

It also has a naming tool that gives you the ability to quickly rename an assortment of layers. It has a bunch of useful tools like an anchor point tool, which lets you quickly center the anchor point to any corner in the object. Allowing you to fine-tune a keyframe animation in a pinch.

You can quickly change the velocity and easing of keyframes with just three sliders. Instead of fumbling around the Graph Editor. Mograph, Motion 2 is an essential toolbox for motion designers. But it’s one of those plugins that I can’t go without mentioning. I know this plugin is mentioned in pretty much every article ever. It even has a “Randomize” button that lets you create a fancy-looking animation in a pinch. It’s so easy that I pretty much use it anytime I’m animating text. Think of it like Range Selectors turned up to 11.

Textifyĭeveloped by motion design artist GeekyBrackets, Textify is my favorite tool for when I need to make a quick text animation. So in order to help out, here is my list of 8 super handy plugins I use for After Effects! 1. All artists sometimes need helping hands in order to save time and efficiency in their workflow.
