Video Copilot has released Element 3D, an After Effects plug-in that lets you import and animate 3D models, even as a particle array, and extrude text and mask shapes in real time. It’s useful for all of us, for newbies and old hands & for straight 3D and more abstract experimentation, at least if you have a more recent OpenGL graphics card.
Distorting in After Effects is usually a brute force affair. Not anymore. BAO Layer Sculptor allows you to draw masks exactly where you need them, then simply animate them to warp the layer with perfect precision. Welcome to tailored distortion!
Unlock a new level of audio-reactive time effects to create edits, speed ramps, retimings & more with just 1 click.
An After Effects extension to export animations for web. Animations are exported as .json files that use the bodymovin.js player that comes along with the plugin. You can render animations in the browser on svg, canvas and html. It supports a subset of After Effects features. Animations can also be played natively on iOS and Android through Lottie
Control parenting with keyframes. Finally. Now with 3D layers support!
Enable masks transformations, with real values input, and motion paths.
Now you can have telecine-style color correction that fits your workflow rather than imposing a new one. Color Finesse 3 gives you the high-end color correction and enhancement tools you need as a plug-in for your favorite application—including Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Free-form liquid deformations for shapes, solids, text, and masks. Turn any object into a liquid object with customizable liquid thickness and evolution.
Shade It for After Effects is your all in one solution for quickly and easily applying custom animated grain styles to your After Effects animations. With the ability to apply animated grain as an Effect, you no longer need navigate through endless twirl downs in your layer comp to adjust grain styles. Make your work stand out by adding stylish animated grain effects!
Create and animate stylish spinning coins within native After Effects Shape Layers (without any plugins !)
Colorize tool is a script for after effects that will significantly speed up your work with colors. Colorize comes packed with lots of handpicked color presets.
Easy for After Effects is a script that will assist you in building smooth animations with a click.
Lines Creator for After Effects is a script that connects all kinds of layers with lines.
sweet for After Effects is a vector preset based script which will help you build smooth and tasty animations in just a few clicks
A subtle amount of chromatic aberration aka "RGB separation" is a great way to increase the realism of pixel perfect computer graphics. Quick Chromatic Aberration is a free plugin to add that effect with minimal effort. Looks great on both motion graphics and CG composites.
Batch create layer markers from text
Simply set the desired width/height of your text layer, and it automatically scales itself up or down to fill the available space.
TextSizer is a text preset for After Effects (CC2014+).
Aescripts Paragraph on a Path v1.1 for After Effects
Paragraph on a Path is After Effects script for auto-orient paragraph lines on a motion path.