This is where the “sort” tool is a life saver. This can quickly lead to a very messy project panel. But as you can probably image, this doesn’t always come out in practice! One of my worst habits of working inside of After Effects is that I get carried away with the animation and forget to keep on top of my compositions, layers and illustrations. One of the most important skills you can have when working inside of After Effects is to be organized. The next tool that I have used almost every day is the “Sort” tool. When aligning layers such as text, simply select all the text layers, click the anchor point reposition tool and then use the built in “align” tool to align the text layers. It also comes in handy with the “align” tool which already lives inside of AE. Having a tool that will instantly re-position the anchor point to the center of an object saves time (and sanity sometimes!) as you don’t have to manually reposition it. This tool is especially useful when wanting to animate files that have been imported from Illustrator, as when it splits the illustration into layers, the anchor points can be all over the place. It does what it says on the tin and allows you to reposition the anchor point of any layer to one of 9 different points. The tool that I have been using most regularly is the change anchor point tool. I am going to discuss a few of the tools that I have been using most regularly. Motion 2 features over 20 powerful tools that makes working within After Effects easier, quicker and more streamlined. You will not just see the benefit of using this tool, but your clients will too. The plug-in that I am going to look at in this article is one that I have been using every day for the past 12 months or so. However, you can find that many of these plug-ins are one trick ponies, don’t help you be more creative and soon become tedious. All plug-ins are designed to assist the animator and to make their life and job easier. On the other end of the scale, you can spend hundreds of pounds on 3d particle system plug-ins, 3D object plug-ins and many more. For example, free tools are available to do things such as spell checking or creating shapes. There are hundreds and hundreds of third-party plugins that are currently available for Adobe After Effects (AE). Wouldn’t it be great to have a tool to help you keep organised, reduce project times and meant you could spend more time making your projects looking amazing? Let me tell you about the tool that does just that in this post. Mograph Written by Nick Butler, Head of Animation at Reels in Motion After Effects Review – Motion2 Plug-in by Mt.

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