Installation

Extension

To reduce the complexity of installing extensions, the smart folks at aescripts + aeplugins built a really awesome Extension Installer that will make your life a lot easier to get up and running.

  • Drag the .zxp file into ZXP Installer

  • Close and reopen After Effects

  • Open the Window menu, find the Extension group and you should see the new tool

Script panel

📂 /Scripts/ScriptUI Panels

Scripts with a dockable panel and buttons and switches to click on must be installed in the ScriptUI Panels folder:

OSX: Applications\After Effects<version>\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels Windows: Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects <version>\Support Files\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels

  • Copy the .jsx or .jsxbin file into the ScriptUI Panels folder

  • Restart After Effects

  • Under the Window menu will be a list of all installed scripts

  • Clicking the name will open the panel

CC2019 and newer

In newer versions of After Effects, it is now possible install RubberHose 2 and other scripts without digging through your hard drive.

File > Scripts > Install Script UI Panel…

Restart Ae and RubberHose 2 will be available in the top Window menu at the bottom of that list.

Updating

There's a bit of confusion when Adobe says it's updating After Effects. It's actually installing a new application, which means scripts need to be installed for this new app. Copy the scripts out of the old version of Ae's Scripts/ScriptUI Panels folder to the new version's Scripts/ScriptUI Panels folder and restart AE.

Headless script

coming soon

Preset

Basic Install

Copy .ffx files into the appropriate Ae folder, then restart Ae.

OS X ~/Documents/Adobe/After Effects CC 2020/Presets/

Windows My Documents\Adobe\After Effects CC 2020\Presets\

Presets will be available in the Effects & Presets panel by searching or under *Animation Presets > Presets.

Mega productive way (KBar)

A much quicker way to use presets is to save them way to use presets is with KBar from aescripts + aeplugins. Save your .ffx preset files to a main location (bonus nerd points for using a shared folder like Dropbox).

  • Right click the KBar panel > KBar Settings

  • Click Add Button

  • Click Apply Preset

  • Navigate to the .ffx file on disk

  • Name it and set an icon

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