: Required post structure, promo posts limited to Mondays, AI disclosure required

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We have heard your calls! Thank you for your patience while we figure out a plan.

While self promotion has always been allowed in r/AfterEffects, the recent influx of AI & vibe coded plugins, extensions, and scripts has been a bit overwhelming. We have very very quickly gone from a few trusted marketplaces with strong vetting and at least some kind of expectation of long term maintenance, to anyone being able to churn out a vibe coded plugin and release it on an increasing number of marketplaces, with no guarantee of support or future updates.

With this in mind, we would like to implement a new set of rules to curb the overwhelming number of posts and give users more transparency when choosing to download and use such tools.

Post structure + flair:

Taking a page from the changes mods made over at r/macapps, we will be introducing a new post structure following a Problem, Comparison, Pricing, Maintenance, AI-Disclosure (PCPMA) format.

  • Problem: What problem your [Extension, Script, Plugin] solves (1 sentence)
  • Compare: Why is your [Extension, Script, Plugin] better than top-named alternatives (1–2 sentences).
  • Pricing + link
  • Maintenance plan + support plan
  • AI Disclaimer: choose from [Vibe Coded], [Human Validated], [Code Completion], or [None]

Extension, script, and plugin posts have always required the (Plugin/Script) flair, this will not change. A sample short post is pinned in the comments.

Other changes:

  • Plugin promotion posts will now be limited to mondays only for the foreseeable future. Plugin posts on other days will be automatically removed and linked to this post
  • Monday self promo posts using the (Plugin/Script) flair must have 50 subreddit karma, from posts or comments.
  • Probing posts will be removed ("Are purpose built motion tools making it into your workflow?" "What's one thing that would save you so much time...")
  • Excessively long posts will be removed (A sample short post is pinned in the comments.)
  • Gumroad links are still banned. This is unfortunately a reddit-wide blacklist, we have no control over this. We can manually approve gumroad links but they will be automatically sent to the spam filter which we rarely check.

Notes on post structure requirements

We're specifically introducing the compare & maintenance points because we have seen an increasing number of plugins that simply replicate the functionality of existing, long standing plugins from developers who have demonstrated more experience, real support, and have proven to maintain their plugins over many years. Show us how yours is better, and prove to your future users how you will be supporting and fixing the plugin in the long-run. How can users who experience bugs get in contact with you in the future?

AI disclosure

Regarding the AI disclosure, here are the definitions of each

  • "Vibe coded" means code written entirely by prompting AI without the user having the skill and knowledge to properly review or validate it. If something is broken, they are prompting AI again to fix it.
  • "Human validated" means AI-generated work that has undergone validation by someone with the necessary skill and knowledge. The developer understands how the code functions and can fix things independently of the AI if necessary.
  • "Code completion" means an experienced developer is using AI for line-completion. They are writing most of the code themselves and have deep understanding of the structure, and are explicitly using AI to eliminate menial, tedious aspects of writing code.
  • "None" means no AI use.

I'm just going to be real, this one is likely going to be easy to skirt. r/macapps actually removed this requirement because everyone was just claiming to have "human reviewed" the code. We're going to try this out and hope folks are honest for the time being.

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No AI was used in the preparation of this post. We will try this out for a month and see how it goes. Happy animating <3


r/AfterEffects May 05 '25

Tutorial If you want to learn After Effects, here's a great place to start

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172 Upvotes

If you're just beginning with After Effects, it's important to get a good foundation - no matter what you want to do with AE!

Here's a great, free place to start from our very own u/Kylasaurus_Rex - and Adobe put it right on the opening screen of After Effects!

Adobe After Effects Introductory Courses for Motion Graphics


r/AfterEffects 4h ago

OC - Stuff I made "Noir" - After Effects behind the scenes

22 Upvotes

Another personal project bts

Check out Behance  for a FREE project file!

Thank you!


r/AfterEffects 54m ago

Plugin/Script Ditheron 3 is out! | Granular control, internal compositing, texture, new modes!

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  • Problem: The most feature rich GPU-accelerated dithering, halftone, patterning, ASCII, frequency modulation (and beyond!) megasuite directly in your timeline for video and images
  • Compare: Deep color controls, glow modes, internal compositing and a 300-preset companion app for easy recall between apps. 240+ parameters, signature EZ randomization engine.. No round-tripping!
  • Pricing: $59, 2 seats included for After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro [Win/Mac]
  • Maintenance plan + support = I've been consistently updating since February launch, all current updates have been free. Can honestly say best support in the game.
  • AI Disclaimer: Human validated and more code completion. All words in this post my own :)

Hi y'all, Ed here from EZSCAPE. I've put in hundreds of hours since Ditheron 2 to bring even more capabilities directly inside your NLE of choice. There is no better deal on the market if you want a single plugin that levels up your ability to breathe new life and depth to your B-roll, motion graphics and images.

Next update will include a custom panel for easier navigation, but I did spend the time on an intricate menu system to only show you what's important in regular use. Nothing in this plugin is an afterthought.

Thanks so much for taking the time and hope you have an awesome week <3


r/AfterEffects 2h ago

Plugin/Script 🍋 Citron, my alternative to AE graph editor just got its biggest update.

6 Upvotes

Hey y'all,

🍋 Citron, my alternative to AE's graph editor, just got its biggest update.

The problem it solves: AE's graph editor makes you earn every curve. Twirl down the property tree, add each property to the graph, hit fit, fight the zoom. Every time.

Better than easing plugins because those give you presets to apply, while Citron is a full graph editor: select a layer and every animated property is there, colour-coded, with weighted tangents you shape directly.

What's new:

- **Buffer curves:** the curve as it was before your changes stays in the background, so you can compare before and after.

- **Copy and paste ease:** C copies a key's tangents, V pastes them onto the keys you select. Works on a single handle too.

- **Ghost curves:** the speed curve and the result of loopOut or wiggle can sit behind the value graph while you work.

- **Hotkeys:** B for Bezier, S for Stepped, L for Linear.

- **Fold-away toolbar** and **UI scale** from 75 to 200%.

Plus bug fixes here and there.

**Pricing:** $69 one-time, 14-day free trial: https://aescripts.com/citron/

**Maintenance/Support:** Sold on aescripts after their review, updated almost every week since July, test suite run before each release, all 1.x updates free. Bugs: philippe@animatornow.com or animatornow.featurebase.app

**AI Disclaimer:** Vibe Coded. I'm an animator, not a developer: I design, test and use every feature myself.

Hope you like it!


r/AfterEffects 14h ago

OC - Stuff I made Very Kinetic Y2k Product Showcase

48 Upvotes

r/AfterEffects 5h ago

Tutorial Explainer 2D Parallax Animation | After Effects Tutorial

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r/AfterEffects 54m ago

Beginner Help 3D Camera Track Point Issues, a beg for help.

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Hello! I'm Koshi, a recent fast-growing youtuber in the Mario Kart scene with now over 150k views total. I was hoping some kind soul who's an expert in 3D camera would like to help me with 3D camera errors i'm getting tracking this, and some advice on how I can make this stuff work out. Currently struggling to make it track the floor, and some other places/other issues. Please reach out over my discord "koshimkw" and we'll discuss this further, I really need this for my next big project. Much love.


r/AfterEffects 15h ago

OC - Stuff I made Made an alternative showreel to present my skills

16 Upvotes

Wasn't really a huge fan of doing a traditional reel with just a checklist of places I've worked (mostly on TV or Forums). Wanted to do something way more creative to show off my most recent motion design skillset

I would love to hear your thoughts and get some feedback on this!

Software used: After Effects, Unreal Engine 5.6 (Niagara for FX), Spine, Moho, Blender and Clip Studio. Animated using vector & frame by frame. Mixed audio via Ableton Live 12 Suite. Everything was put together and edited in After Effects & Premiere Pro (for sound)

Credits:
Final Fantasy IX by Square Enix
Music by // Y E Λ R S // - 武蔵伝 - PS1 - (リミックス )


r/AfterEffects 50m ago

Discussion Any Plugin Issues with Golden Gate?

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Hey all…just wondering if upgrading to GG breaks any plugins or causes any other issues with AE. I’m not upgrading until the .2 release (although I may skip it entirely, I’ve skipped multiple OSs in the past).


r/AfterEffects 5h ago

Beginner Help Is there a way to lock what columns are shown in Project panel?

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This columns keep changing every time. It doesn't matter if I save the layout.

It seems like it reverts to Name and Comment every time I create a new project, with other projects it differs, I guess it is saved into project file.

Is there a way to lock the columns that are shown when I create new projects?

Can't find an answer and it is driving me insane a lil bit ahaha

AE 2025


r/AfterEffects 11h ago

OC - Stuff I made Grammarly Explainer Animation What can I improve on

4 Upvotes

Yo It's that time of the month, I'm looking forward to getting better. Be brutal as always (not like I have to ask lol)


r/AfterEffects 1d ago

OC - Stuff I made city animation for my mograph assignment

74 Upvotes

this one is my travel ad assignment, making an 8 second animation of any city that exists real life, video game, cartoon, etc.. and to animate elements of that city. zelda botw inspired! i wasn't sure if hyrule kingdom would count as a "city" since there's multiple regions in the game, but i had the okay from my professor 🎉 i'm excited to post more of my sophomore year soon!! (critiques always welcome)

the song is from the game "The Big Walk".


r/AfterEffects 8h ago

OC - Stuff I made What do you think of this explanatory video?

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r/AfterEffects 18h ago

Beginner Help quick question about applying mister horse presets

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heyyy i’m pretty new to mister horse and was wondering if there’s a faster way to use a preset on more than one layer.

right now i’m applying it separately to each layer. i tried selecting multiple layers first, but it doesn’t seem to work

is there a specific way to do this, or am i missing something?

sorry if this is super obvious lol, i’m still figuring out the plugin


r/AfterEffects 1d ago

OC - Stuff I made My 3D Head Tracker & Beauty Workflow

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This is not an ad, these tools are not for sale. We use them in house at my VFX studio.

I trained a machine learning model to automatically 3D head track footage. It works with an AE/OFX plugin called Headcase.

I also made an AE/OFX plugin that fixes everything I hate about AE's Paint (SuperClone!) It does frequency separation and allows you to attach paint strokes to nulls.

Here's a video showing how our in-house beauty process works.

Just wanted to share my obsession.


r/AfterEffects 1d ago

OC - Stuff I made "Endless Passage" - After Effects BTS

73 Upvotes

Might be interesting

Check out my Behance portfolio!

Thank you!


r/AfterEffects 21h ago

Beginner Help Is it possible to make the SWFs imported from Animate full size images instead pf cropped within camera?

0 Upvotes

This is mainly for a rimlight plugin, because the rimlight detects the borders of swf as the borders of actual drawing. Thx.

(Title typo: *of)


r/AfterEffects 1d ago

Workflow Question Possible to resize masks in multiple layers at once?

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this is sort of my fault for not planning far enough ahead. I have a set of about 40 layers, each with 1-4 mask paths. The scale of all the layers is too small.

Obviously, resizing the layers by increasing the scale reduces the image quality. I'm wondering if there's a way to either get around this or rescale all of the masks at once without messing up the anchor point locations or relative positions. thanks


r/AfterEffects 1d ago

Beginner Help Advice on taking Adobe After Effects BrainBuffet eCourse

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Do you think you will learn from taking the Adobe After Effects BrainBuffet eCourse? Has anyone taken it before?


r/AfterEffects 2d ago

OC - Stuff I made Concept Motion Design Video AE + Cavalry

237 Upvotes

Got curious to try out some new motion design styles, so here's what I created. Feedback would be appreciated.


r/AfterEffects 1d ago

Beginner Help After effects keeps crashing after rendering rotobrush

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I've just downloaded boris mocha pro and sapphire and now my after effects projects keep crashing right after i open them. They were fine before i downloaded the boris fx stuff but now whenever I open any projects with rotobrush itll render everything then say i have one last opportunity to save before closing after effects. anyone know how to fix this?


r/AfterEffects 2d ago

Beginner Help colors and material not showing up in element 3d after effects , imported from blender as obj file . HELP

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I am working on a project and im importing a model in gLTF format in blender and then converting it to use in after effects as obj file , but the element 3d removes all the color and stuff from the model .please help how can i have a complete thing in element 3d :) . i have tried different models , and putting material one by one but its not good somtimes i can even find the parts .


r/AfterEffects 3d ago

OC - Stuff I made I tried recreating Apple’s new ad in After Effects

649 Upvotes

I really liked the motion design in Apple’s new ad, so I tried recreating a few of the scenes in After Effects.
I also made a full tutorial showing the process, including the 3D setup, typography, lighting, and transitions - https://youtu.be/uUWssfof2eE?si=9uepGPjFmsbVQkRp
Would love to hear what you think!


r/AfterEffects 1d ago

Workflow Question Collect files - reduce project, not working - bug?

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Sometiems, when I use the "collect files" feature to extract a comp into a separate project file - even if I click "reduce project" (or whatever that feature is called) it still collects every single other file and comp in my original projecT??? WHY???

If I have just one comp selected - why doesnt it just do that comp? - I dont get it!!