Free After Effects Script | Instant Follow Rig

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Creating a follow rig in After Effects where layers trail behind a leader used to mean a lot of expressions and manual setup. Trail Blazer does it all with one click, and I'm giving it to you for free!

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— What it does —
- Creates follow rigs where layers trail behind a leader
- Adjustable delay between followers (frames or seconds)
- Falloff control compounds delay over the chain
- Scale and rotation offsets accumulate per follower
- Relative mode: followers keep their position but inherit movement
- Per-follower influence and delay multiplier controls

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Using Trail Blazer
02:11 Falloff
02:54 Scale & Rotation Offsets
03:18 Follow Properties
04:16 Animating a Flicker
04:47 Randomizing the Followers
05:44 Ordering the Followers
06:12 Delay Multiplier & Influence
07:19 Absolute Mode
08:51 Reverse Layer Order
10:09 Code Runner