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Open Ultimate Ring · right-click to assign a shortcut

Open panel menu: Reload Panel Close Panel

Reload the extension panel interface

Reorder tool sections by dragging them

Close this extension panel

Copy the current status / announcement message (the text shown at the top of the panel) to the clipboard

Choose where the section list appears

Move the section list to the left side

Move the section list to the right side

Choose which sections appear in the panel — untick one to remove it, tick it again to bring it back

Expand the Action Ring shortcut, export and import commands.

Assign the keyboard shortcut that opens Action Ring.

Export the saved ring layout, groups and commands as settings.

Load a previously exported ring configuration.

See all the in-panel shortcuts you've assigned, and remove any you don't want

Remind me to save the After Effects project

Turn the save reminder on or off

Play a sound when the reminder appears

How long the project may stay unsaved before you are reminded

Preview the reminder window and its sound

Open license activation and device status

Reset the whole tool back to its first-run state: removes every imported and saved item and restores the default order of sections and lists

Dismiss the save reminder window.

Do not remind again until the next time you save

Remind me again in 5 minutes

Save the project now

Select commands, then install their shortcut scripts. Use AE’s Keyboard Shortcuts dialog to assign keys to those scripts.

Copy the generated scripts into AE’s Scripts folder; the folder button reveals that destination for manual installation.

Review assigned panel shortcuts and remove an assignment you no longer need.

Tick a section to show it, or untick it to hide it. Arrange changes their order by dragging.

Choose where the section navigation appears.

Open the ring with its assigned shortcut or the ◎ panel button. Your saved groups appear around the hub.

The supplied layout contains Projects, AE Comp, Safe Zones, Create, Assets, Compositions, Your layer, Presets, Colors, two New group folders and Menus. Open a folder to browse its contents.

Search commands, effects and presets from the ring; select the required timeline layers before applying an effect.

Open the group list to find a folder without following its circular position.

Adjust scale and divisions, and manage your ring’s groups and commands.

Change shortcut positions or names and organize nested groups. Imported groups retain their saved structure.

Right-click a supported command or library item and choose Add to Ring, then choose its destination group.

Choose 4–12 sectors per page. Remaining entries continue on additional pages.

Resize the ring between 50% and 200% to suit your workspace.

Move between pages inside the current group. Backspace returns to the parent group.

Top-row numbers trigger the numbered actions. NumPad enters timeline time: integers are frames, a dot indicates seconds and a colon indicates minutes. Enter moves the playhead, or the start of selected layers. + / − supports relative changes.

Alt opens Add Options for a Create item, including a text field for Text. Alt on Duplicate or Pre-compose opens the optional name dialog; an empty name keeps the normal naming behavior.

Execute an action and keep the ring open for the next action.

Colors appear as swatches: click applies Fill and Shift applies Stroke. The anchor grid provides nine anchor positions as one ring control.

Close the ring and return to the working interface.

Open composition presets and the name and duration fields for a new composition.

Edit the active composition’s dimensions, duration, frame rate and background color.

Add pixels to selected sides of the canvas, directly or inside a wrapper composition.

Optional composition name

Composition duration in seconds (maximum 3 hours)

Rename the active composition when Apply Settings is pressed.

Set the composition width in pixels; for example, 1920 for Full HD landscape.

Set the composition height in pixels; for example, 1920 for a vertical 1080 × 1920 video.

Set the total composition length in seconds.

Set the composition duration to the end time of the last layer

Set frames per second. Changing FPS changes the composition’s frame grid.

Choose composition background color

Composition background color HEX

Load the active composition’s existing settings into the fields before editing.

Apply the displayed name, dimensions, duration, FPS and background to the active composition.

Number of pixels to add in the selected direction

Choose whether to resize the active comp directly or create a safe wrapper composition

Offset layers to preserve their apparent composition positions when space is added to the top or left.

Read the active composition before calculating its expanded canvas.

Extend the canvas by the entered pixel amount using the chosen direction and resize mode.

Create a composition using the selected saved width, height and frame rate. Use Name and Duration above for the new composition.

Save the selected Project composition as a preset, reorder presets, or delete a user preset.

Show or hide where and how new layers are created

Place the new layer directly above the selected layer

Place the new layer directly under (below) the selected layer

Move the new layer to the very top of the timeline (topmost layer)

Move the new layer to the very bottom of the timeline (bottommost layer)

Place the new layer directly ABOVE the timeline layer whose number you type

Layer number to place ABOVE

Place the new layer directly UNDER the timeline layer whose number you type

Layer number to place UNDER

Start the new layer at the playhead (current time)

Move the new layer's first visible frame to the selected layer's in-point, then trim it at the selected layer's out-point. If the new layer is too short, its timing stays unchanged.

Move the new layer's first visible frame to the playhead, then trim it at the selected layer's out-point. If the new layer is too short for that range, its timing stays unchanged.

If the new layer or preset contains a marker, slide it so its first marker lands exactly on the playhead

Move the new layer so its anchor sits on the selected layer's anchor

Make the new layer a 3D layer

Center the new layer's visible content in the composition after it is created

Fit the new layer entirely inside the composition (same contain logic as the Quick Action Fit button)

Parent the new layer to the selected layer

Parent the selected layer to the new layer

Shift-parent: parent the new layer to the selected and snap it onto it — like holding Shift while parenting

Shift-parent: parent the selected layer to the new and snap it onto it — like holding Shift while parenting

Use the new layer as an alpha track matte for the selected layer

Use the selected layer as an alpha track matte for the new layer

Apply the selected Effects and Presets right after the new layer is created

Choose one or more installed effects or saved presets

Type to search installed effects and saved presets

Apply the selected Blend Mode to every layer created by the chosen Create tool

Choose the Blend Mode applied to the newly created layer

These options change how every new layer (Text, Shape, Solid, etc.) is added, relative to the selected layer.

Load a saved options preset

Pin the selected preset below for one-click access

Type a name, then Save

Save the current create options as a preset

Delete the selected preset

Clear the current create options

Enter: create one text layer. Shift+Enter: new line. Ctrl+Enter: create one layer per line with a chosen duration.

Create a Text Layer. Ctrl+Click: create one layer per line with a chosen duration. Enter in the text box creates one layer; Ctrl+Enter creates one layer per line. Alt+Click: New Layer Options.

Paste layers or Project items copied in After Effects into the destination composition, then apply the New Layer Options above to every pasted layer

Add the selected Project panel item(s) to the last active composition and apply the New Layer Options above

Create a plain white solid (no Fill effect)

Create a Linear Gradient solid

Create a Radial Gradient solid

Create a 4-Color Gradient solid

Choose the gradient type and colors before creating a fixed gradient solid

Create an editable 3D Cube with six faces and a size/color controller

Create a Rectangle shape layer

Create a Rounded Rectangle shape layer

Create an Ellipse shape layer

Create a live Shape background fitted to every selected layer, with a configurable type and padding

Create a Polygon shape layer

Create a Star shape layer

Create a Null layer

Create an empty Shape Layer (no contents) — ready to draw or paste paths into

Create an Adjustment Layer. Shift adds Transform; Ctrl adds Lumetri Color. In Action Ring, Alt opens Add Options.

Create a Camera. Ctrl/Cmd+Click creates a centered 3D controller null and parents the camera to it.

Paste the latest clipboard content into the active comp at the playhead, above the selected layer. Text becomes a text layer; an image is added as a media layer.

Copy a direct image address (right-click an image → Copy image address), then press this. It downloads and validates the image before adding it to the timeline using the New Layer Options above.

Choose how fixed gradient mode is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Set the gradient angle in degrees.

Set the first endpoint color of the fixed gradient.

Set the second endpoint color of the fixed gradient.

Close this window without confirming pending changes.

Create a gradient solid using the selected type, angle and colors.

Choose how element background type is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Extra space around every side of the selected layer

Close this window without confirming pending changes.

Create a live shape background around each selected layer using the chosen shape and padding.

Enable Blend Mode first. Search or pin a mode; new layers use Normal when this option is disabled.

Open this section’s display, preview and library-management menu.

Reload system and custom Safe Zone presets

Show or hide preset management tools

Explain Safe Zones options and shortcuts

Add or update the selected Safe Zone in the active comp or selected Project comps

Delete Safe Zone layers from the active comp

Filter presets by comp ratio

Show only favorite presets

Optional base name for duplicated or newly-created variant comps

Duplicate the active comp for selected presets, or create empty comps when no comp is active

Select Shape Layers in the comp, then save them as a custom Safe Zone preset

Save selected Shape Layers as a reusable Safe Zone preset

Check selected Shape Layers before saving a custom preset

Mark new Safe Zone layers as Guide Layers so they do not render

Lock new Safe Zone layers after creation

Show or hide the real canvas preview like the Safest Zone panel

Warn about unsupported items when saving custom presets

Unsafe Area Fill Color

Unsafe Area Fill Opacity

Add one horizontal and one vertical guide through the centre of the composition

Add a guide on each of the four composition edges

Add four guides around the bounding box of the selected layer(s)

Add a horizontal + vertical guide through the anchor point of the selected layer. With several layers selected, adds a pair at each one.

Which direction to divide

Number of equal parts. 3 gives the rule of thirds.

Split the composition into equal parts

Which direction to fill

Distance in pixels between guides

Add a guide every X pixels

Distance from each edge

Pixels, or a percentage of the composition size

Add four guides inset from the edges

Guide direction

Position of the guide

Pixels, or a percentage of the composition size

Add a single guide at an exact position

Show or hide guides in the viewer

Lock guides so they cannot be dragged

Snap layers to guides while dragging

Show rulers

Remove every guide from this composition

Re-read the guides from the active composition

Name for the saved guide set

Save this composition's guides as percentages, so they fit any composition size

Remove existing guides before applying the preset

Select all layers that share the selected layer's label color

Show or hide the select-by-type tools

When on, selecting by type only picks layers that overlap the composition's work area in time.

When on, selecting by type skips layers that are hidden — turned off with the eye/video switch, or hidden by shy when the comp's shy switch is on.

When on, selecting by type excludes the layers you currently have selected — everything of that type EXCEPT your current selection gets picked.

When on, selecting by type only picks layers that start at or after the playhead.

When on, selecting by type only picks layers that end at or before the playhead.

Select at least two boundary layers first. Limit selection to the inclusive range between the highest and lowest selected layers. The type and other filters still apply.

Rescan the active composition and rebuild the organizer’s layer list.

Stop the current layer scan without applying timeline changes.

Expand the organizer’s built-in instructions and shortcut reference.

Filter the layer list by a full or partial layer name.

Choose how sort layers is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Reverse the current sort order; for example, change A–Z to Z–A.

Choose how layer type is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how scene filter is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how keyframe filter is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how expression filter is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how effect filter is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how parent filter is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how lock filter is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how shy filter is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how label filter is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how time filter is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how named scene is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Show only layers whose assigned role contains the entered text.

Include timeline group headings in the organizer results.

Remove active filters so all eligible timeline layers appear again.

Limit results to layers visible at the current playhead time.

Limit results to layers intersecting the composition Work Area.

Select every layer currently included in the filtered results.

Create a timeline group from the current filtered results.

Open batch renaming, label assignment and label-rule controls.

Lock all layers in the current results against accidental editing.

Unlock the layers currently listed in the results.

Assign a searchable role to the result layers for later filtering and preset matching.

Allow Focus to isolate the target layers in the timeline.

Allow Focus to isolate the target layers in the composition preview.

Focus the current result layers using the timeline and preview switches above.

Focus the currently selected layers using the enabled focus switches.

Restore the visibility state saved before the last Focus operation.

Display the previous page of organizer results.

Display the next page of organizer results.

Close this window without confirming pending changes.

Close this window without confirming pending changes.

Choose how batch operation is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Add this text before each generated layer name.

Add this text after each generated layer name.

Find this text inside existing layer names for batch replacement.

Replace the matched text in layer names with this value.

Use a naming pattern instead of typing a separate name for every layer; review Preview Results first.

Choose the first number in the generated layer-name sequence.

Choose the number of digits; 3 formats one as 001.

Append sequential numbering when the naming template does not supply it.

Choose how batch label color is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how rule match type is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Enter the type or text that a label rule must match.

Choose how rule label color is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Append a label rule. The first matching rule determines the layer label.

Save the current label rules for later use.

Calculate proposed names or label changes and show them before modifying layers.

Apply the previously previewed name or label changes to the target layers.

Open a scene record with a name, time range and optional layer members.

Create a scene record using the current Work Area as its time range.

Remove the scene filter and return to all named scenes.

Name this scene so it can be found and selected again.

Choose how scene source is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Set the scene’s starting time in seconds.

Set the scene’s ending time in seconds.

Choose how scene marker is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how scene membership is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Store the current layer selection as explicit members of this scene.

Save the scene definition for navigation and filtering.

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Choose how timing targets is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how timing operation is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how timing reference is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Use this timestamp in seconds when Custom time is the timing anchor.

Choose how spacing type is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Set the gap, overlap or group shift amount in frames.

Calculate the timing changes and inspect the proposed in/out times first.

Apply the timing plan currently shown in the preview.

Create a note attached to layers, a group or a timeline time.

Show saved timeline notes across compositions.

Search the contents of saved timeline notes.

Choose how filter note status is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Write the instruction, revision or task to attach to the selected scope.

Choose how note scope is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how note status is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Set the timeline timestamp to which the note refers.

Choose how note group is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Attach the note to the layers currently selected in the timeline.

Save the note with its scope, timestamp and progress status.

Close this window without confirming pending changes.

Scan for disabled or out-of-range layers, duplicate names and expression or keyframe problems; inspect findings before editing.

Select the timeline layers represented by the visible audit findings.

Choose how audit findings is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how organization preset is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Name the reusable organizer setup to save.

Choose how match preset layers by is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Include label colors and label rules in the saved setup.

Include the timeline group hierarchy in the saved setup.

Include the batch naming template in the saved setup.

Include the current organizer filters in the saved setup.

Apply the preset’s naming rules to matched layers when the setup is applied.

Save the current organizer configuration as a reusable preset.

Import an organizer setup from a JSON file.

Export the selected organizer setup as JSON for reuse.

Delete the chosen saved organizer preset.

Show which layers and settings the selected organizer preset would affect.

Apply the selected organizer preset to matching layers after previewing.

Save the composition, playhead time and selection as a navigation bookmark.

Save the selected layers as a reusable selection set.

Refresh saved bookmarks and selection sets across compositions.

Create a timeline group from selected layers

Read groups from the active composition

Toggle all selected groups in the timeline

Select all unlocked members of the selected timeline group

Expand all groups and restore the original Shy view

Collapse all groups in the active timeline

Synchronize group headings and timeline visibility after native edits

Restore rows whose group heading was deleted directly

Filter timeline groups and their members by group or layer name.

Timeline Groups user guide

Linear Distribution settings. Shift: Y controller. Ctrl/Cmd: X controller. Shift+Ctrl/Cmd: square grid.

Arrange layers in 2D, around X/Y/Z, on a sphere or along a mask path

Select the whole parenting tree (all descendants) of the selected layers

Add the track-matte layers related to the selection

Invert the selection: select every layer that is NOT currently selected (a one-off action on the whole comp).

Select every layer that overlaps the composition's work area in time, regardless of type

Show or hide the reorder-to-position grid

Reveal the selected layer's source in the Project panel

Reveal the selected layer's source file in Explorer / Finder

Hide all layers except the selected ones from the timeline (shy)

Show all layers in the timeline again (un-shy everything)

Playhead to the start of the timeline

Playhead to the end of the timeline

Playhead to the start (in-point) of the selected layer

Playhead to the end (out-point) of the selected layer

Select source layers, then Ctrl-click one destination layer (or click it alone). Move the source layers directly above that last-selected layer, keeping their order.

Set the in-point of the selected layer(s) to the playhead (Alt+[)

Set the out-point of the selected layer(s) to the playhead (Alt+])

Select the MASTER layer first, then the layer(s) you want to match, and press this. Every other selected layer is trimmed to the first-selected layer's in/out — same start time and same duration.

Spacing between each layer (px)

Spacing between each layer, in pixels

Frames between each layer's start

Frames between each layer's start

Analyze the visible audio in two selected clips and move one clip to synchronize their waveforms

Run Sequence using the selected mode

Top → Bottom: the top layer starts first

Bottom → Top: the bottom layer starts first

By Name: sequence by original/source name

Click: close gaps across all timeline layers including the gap before the first layer. Shift+Click: close gaps only between selected layers.

Select the layer to reveal first, then the matte layer. Click uses the second layer directly. Shift+Click duplicates the matte, removes Effects from the duplicate only, and uses the clean copy.

Select the layer you want to link first, then select the layer you want to link it to. Click to parent normally; Shift+Click snaps the first layer to the second like Shift-parenting in After Effects.

Edit, enable, disable or delete matching effects across selected layers

Remove all effects from the selected layer(s) without touching layer transforms or timing

Crop selected pre-composition sources to their visible content and center the anchor point after crop

Duplicate selected layers independently: freeze Expressions at the current time, remove Parent and Track Matte, preserve timing and compensate transforms. Effects and masks stay. Precomp sources are deep duplicated. Optional name on the right; Alt+Click in Action Ring to enter a name.

Optional name for the duplicate. Leave empty for the usual name.

Click: split masks or shape groups into separate layers. Ctrl/Cmd+click: merge selected parts.

Split the selected text layer(s) into separate layers by characters, words, lines, or paragraphs. Every piece stays in its original position.

Run After Effects Scene Edit Detection on the selected footage layer and split it at every detected scene edit

Click: Pre-compose selected layer(s). Shift+Click: pre-compose each layer separately. Ctrl+Click: Pre-compose + Crop. Ctrl+Shift+Click: pre-compose each layer separately + Crop each one. Type a name on the right to name the new precomp (leave empty for the default name).

Optional name for the new precomp. Leave empty to use the default name.

Un-precompose: extract the selected precomp's contents back into the active composition

Click: Trim In. Shift+Click: Trim Out. Ctrl+Click: Trace. Alt+Click: Delete all Trim Paths.

Loop/extend selected footage or comp layers by repeat count

Repeat count

Fit the selected layer(s) entirely inside the composition (contain): scales uniformly using whichever of width/height is the tighter fit, so nothing is cropped. Cameras/lights and scale-animated layers are skipped.

Flip selected layers left to right around their anchor points. Preserves Scale keyframe timing. Click again to flip back. Locked layers and expression-driven Scale are skipped.

Flip selected layers top to bottom around their anchor points. Preserves Scale keyframe timing. Click again to flip back. Locked layers and expression-driven Scale are skipped.

Set the visible length of each dash in the shape stroke.

Set the empty distance between successive dashes.

Set the starting Dash Offset value.

Set the ending Dash Offset value.

Set how many seconds the dash-offset animation takes.

Set the initial Trim Paths value used by the dash animation.

Set the final Trim Paths value used by the dash animation.

Set the Trim Paths animation length in frames.

Save these Animated Dash values for the next application.

Close Animated Dash settings without saving pending changes.

Restore Animated Dash values to their defaults.

Close Overlapping

Set the amount of overlap using the selected frame or second unit.

Choose how overlap units is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how overlap timing is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Keep a hidden copy of the original animation so Restore can recover it.

Build overlapping segments from the selected Position animation using the selected timing mode.

Recover the original animation from the stored overlap backup.

Choose how the selected text is divided into layers.

Open this section’s display, preview and library-management menu.

Open marker creation, synchronization, management and navigation shortcuts.

Switch between marker tools and the full timeline markers manager

Switch between marker tools and the full timeline markers manager

Switch between marker tools and the full timeline markers manager

Create Composition markers

Create markers on selected layer(s)

Marker name. Leave it empty to create markers without a name/comment.

Create a marker at the current time. Uses Target: Comp or Layer. Empty marker name = no name.

Create markers from selected keyframes. Shift = duration markers. Alt = peak speed markers. Empty marker name = no name.

Create Composition markers at the start and end of every selected layer. Consecutive layers share one marker at their common boundary.

Offset from layer start/end

Choose the boundary offset unit

Add IN marker after the layer start by this number of frames

Add OUT marker before the layer end by this number of frames

Save markers from selected layer(s), or composition markers when no layer is selected

Load a saved marker JSON file into the current target

Copy markers from selected pre-comp layer(s) into their source compositions

Start at the beginning of the timeline, then at each marker. Fit / Time Remap fills every interval through the next marker.

Fit newly added layers to the composition

Only use timeline markers with this color. All colors is the default.

Add selected Project items at the matching markers using the chosen placement, fit and color filter.

Choose how division mode is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Seconds between markers or number of markers

Color to apply to the new division markers

Create equally spaced markers using the chosen interval or marker-count mode.

dB is relative to the loudest peak. Both Ch. uses the exact Audio Amplitude Slider value; lower values detect more beats.

Type a threshold, then Enter

Threshold unit: dB relative to the loudest peak, or the exact Both Channels Slider value

Color to apply to the beat markers

Minimum distance between two beats. Prevents one hit becoming several markers.

Choose the minimum-gap unit

Audio range to analyze. Layer duration uses the whole composition when no layer is selected.

Delete the temporary Audio Amplitude layer after detecting beats

Analyze audio and preview exactly where markers will be added

Add beat markers to selected layers, or to the composition when no layer is selected

Copy marker(s) under the playhead from composition or layers

Cut marker(s) under the playhead from composition or layers

Paste to selected layer(s); if no layer is selected, paste to composition

Delete marker(s) exactly under the playhead from composition or any layer

Delete all markers on selected layer(s)

Delete all composition markers and all layer markers

Read all composition and layer markers from the active timeline

Refresh the marker list automatically after marker actions

Show only markers that belong to the currently selected layer(s)

Search markers by name

Select every marker shown in the manager list.

Clear the marker selection in the manager.

Choose a marker color

Click = previous marker in comp + all layers. Alt = selected layer marker only. Shift = composition marker only.

Click = next marker in comp + all layers. Alt = selected layer marker only. Shift = composition marker only.

Frame offset for the checked markers

Move checked markers forward by this many frames

Move checked markers backward by this many frames

Place the first checked marker at its layer start + frames, keeping spacing. Composition markers use composition start.

Place the last checked marker before its layer end by this many frames, keeping spacing. Composition markers use composition end.

Enable or disable highlighting the marker currently under the timeline playhead

Sort markers by their name or by their position on the timeline

Open the video tutorials playlist on YouTube

Close Markers help window

Open this section’s display, preview and library-management menu.

Reorder Properties sections and buttons by dragging

Explain Properties and shortcut options

Choose visible Text Layer buttons

Choose visible Shape Contents buttons

Search this Shape Contents buttons list

Return to requested default visible buttons

Check all Shape Contents buttons

Save the displayed save settings for reuse in this section.

Close this window without confirming pending changes.

Search this Text Layer buttons list

Return to default visible Text Layer buttons

Check all Text Layer buttons

Save the displayed save settings for reuse in this section.

Close this window without confirming pending changes.

Apply graph settings and options immediately to the selected keyframes

Switch between Speed Graph, Value Graph, and Speed Ramp tools

Switch between Speed Graph, Value Graph, and Speed Ramp tools

Ease presets for a keyframe pair + time-remap speed ramps

Read In / Out values from selected keyframes in the timeline

Copy the selected animation curve settings for reuse on another keyframe selection.

Apply the copied animation curve settings to the selected keyframes.

Apply the displayed graph to selected keyframes

Copy the last keyframe strictly before the playhead from each animated property on the selected layers. Paste at the playhead, replacing any keyframe there.

Click: move the playhead to peak speed. Ctrl/Cmd+click: move selected keyframes so their peak meets the playhead.

In influence percentage

Type In percentage manually

Out influence percentage

Type Out percentage manually

Link In and Out: when you change one by an amount, the other changes by the same amount. It keeps the gap between them — it does NOT make them equal.

Create a new graph list

Reorder or move saved graphs

Reset graph lists to the default set

Save the current graph settings to the active group

Read the graph of the selected keyframe pair from the timeline and save it as your own curve preset

Enable Time Remapping on the selected layer (Layer > Time > Enable Time Remapping)

Apply Easy Ease (F9) to the selected keyframes

Run Layer > Time > Time-Reverse Layer on the selected layer(s)

Add a Time Remap keyframe at the playhead

Percentage from the layer start (e.g. 50 = halfway)

Add a Time Remap keyframe at this % from the layer start

Add Time Remap keyframes at the start and end of every selected layer (anchors each layer's current values)

Drag to set which point of the source clip the selected keyframe shows: 0% = first frame, 100% = last frame

Load the selected keyframe's current position into the slider

Duplicate the selected keyframe (its frame) to the playhead

Use the visible composition-space bounds of the selected Mask or Mask Path, including layer and parent transforms. Multiple selected masks use combined bounds; feather and expansion are excluded.

Add all nine anchor positions as one interactive Ring control

Use the selected Mask bounds instead of full layer bounds. With to target, align to the mask on the first selected layer. Supports 2D layers and parents; mask paths are not changed.

When on, align the selected layers to the first selected layer (the target) instead of the composition. Select the target first, then the layers.

Treat all movable selected layers as one combined group and keep their spacing while aligning.

Add all alignment positions, including horizontal and vertical centering, as one visual Ring control

Run After Effects' own Center In View (Layer > Transform > Center In View) on the selected layer(s).

Read all fonts used in the current composition

Select all fonts found in the current composition

Clear all checked fonts

Filter the installed fonts list

Type sample text to preview in every font. Leave empty to preview each font's name.

Group the All tab by font family; click a family to expand its styles

Replace the checked current fonts with the picked font

Apply the picked font directly to the selected text layers (ignores the checkboxes)

Open this section’s display, preview and library-management menu.

Create a new preset group

Select one or more presets and save them together as a ZIP file

Import JSON, FFX or ZIP preset files

Choose List or Thumbnail view

Display presets as a list

Display presets as thumbnails

When ON, saving a preset also renders a preview of the selected layer: a video the length of the work area, and an image at the playhead frame.

Show a preview automatically when hovering a preset

Loop preset video previews when they reach the end

Collapse or open the preset preview area. Default is open.

Refresh saved preset buttons

Explain the Presets list and shortcut options

Type a name for the selected effects preset

Which group new presets go into. Anything you save or import lands in the group chosen here.

Select a layer to save all its animation, effects & masks — or select specific effects/properties in Effect Controls or the timeline to save only those

When checked, generate a layer-sized video preview (work area length) of the selected source layer after saving

Reveal the effects and animated (keyframed/expression) properties of the selected layers in the timeline

Remove the last preset applied through this version of Ultimate Tools from each selected layer. Restore its previous properties and keep unrelated edits.

Filter presets by name or file

Preset thumbnail size

Open an item’s menu to apply, replace, preview, regenerate its preview, update its saved state or delete it.

Manage the selected saved preset.

Open this section’s display, preview and library-management menu.

Add a media folder from your computer

Create a folder inside the tool and add chosen media files to it

Open the assets folder in Explorer/Finder

Choose List or Thumbnail view

Display assets as a list

Display assets as thumbnails

Reorder folders and files by dragging

Remove asset entries whose file no longer exists or whose path was corrupted

Preview files automatically when the mouse hovers over them

Loop audio/video preview when it reaches the end

Collapse or open the preview area. Default is open.

Control the fixed preview area height for Your assets

Reset Your assets preview height to the default fixed size

Explain the Your assets list and shortcut options

Refresh assets list

New Layer Options — synchronized with Create

Filter assets by file name, folder, or path

Item commands appear for supported entries; their availability depends on the item type.

Open this section’s display, preview and library-management menu.

Choose List or Thumbnail view

Display saved compositions as a list

Display saved compositions as thumbnails

Open saved compositions folder in Explorer/Finder

Preview saved compositions automatically when the mouse hovers over them

Loop saved composition MP4 previews when they reach the end

Collapse or open the saved composition preview area. Default is open.

Control the fixed preview area height for Your compositions

Reset Your compositions preview height to the default fixed size

Refresh saved composition projects list

Explain the Your compositions preview options and shortcuts

New Layer Options — synchronized with Create

Save the active composition and its used assets as a standalone After Effects project

Select a MOGRT containing an After Effects project. Extract the AEP and packaged media into Your compositions.

Filter saved compositions by name or path

Item commands appear for supported entries; their availability depends on the item type.

Open this section’s display, preview and library-management menu.

Save a video preview alongside the saved layer so you can inspect its motion later in the library.

Choose list or thumbnail view and configure automatic media previews for saved layers.

Display saved layer entries as a compact list.

Display saved layers using their available preview thumbnails.

Enable or disable playing a saved layer’s available preview while hovering over it.

Open or collapse the saved-layer preview area without changing the library entry.

Adjust the height of the saved-layer preview area.

Restore the displayed settings to their defaults before applying.

Choose what should be included when saving layers

Open the global layer library folder

Refresh saved layers

Explain Your Layers options and shortcuts

New Layer Options — synchronized with Create

Name for the saved layer item

Save selected layer(s) to the global layer library

Search saved layers by name or folder

Close Save Options

Include saved layer transforms such as position, scale, rotation and opacity.

Include effects and their supported settings in the saved layer.

Include layer masks in the saved layer data.

Include expressions attached to saved properties.

Include animation keyframes in the saved layer data.

Include layer markers in the saved layer data.

Preserve parenting relationships between layers saved together.

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Save the displayed done settings for reuse in this section.

Cancel saving selected layers as separate library entries.

Save the displayed save all layers in one preset settings for reuse in this section.

Save the displayed save each layer separately settings for reuse in this section.

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Item commands appear for supported entries; their availability depends on the item type.

Type any part of an effect's name — built-in or an installed plugin. Click a result to add it to your favorites list.

Type to filter the effects you've added below

Item commands appear for supported entries; their availability depends on the item type.

Open this section’s display, preview and library-management menu.

Import color groups from a JSON file

Export selected color groups to a JSON file

Explain the Colors menu and shortcuts

Grab dominant colors from the current composition frame

Create a collapsible color group

Toggle Fill Options between None and Solid Color only.

Invert every existing Fill and Stroke independently, preserving colors and widths

Toggle Stroke Options between None and Solid Color only.

Switch fill and stroke colors on selected shape/text layers

Find a HEX color in selected layers and replace it with another HEX color

Add a Gradient Ramp effect to the selected layer(s) and lock the gradient to the layer, so the ramp follows the layer when you move, scale or rotate it

Add a 4-Color Gradient effect to the selected layer(s) and lock the gradient to the layer, so its points follow the layer when you move, scale or rotate it

Type one or more HEX colors, separated by space or comma

Add the HEX color to the currently open color group

Close Find and Replace Color

Current HEX color to replace. You can type with or without #

Read colors from selected timeline layer(s) and choose one

New HEX color. You can type with or without #

Read colors from selected timeline layer(s) and choose one

Replace the current color with the new color

Close Choose Layer Color

Enable every available color destination for the next color application.

Clear all color destinations so you can select the required ones.

Change all checked colors to the New Color

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Select all extracted frame colors for adding to the library.

Clear the selection of extracted frame colors.

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Add the selected colors from the current frame to the color library.

Close Export Color Groups

Select every color group for export.

Clear the selected color groups before choosing export targets.

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Export the selected color groups for reuse or transfer.

Filter the available layer blend modes by name.

Apply the selected mode to the selected layers. Each mode changes how the layer combines with layers below.

Stop the render

Render only the Work Area instead of the full composition duration.

Top option: used by Export Active Comp, Export Selected Comps, and Export Selected Layers after their settings are applied

Top option: opens the output folder

Faster start: renders through your already-open After Effects instead of launching a separate one, which skips the several-second startup. Trade-off: After Effects is busy while it renders. If a render misbehaves, turn this off.

Uses Output Folder + Export Settings + selected Preset. Adds the active comp to After Effects Render Queue

Uses Output Folder + Export Settings + selected Preset. Adds selected Project panel comps to After Effects Render Queue

Uses Output Folder + Export Settings + selected Preset. Exports selected layer(s) using Layer In/Out Range automatically

Uses Output Folder as the base folder, then saves the image inside an Images subfolder as PNG/full quality

Uses Output Folder as the base folder, then saves marker images inside an Images subfolder as PNG/full quality. Uses Marker Settings for naming/sources

Load saved Render Queue export settings

Save Render Settings and Output Module from the selected Render Queue item

Delete the selected saved export preset from this tool

Name for saving settings from the selected Render Queue item

Choose one shared output folder for all Export Commands

Add a new output folder path to the list

Open selected output folder

Used by Export Active Comp and Export Selected Comps. Tokens: #COMP, #PROJ, #DD, #MM, #YY, #HR, #MIN, #VER

Used by Export Selected Layers. Tokens: #COMP, #LAYER, #PROJ, #DD, #MM, #YY, #HR, #MIN, #VER

After Effects Render Settings template

Refresh Render Queue templates from After Effects

After Effects Output Module template

Tokens: #COMP, #PROJ, #TC, #MARKER, #DD, #MM, #YY, #HR, #MIN

Use composition markers

Also use markers on selected layers

These menus load the templates installed in your After Effects. Refresh templates reloads them; saving a preset reads a real Render Queue item.

The project file and its folder will use this name

Pick a saved parent folder, or Browse to add one

Remove this folder from the saved list

Create a new After Effects project. After Effects will ask to save unsaved changes first.

Save the current project into a new folder with this name

Open the current saved project's folder in Windows Explorer

Pin a project file so you can reopen it any time from here

Pin the project that's open right now

Type to filter your pinned projects

Sort Project panel items into folders using your saved settings

Sort Project folder settings

Copy every file the project uses into a Footage folder next to the .aep and relink the project to the copies. The originals stay where they are.

Same as Copy, but each original is deleted once the project is safely relinked to the copy.

Retry media moves that are still pending after an earlier transfer attempt.

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Create destination folders that do not already exist in the AE Project panel.

Organize only items at the project root; leave already filed items in their current folders.

Restore the displayed settings to their defaults before applying.

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Save the displayed save settings for reuse in this section.

Pick a folder to add to this list

Website name or client name

Website URL or international phone number. Phone numbers become WhatsApp links in WB Clients.

Put this website in an existing group or create a new group

Save website, or add a phone number as a WhatsApp link in WB Clients

Search by name, URL, group, or any part of a WhatsApp phone number

Open this section’s display, preview and library-management menu.

Open the notes folder in Explorer/Finder

Export all notes (with their images) to a single portable .json file

Import notes from an exported .json file (adds them to your current notes)

Control the text size inside notes

Reset the notes text size to the default

How the Notes section works

Create a new note

Filter notes by title or content

Back to all notes

Note title

Delete this note

Put this note in a group. Groups can be collapsed in the notes list.

Rename this group (updates every note in it)

Scan the current AE installation for scripts, ScriptUI Panels and installed CEP extensions, then choose an entry to add.

Choose a JSX or JSXBIN file and add a launcher for it to Extensions.

Filter saved extension launchers by name.

Launch the saved item. ScriptUI palettes open as floating AE windows when supported. Remove deletes the launcher reference and keeps the source file.

Item commands appear for supported entries; their availability depends on the item type.

Filter scripts by name

Run the selected script

Add external .jsx/.jsxbin scripts to this tool

Remove the selected added script from this tool

Re-scan scripts folder

Scripts settings

Path to scripts folder

Choose folder

Open folder in Explorer/Finder

Show .jsx / .jsxbin file extensions in the list

Wrap each script run inside an Undo Group

Ask for confirmation before running any script

Save the displayed save settings for reuse in this section.

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Restore the displayed settings to their defaults before applying.

Item commands appear for supported entries; their availability depends on the item type.

Choose the account provider used for the conversation; available models load after sign-in.

Start the selected provider’s account sign-in flow from the installed tool.

Cancel an account connection that is still being prepared.

Disconnect the current provider account from the Assistant.

Reload the model list offered by the connected account.

Download and verify the current official ChatGPT client

Ask questions and discuss ideas without executing changes in After Effects.

Let the Assistant perform supported AE tasks requested in the conversation.

Start a fresh conversation with a separate message history.

Stop preparation of a staged media attachment.

Write your request. Input direction follows Arabic or Latin text automatically.

Remove the background from the selected Timeline or Project image through the connected ChatGPT image tool.

Open an image-edit request in which you describe the object to erase from the selected image.

Generate the missing surroundings of the selected image to fit the composition or a custom canvas size.

Describe the object and its position clearly so the image tool can remove it.

Choose the active composition dimensions or enter a custom width and height for the extended canvas.

Set the width, in pixels, of the image canvas after extension.

Set the height, in pixels, of the image canvas after extension.

Close the pending image-edit request before running it.

Send the configured image edit to the connected ChatGPT image tool.

Stage images or videos for the next message. Review or remove them before sending.

Open the model picker for the current Chat or Work mode.

Open the supported reasoning-effort levels for the selected model.

Move between the reasoning levels supported by the connected model.

Choose from models actually returned by the connected provider. Names and availability depend on your account.

Choose a supported reasoning level for the selected model; higher levels can take longer.

Stop the Assistant response currently being generated.

Send the written request and staged attachments using the selected mode, model and effort.

Request an image in chat, review its preview, then choose Use or Add to timeline. Current Create options control placement, timing, parenting and mattes.

Drop original media on the composer to stage it. Remove a staged file before sending if it is not needed.

Copy the response text or retry a response from its message controls.

Available levels follow the selected model. The interface preview illustrates these four levels.

Create motion morph transitions between layers, add animated trails, or split a layer into editable slices.

Add Bounce to selected keyframes. Adjust Amplitude, Frequency and Decay without changing the original keyframes.

Build a 3D Carousel from selected Project images. Choose the layout, image sizing and motion.

Run Masked Shatter on the selected 2D layer, then draw the break region on DRAW MASK HERE. Creates one SHATTER RESULT precomposition.

Run Magnifier One Click in the active composition. Creates the magnifier image, adjustment layer and controller with the original script settings.

Create live-linked highlights, underlines, strikes and scribbles for selected text layers. Choose the style, color and animation.

Make selected layers react to an effector: scale, move, rotate, fade, change color, or remap time. Opens Proximity settings; also available in Action Ring.

Apply Dash/Gap, Round Cap/Join, animate Dash Offset, add Trim Paths, then reveal keyframes. Multiple Shape Layers: start at each layer's in point. Single Shape Layer: start at the playhead. Action Ring Alt + click: open Animated Dash settings.

Edit Animated Dash settings

Convert Position animation into overlapping Null controllers, with frames/seconds and Restore

Open the Number Counter settings, then create an animated counter using the Create options

Anything quieter than this counts as silence. Lower = only very quiet parts are cut.

Silence threshold in dB

Only cut silences at least this long — short breaths and pauses are kept.

Shortest silence to cut, in seconds

Leave a little silence around each kept part so the speech does not sound clipped.

Padding kept around speech, in seconds

Place the kept segments in a new precomposition when applying the silence cuts.

Optionally name the precomposition created for the silence-removal result.

Select one audio/video or pre-comp layer, then analyze its visible audio. Nothing is cut yet.

Cut out the silences found by Analyze

Pre-compose an already applied silence-removal result.

Choose how lt tx model is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Choose how lt tx language is handled. Every available choice is explained below.

Show quiet gaps of at least 0.20 seconds as editable Silence blocks. Enable or disable at any time; click Apply/Update cuts to apply the review.

Download and prepare the selected local speech model, or show that it is already ready.

Transcribe the selected layer’s visible audio into individually timed words for review. All words are initially kept.

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Mark every transcript word and silence block as kept.

For detected repeated takes, keep the last take and mark earlier takes for removal. Review the suggestions before applying.

Restore the original audio layer and timing before Transcript edits, including its result pre-comp.

Show the previous page of transcript words and editable silence blocks.

Show the next page of transcript words and editable silence blocks.

Place the reviewed transcript edit in a new precomposition when applying it.

Optionally name the precomposition containing the reviewed transcript edit.

Timing after removing reviewed sections

Apply the settings displayed in this window to the current targets.

Pre-compose the applied transcript result after all pending word decisions have been updated.

Filter the aewindows list using the text entered here.

Check which windows are available in this After Effects version

Open Extensions to manage installed extension panels and added JSX or JSXBIN scripts.

Starting value

Ending value

How long the count takes

Digits after the decimal point

Text before the number (supports all languages)

Text after the number (supports all languages)

Put the prefix and suffix each on their own line, above and below the number, instead of inline with it.

Create separate linked text layers for the prefix, animated number, and suffix.

Show the prefix and suffix immediately after the Counter animation finishes.

Group large numbers

Latin (0-9) or Arabic-Indic (٠-٩) numerals

How the count accelerates

Choose the minimum number of integer digits; leading zeroes fill unused places.

Shorten big numbers: 1500 → 1.5K, 2000000 → 2M

Add a Gradient Color effect and lock it to the Counter, Prefix, and Suffix geometry

Gradient start color in hex format

Swap gradient colors

Gradient end color in hex format

Fade the selected sound in at the start and out at the end

Replay the counter preview

Create a text layer with the animated counter (or apply to the selected text layer)

Save the current counter settings as a preset