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JohnColombo17100380
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Community Manager
May 17, 2024
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33 New Presets for Numbers, Shapes, & more

  • May 17, 2024
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Hi everyone,
We’re excited to announce the addition of 33 new presets in the 24.5.0.40 build of After Effects (Beta), designed to streamline your creative projects. From infographics and numbers to transitions and textures, these presets are designed to simplify what you need to create while adding quick production value to your compositions. These presets aim to give you a strong starting point for commonly used elements while also providing the control you need to customize them to the needs of your project.
 
Many of these presets were created by or in collaboration with the wonderful Evan Abrams. Check out www.motiondesignhotline.com weekly for great AE discussions with Evan and Kyle Hamrick. 
 
 
Backgrounds
  • Anime Radial – Create anime-inspired radial backgrounds
  • Anime Speed Lines – The classic speed lines for bringing energy and momentum

 

Behaviors
  • Random Colors – Creates animated random variations of a selected color
  • Random On-Off – Toggle layers Opacity on and off randomly
  • Random Whole Numbers – Generate random whole numbers within a custom range
  • Wave Value Generator – Quickly creating looping motion driven by sine waves, triangle waves, and more

 

Dynamic Text Boxes
  • 2D Text Box (Shape) – Creates a rigged Shape layer with controls to point at a Text layer for dynamic resizing and animation
  • 2D Text Box (Mask & Effects) – Apply directly to a Text layer for the same dynamic Text box using a single layer

 

Dynamic Frames
  • Bounding Box – Highlight important content within a bounding box
  • Crinkle Cut Sticker – Add a crinkle effect to your frames
  • Postage Stamp – Frame your content like a postage stamp
  • Scalloped Frame – Create elegant scalloped edges for images and videos

 

Infographics
  • Bar Graph – Visualize data with bar graphs, driven by Sliders in the Effect Controls
  • Line Graph – Plot data points easily with line graphs
  • Radial Graph – Present your data in a circular format, rigged and ready for animation

 

Monospaced Number Counters
  • Counter Countdown Monospaced – No more jumpy counters! Works with any typeface. Includes formatting for commas and more
  • Currency Counter Monospaced – Animate currency values in standard formats for various currencies
  • Percentage Counter Monospaced – Fully formatted percentage values
  • Timer Countdown Monospaced – Countdown timers made easy! From minutes up to days

 

Shape Elements
  • Switchable Cursor Element – Extremely useful for mocking up desktop UI interactions
  • Vintage Star – Add some retro charm with vintage star shapes

 

Synthetics
  • CD Back – Simulate the look of a CD surface
  • Chip Foil – Achieve animated metallic foil textures
  • Holographic Foil – Create mesmerizing holographic effects, great for Text layers
  • Topographic Lines – Overlay and animate topographic lines

 

Transitions
  • Inky Dissolve – Transition between clips using an inky dissolve
  • Inky Iris Wipe – Reveal content using an organic iris wipe
  • Inky Linear Wipe – An organic wipe across the frame
  • Pixelated Dissolve – Pixelate your footage as it dissolves
  • Pixelated Iris Wipe – Combine pixelation and iris wipe
  • Pixelated Linear Wipe – Linear wipe with pixelation

 

Utilities
  • Separate XYZ Scale – Independently animate along the X, Y, and Z axes
  • Magnify & Preserve Alpha – Keep the existing alpha of any layer while applying the Magnify effect

 

  

 

Feel free to explore these presets to enhance your projects! Let us know what you think, and happy animating!

5 replies

Participating Frequently
December 2, 2024

It seems the counters don't work nicely with numbers above 1 mil. E.g. if you want to put a specific number like 104,400,105 you have a problem.

JohnColombo17100380
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 2, 2024

Hi @Rohan0120,

You are able to reach precise numbers beyond 1 million by using the 10x Value Multiplier property to multiply the Animate Value. To have a counter start (or end) with precisely 104,400,105, you would enter "104400.105" (one hundred four thousand, four hundred point one zero five) for the Animate Value and then set the 10x Value Multiplier to 4 to multiply that number up to 104,400,105. This avoids the 1 million unit limit on Slider controls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

Participating Frequently
December 3, 2024

I didn't think of using decimals for the Animate Value, kinda embarrassing. @JohnColombo17100380 thank you for the explanation!

Participant
June 9, 2024

Supercool! Tnx a lot!!

I couldnt get te infographics working. How do I do that?? Do I have to link some data?? When only clicking on the presets I only get a shapelayee with a lot of slider that all seems to do nothing visually... hmm... any guidance here??

Frank_B
Inspiring
May 21, 2024

Amazing and practical update! Thank you!

SternFX
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2024

Wonderful additons, crafted with love!

A3user
Inspiring
May 17, 2024

Is there a way to preview them within AE like here with those gifs instead of just a text list in the effects & presets panel?

Alex White
Legend
May 19, 2024

There is a way! Just use Aeviewer: https://aescripts.com/aeviewer/

If allows to preview and import FFX presets and many other files. Here is the demo:

https://twitter.com/motion_land/status/1783520359481737493

A3user
Inspiring
May 21, 2024

Is there a way to view all subfolder items within AeViewer like with Adobe Bridge instead of needing to open one folder at a time for every category of presets?