INSTANT Custom Controls | Free After Effects Script
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Motion Design
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Buried properties are annoying to animate in After Effects. Essentially creates custom controls for selected properties, brings them to the surface either as expression controls on the layer or in the Essential Graphics Panel, and I'm giving it to you for free!
Download Essentially: https://jkinmo.com/6k8h5r
Download Code Runner: https://jkinmo.com/77omtb
Jake In Motion Discord: https://discord.com/invite/b5PkuCCCAu
— What it does —
- Two modes: Expression Controllers or Essential Graphics
- Expression Controllers: Adds sliders, color pickers, etc. to the layer's Effects panel and links your properties via expressions
- Essential Graphics: Precomposes layers and exposes properties to the EGP
- Transfers existing keyframes to the new controls
- Auto-crops precomps to content bounds
- Select properties or just layers (auto-exposes transform properties)
- Click again on linked properties to remove them
— More from Jake In Motion —
Courses: https://jakeinmotion.com/courses
Free tools: https://jakeinmotion.com/downloads
#aftereffects #motiongraphics #motiondesign #aescript #freebie
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Expressions Mode
1:41 Essential Graphics Overview
2:49 Essential Properties Mode
3:55 Removing Essential Properties
4:56 Multi-Layer Selections
5:33 Installing Essentially
5:50 Code Runner
Buried properties are annoying to animate in After Effects. Essentially creates custom controls for selected properties, brings them to the surface either as expression controls on the layer or in the Essential Graphics Panel, and I'm giving it to you for free!
Download Essentially: https://jkinmo.com/6k8h5r
Download Code Runner: https://jkinmo.com/77omtb
Jake In Motion Discord: https://discord.com/invite/b5PkuCCCAu
— What it does —
- Two modes: Expression Controllers or Essential Graphics
- Expression Controllers: Adds sliders, color pickers, etc. to the layer's Effects panel and links your properties via expressions
- Essential Graphics: Precomposes layers and exposes properties to the EGP
- Transfers existing keyframes to the new controls
- Auto-crops precomps to content bounds
- Select properties or just layers (auto-exposes transform properties)
- Click again on linked properties to remove them
— More from Jake In Motion —
Courses: https://jakeinmotion.com/courses
Free tools: https://jakeinmotion.com/downloads
#aftereffects #motiongraphics #motiondesign #aescript #freebie
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Expressions Mode
1:41 Essential Graphics Overview
2:49 Essential Properties Mode
3:55 Removing Essential Properties
4:56 Multi-Layer Selections
5:33 Installing Essentially
5:50 Code Runner